Vocabulary Development – Emotion Works

ELC Case Study: Our Lady’s ELC

It’s been a pleasure working in partnership with Our Lady’s ELC, in PKC over the past 3 years. This article documents their Emotion Works journey towards being accredited as one of our first Gold Early Learning settings. 2023: The journey begins In February 2023 we delivered a large training event at the George Hotel in […]

Autumn & Halloween Themed Activity Ideas for Early Learning

Early Learning activities and examples from our Autumn 2025 seasonal training. Plus new additions for 2026.Click through the flip book to look over the training slides and activity ideas. The matching printable activity pack can be downloaded underneath, along with 2 of our Songs & Rhymes activity suggestions. Autumn Early Learning Activities Autumn & Halloween […]

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Bonhill Primary School Journey to Gold Award

As we embark on the 2024/25 school session, here are the numbers who’ve achieved an Emotion Works Primary School Award to date at the different levels: 73 Bronze Awarded Schools 38 Silver Awarded Schools 5 Gold Awarded Schools COG-gratulations to all of the teachers and staff who have been demonstrating COG-tastic Emotion Works practice across […]

Early Learning Bronze Award examples

Click on the image below to take a closer look at the criteria and browse our first set of applications, or download the file directly here: Early Learning Bronze Award examples ALREADY A MEMBER? Is your setting ready to apply for an Emotion Works Early Learning BRONZE award? VIEW PRACTITIONER CHECKLIST DOWNLOAD application PPT NOT YET A […]

Early Years Practice Sharing with Rosebank Primary School Nursery

A 2-part account covering 2 years of implementing the EW Foundations Programme in an ELC setting, with Claire Challinor Senior EYP and Ashley Kitson EYP from Rosebank Nursery. Watch Session 1 video (54 minutes) from April 2023 Timings 00:00 – Introduction by Claire Murray about her visit to the Rosebank setting and observations that will […]

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Symbols in Practice in Early Learning Settings

This article provides a range of examples showing how symbols added to the nursery environment and incorporated into activity planning can increase opportunities for children to learn and practice emotional language and develop emotional undersatnding. Browse the photos in the first slideshow to see the variety of possibilities. Planning for Seasonal Discussions In the context of […]

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