This morning, parents and carers joined us for our watch us while we work session. Today we focussed on Feelings First and Reading. Our Feelings First feeling was uncomfortable. The children gave some great scenarios of when they might feel this feeling:
- when you think someone is waving and they are actually waving to someone else behind you
- when you are talking loudly and everyone else goes quiet
- when you tell a joke and no one else laughs
- when you are talking in front of a large group of people
- when you are in public and start speaking to who you think are your parents but it is actually strangers
- when your parents are stood at the back of your classroom watching you work
We discussed how we could regulate this emotion:
- take yourself out of a situation
- speak to a trusted adult or friend
- calm yourself using a technique that works for you (colouring, playing a game etc.)
In our Reading session, we looked at the website Authorfy. Authorfy is free this year to all users due to it being the Year of Reading. In our session, we looked at a 10-minute challenge by Abi Elphinstone (the author of Sky Song). In the challenge, the children were tasked with creating an object which turns into a portal to take their characters into a new world. They needed to draw and write about this moment in their story.
Help at home: Explore Authorfy and watch a 10-minute challenge video.