This theme focuses primarily on the key aspect of motivation, with a subsidiary focus on self-awareness. It gives an important opportunity for all children’s abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued. The theme provides opportunities for the children to reflect on themselves as individuals, particularly their strengths as learners and how they learn most effectively.
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This theme focuses primarily on the key aspect of motivation, with a subsidiary focus on self-awareness. It gives an important opportunity for all children’s abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued. The theme provides opportunities for the children to reflect on themselves as individuals, particularly their strengths as learners and how they learn most effectively.
These activities are designed to help you as a staff group to think about the issues involved in working with children on the feelings and behaviours associated with getting on and falling out. The theme offers opportunities for children and staff to continue the work started in Theme 1 New beginnings on creating a positive ethos within the classroom.
In each colour-coded set, initial circle activities, games and rounds help the children to value and appreciate diversity and similarity, develop skills of cooperation and increase their ability to recognise and identify their feelings and those of others.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
Primary SEAL family materials to accompany curriculum work in Theme 2: Getting on and falling out (for England).. The gold set provides a set of activities to send home when undertaking Theme 2 for families to do together at home.
This Silver set provides an early intervention for children who need additional support in developing their social, emotional and behavioural skills. It is aimed at children in Years 1 and 2 and links to the Blue set. The ideas in the materials could also be adapted, however, to provide group work for children in Year 3 and in the Foundation Stage.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
The overview contains scripted and interactive assemblies, as well as learning outcomes from nursery-Y6.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
This Silver set provides an early intervention for children who need additional support in developing their social, emotional and behavioural skills. It is aimed at children in Years 1 and 2 and links to the Blue set. The ideas in the materials could also be adapted, however, to provide group work for children in Year 3 and in the Foundation Stage.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
These activities are designed to help you as a staff group to think about the issues involved in working with children on the feelings and behaviours associated with getting on and falling out. The theme offers opportunities for children and staff to continue the work started in Theme 1 New beginnings on creating a positive ethos within the classroom.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
Primary SEAL family materials to accompany curriculum work in Theme 2: Getting on and falling out. The gold set provides a set of activities to send home when undertaking Theme 2 for families to do together at home.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
This theme focuses primarily on the key aspect of motivation, with a subsidiary focus on self-awareness. It gives an important opportunity for all children’s abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued. The theme provides opportunities for the children to reflect on themselves as individuals, particularly their strengths as learners and how they learn most effectively.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
This theme focuses primarily on the key aspect of motivation, with a subsidiary focus on self-awareness. It gives an important opportunity for all children’s abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued.
The theme provides opportunities for the children to reflect on themselves as individuals, particularly their strengths as learners and how they learn most effectively.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
The following activities are designed to be carried out in the staff room to help adults to tune in to the strands of the theme at an adult level, and to experience at first hand some off the activities that the children will be engaging with at different stages. These activities are designed to help you as a staff group to think about the issues involved in working with children on how we motivate ourselves, how to reach goals and how to be an effective learner.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
Primary SEAL family materials to accompany curriculum work in Theme 4, Going for goals. The gold set provides a set of activities for families to do together at home when undertaking Theme 4.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
This theme focuses primarily on the key aspect of motivation, with a subsidiary focus on self-awareness. It gives an important opportunity for all children’s abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued.
For Wales, English medium. Note that there are Welsh medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: Welsh medium'.
Primary SEAL family materials to accompany curriculum work in Theme 4, Going for goals (for England). The gold set provides a set of activities for families to do together at home when undertaking Theme 4.
This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills. Each colour-coded set is organised around developing the ethos of the classroom – extending the work of Theme 1 New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity, and focusing on four key content areas:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict.
The overview contains scripted and interactive assemblies, as well as learning outcomes from nursery-Y6.
This Silver set provides an early intervention for children who need additional support in developing their social, emotional and behavioural skills. It is aimed at children in Years 1 and 2 and links to the Blue set. The ideas in the materials could also be adapted, however, to provide group work for children in Year 3 and in the Foundation Stage.
This resource provides plans for small group work at KS2 (published on the web following the printing of the original SEAL materials),
It offers an excellent overview of how to set up group-work, ideas for starter activities, handouts etc. relevant to the following primary SEAL themes:
New Beginnings
Getting on and falling out
Going for Goals
Good to be me
These assemblies were created following the printing/publication of the Theme booklets for primary SEAL. They offer further interactive, scripted assemblies for use in primary schools, linked to each theme.