Emotion Works
Emotion Works is an educational programme and an organisation that puts learning at the heart of emotional health and well-being.
Emotion Works is a visual and colourful educational programme
designed to help children…
• Learn emotional language
• Develop emotional understanding
• Manage feelings and emotional behaviours
• Develop resilience
We use the Emotion Works programme at every stage in Benarty
Primary school. This has created a common emotional language
and allows our school community to have a consistent approach
when discussing emotions.
In lessons we develop our understanding of the different “cogs”
that are involved in emotional situations.
These cogs build and develop as children progress from P1 to P7.
Emotion Works is used to make connections across the curriculum
and adds depth to our drama, art, reading and writing activities.
It helps our children to recognise and label emotions and identify
associated body sensations, behaviours, possible triggers and
emotional regulation strategies. We often use stories, films, drama
and art as a stimulus and then our children can make their own
connections to themselves and the world around them.
Helpful hints for use at home…
• Do use this as a discussion tool when you are both feeling
calm or when your child is feeling able to communicate
• Do jot ideas down on post-it’s or paper as you go through
the steps
• Do ask your child to retell their emotion story from left to right
• Do listen and limit questions while they are retelling their
emotion story
• Do ask open ended questions – “Tell me more about….?”
“What happened before that?”
• Don’t judge or criticise
https://emotionworks-home.school/
Our Minds Matter
In Benarty Primary School, all of our children are following a framework to support our children’s emotional wellbeing in Fife. This is the bases of the activities led within the children’s ASPIRE groups. Information can be found by clicking on the link below.
https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/193382/Our-Minds-Matter-Framework.pdf
