Social+and+Emotional+Aspects+of+Learning

=Activity 1 (Icebreaker): (5 mn)= Click on this emotion tree diagram wich shows people expressing a variety of different emotions and think which five characters best represent your own personality.

=Social and Ethical Aspect of Learning=

The purpose of this part of the wiki is to have an understanding of SEAL
SEAL is a long term school development project. We cannot just implement it in PSHE lessons. The Social and Ethical Aspect of Learning is now part of the day today classroom activity. Students today are different than students in the 1980s. They need to feel supported and valued in order to feel confident and to be able not to feel afraid to share their thoughts and feelings. We now teach the student who is in our class, not the student we want to be in our class. Students are different and we need to accept that. =SEAL definition=

SEAL is a comprehensive approach to promoting the social and emotional skills that underpin effective learning, positive behaviour and emotional health and well-being in schools. The skills will be most effectively learned through:

•direct and focused learning opportunities (during tutor time and across the curriculum); •creating the climate and conditions for learning that implicitly promote the skills and allow these to be practised and consolidated; •using learning and teaching approaches that support students to learn new skills and consolidate those already learned.

Activity 2: (5 mn) Choose one card from the 5 social and emotional aspects of learning and with the help of a partner or two talk about how we can achieve that aspect of learning

=What is SEAL and what's in it for the school?= =Why promote SEAL?= = = Activity 3: (10 mn) Think about a student who has given you a lot of concern. On the RED sticky note in front of you jot down the attributes of this student that caused the concern. In your group agree on the ten most important behaviors of concern and record it.

=Why do we need to promote SEAL?=

Activity 4: (5 mn) For each concern you have identified in the previous activity identify an alternative opposite behavior and note it down on your YELLOW sticky note

=Social Aspects of SEAL= Activity 5: (10 mn) Look again at the alternative opposite behavior and consider how that behavior links with one of the aspects of learning and what will be the outcome?

SEAL learning outcome = = =Inventory of skills=