In circle time we were introduced to two new friends: Annie apple and Adam apple.  We said lots of nice friendly things to Adam. We couldn’t see what it was doing to his inside feelings but we imagined that they would be feeling good and looking healthy.  We then said lots of nasty things to Annie. Again, we couldn’t see her insides but we thought that they would be feeling sad and looking unhealthy.

Mrs Duncan then (to our horror)  chopped open Adam and Annie. We were stunned to see how our words had impacted upon their insides. Adam looked beautiful and happy. His insides looked delicious.  Annie was very different. Her insides were bruised and unhealthy. It was sad recognising how we had made her feel.  This helped us to understand how our words can affect other people’s feelings.   This is a very important message and we all clearly understood how we can build people up.  We made a big list of words that we said to Adam and we are going to display these in our classroom to remind us what we can say to make people feel good. We also went on a ‘walk’ and used these words to give kind messages to our friends.