{"id":13637,"date":"2014-06-24T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=13637"},"modified":"2014-06-24T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T10:49:00","slug":"roots-of-empathy-at-dunoon-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=13637","title":{"rendered":"Roots of Empathy at Dunoon Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This session, Primary 3 have been involved in an exciting new initiative called Roots of Empathy. Throughout the year there have been weekly visits from the instructor Ailsa Dominic, Early Years & Family Support Worker and every three weeks a visit from a mother and baby, Kym and Harris Byron.
\nThere have been nine key themes taught throughout the year.
\nTheme 1 \u2013 Meeting the Baby
\nTheme 2 \u2013 Crying
\nTheme 3 \u2013 Planning for a Baby
\nTheme 4 \u2013 Emotions
\nTheme 5 \u2013 Sleep
\nTheme 6 \u2013 Safety
\nTheme 7 \u2013 Communicating
\nTheme 8 \u2013 Who am I?
\nTheme 9 \u2013 Goodbye and Good Wishes<\/p>\n

Each theme has a three week cycle. These take the form of a Pre-Family Visit with the instructor, a Family Visit with instructor and family, and a Post Family Visit with the instructor.
\nThe children in Primary 3 have thoroughly enjoyed this experience. Their ability to discuss and share feelings and experiences has grown with every session. Every child has taken part in class discussions and encouraged to ask questions to better their understanding. The excitement can be felt in the classroom leading up to the next family visit. The children have become incredibly fond of Harris and are sad the sessions are coming to an end.
\nTo mark the end of Roots of Empathy with this particular class, we organised a farewell celebration. During this celebration, Harris was presented with a beautiful book full of photographs from all Harris\u2019 visits, photographs of the children in Primary 3 and the children\u2019s good wishes for Harris. Harris was also given a present, which the children in Primary 3 had saved for and picked themselves. There was even some delicious cake to be had on the day! We invited parents into school on the day to share what we had been learning and to give them the opportunity to meet the baby they had been hearing so much about!
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