Circle of appreciation
When it is a student birthday we celebrate by using circle of appreciation. Each student says “What I appreciate about you is….” without commenting on appearance or belongings. I identify…
Overuse & Underuse of Character Strengths
We have been looking at further ways to go deeper with character strengths. One of the ways is for students to recognise when they might over or under use a…
Chalkboard Character Strengths
A fun thing to try at home or in your class is to focus on a strength a day. We’ve used the chalkboard to write a message. Something quick and…
Reflective Learners
Most afternoons in 1NKH, we roll the dice and use these questions to reflect on our day. This has had a major impact on how students talk about their…
Being Thankful through storying
Year 1 read the story, The Thankful Coat’. We talked about all the things in life we are thankful for. This is something we can refer back to and reflect…
Brain breaks help us learn
Y1 students stop throughout the day to get the wiggles out and to have a laugh so we can focus on our learning. One of our favourite ways to do…
Y1 Gratitude
Year 1 have been focussing on Gratitude as it is one of the top Strengths most strongly correlated to Wellbeing. All classes have a Gratitude wall that are different according…
Yr. 8 Peer feedback
Towards the end of an art task. Students lay out their work and based on criteria and to encourage peers, students write on a post it to help resolve the…
Humility….haha more like a Safe Space
Art students feel relaxed and confident to dress up in things they find in the art room and I have created a safe space for them to be themselves and…
SEE, HEAR, FEEL used as a reflection tool
Y3 have seen the potential for using see, hear, feel as a reflection tool. In this example, after their assembly 3KWD used a template to think about what they saw,…