In Term 1 Team 2 focused on various aspects in Mitey.
Room 10 enquired into various emotions and identified the body language that comes with them. To cope with different emotions they learnt how to belly breathe to calm their minds.
In Room 11 students discussed what makes a good friend. This included what children expect from their friends and what their friends expect from them. The Shared Book “How To Make a New Friend”, was used to discuss and learn about making new friends. Role play was also used to practise the skills of making friends step by step.
Room 12 explored ‘different ways of finding calm.’ They looked at the story “Fugo is Fuming” and discussed what made Fugo the dragon angry/overwhelmed. In groups, they role played things that make them annoyed/angry/overwhelmed. Pupils then brainstormed strategies they could use to calm themselves down. For example, reading, drawing, patting their dog, watching a movie.
Room 9 learnt about the levels of different emotions, in terms of where they start and where they may end up i.e. moving from annoyed to furious. They used clines to show the progression and talked about different strategies they could use to bring their emotions back down when they rise. They also explored different names for different emotions from scared to terrified to petrified and used them in stories to make their writing more interesting.
Room 13 explored different emotions and when and why they might experience them. They wrote stories and poems describing how that emotion felt. They also linked emotions to colours and objects. They discussed negative emotions and acknowledged that these are normal emotional reactions that everyone feels at times. The need to deal with these emotions in an effective manner using appropriate strategies was discussed. Useful strategies were brainstormed by the children.
