National resources

This set of slides takes you through international evidence of the impact of social and emotional learning and describes what the five core SEL competencies are. It can be customised for use in your setting.

Here are a  range of resources to get you going

These two documents provide a research-based progression in learning SEL from Reception to Year 9.

Filling the gap left by the English government, the PSHE Association has produced a revised programme of study based on the needs of today's pupils, and we’ve mapped SEAL against these so you can see what’d covered by SEAL and what’s not. Click here for samples – there’s more on the members’ pages

What happens when schools link SEAL with work in building ‘learning muscles’? The story of how two schools use SEAL to help raise attainment

This  Powerpoint of lesson starters/interactive activities/posters/film clips provides highly engaging, thought-provoking materials for KS2 or 3 lessons and assemblies.

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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, Welsh medium. Note that there are English medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: English medium'.

The Saying no to bullying theme is structured differently from the other themes. It is intended that the work takes place over the period of a week or so, and that work in each subject area is focused on the aims of the theme as well as on subject-related objectives. Many schools have chosen to use the theme-related work to coincide with the national antibullying week in November. For Wales, Welsh medium. Note that there are English medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: English 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, Welsh medium. Note that there are English medium versions of this booklet. Please search under 'Wales: English medium'.

Note that the learning opportunity descriptions (for teachers) that accompany these resource sheets are within a separate booklet, entitled 'Theme 1: Learning To Be Together (Learning opportunities)’. At present the Welsh Government has not made Welsh medium versions of the ‘Learning Opportunities’ booklets available for the Secondary SEAL themes resources. While we are awaiting the publication of these booklets, please search for the English version

This self-review is designed to support Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) implementation in schools by helping leaders to recognise what has already been achieved and identify future actions. It may be useful to highlight statements that describe systems and activities that are already in place. The self-review can be used as the focus for discussion between those leading on SEAL who should provide evidence to back up judgements before agreeing the next steps. Implementing SEAL effectively in a school should be seen as a journey of activity and reflection

This booklet outlines the ways in which social and emotional skills are linked to subjects both in general terms and more specifically within each of the National Curriculum programmes of study.