Bonfire & Fireworks Night resources for 5, 6 and 7-part Model work

Here’s a selection of firework and bonfire themed activities for different stages, including an art, craft and writing task, and also a song lyric practice example shared by Lynsey McDonald & P6 pupils from Pathhead Primary School in Fife. Download the 10 page/slide resource here Song Lyric ‘Coggle Comprehension’ for Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’ song.

Fear Emotion Category – stimulus and activity ideas for cog conversations

To help you take a deeper dive into exploring the concept of Fear with your learners using the Emotion Cogs, this article provides a range of Literacy Stimulus ideas that will be motivating to use with your class or group for cog conversations. We haven’t identified a particular level of learning or school stage for […]

Parkhill Primary School Display

Here’s a great idea for a whole school Emotion Works display with each class contributing their own class work within a large cog shaped piece of paper. Well done to the staff and pupils at Parkhill Primary School in Fife, and many thanks to HT Susan Harper for sharing the photos and this account about […]

Sadness Emotion Category – stimulus and activity ideas for cog conversations

To help you take a deeper dive into exploring the concept of Sadness with your learners using the Emotion Cogs, this article provides a range of Literacy Stimulus ideas that will be motivating to use with your class or group for cog conversations.We haven’t identified a particular level of learning or school stage for the […]

Happiness Emotion Category – stimulus and activity ideas for cog conversations

To help you take a deeper dive into exploring the concept of Happiness with your learners using the Emotion Cogs, this article provides a range of Literacy Stimulus ideas that will be motivating to use with your class or group for cog conversations. We haven’t identified a particular level of learning or school stage for […]

Books, Stories, Film Clips and other resources for Multi-emotion discussions

Here’s a starter list of recommendations and suggestions for popular books and other resources that are useful for Emotion Works discussions where multiple emotions feature within the same stimulus. If you want to source your own, what you’re looking for is a book, story, film clip or another stimulus that features a variety of emotion […]

Coggle Analysis – what it is and how to do it

The ‘Coggle Analysis’ planning tool has been around for a while so we’ve created this page to share some examples of how it looks and works in practice. We also want to be more explicit about what we mean by ‘Coggle Vision’ for those of you new to Emotion Works and the cogs. Read on […]

In My Heart – A vocabulary planning example across all Emotion Works levels

In this article we demonstrate how the Vocabulary Planning Tool can be useful for informing ‘Word Works’ vocabulary teaching across the different levels of the Emotion Works programme. First of all, here’s a planning tool completed for the Story Book ‘In my Heart – a book of feelings’ by Jo Witek. This one is very […]

Word Works Activity Ideas

Word Works activities help reinforce and expand the vocabulary associated with each of the first 6 emotion cogs. When taking a closer look at each cog, plan at least 1 Word Works activity suitable for your group to help your pupils become more familiar with and develop vocabulary relating to the cog you’re focusing on.Remember to […]

Cognifying Glasses to help look out for Cog-specific content

Using a ‘cognifying glass’ for Emotion Word-spotting This is an idea first shared by a nurture teacher in West Lothian a few years ago which she said was inspired by our ‘coggles’ idea.Since sharing on our members website the idea of helping pupils focus in on a cog through a coloured lens has become a […]

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