{"id":1843,"date":"2025-10-06T23:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/?page_id=1843"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:27:44","slug":"social-skills-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/social-skills-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Skills of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>St Joseph\u2019s Whole School Focus: Social Skills for Life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At St Joseph\u2019s, we are committed to nurturing confident and respectful communicators through a whole school focus on social skills.<\/p>\n<p>Using the <em>Listening and Talking Experiences and Outcomes<\/em> alongside the benchmarks, we aim to build strong foundations in communication that support learning, life, and work\u2014while also developing vital meta-skills for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Each month, classes across the school will explore a specific outcome, tailored to their developmental stage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>P1 \u2013 Early Level<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>P2\u20134 \u2013 First Level<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>P5\u20137 \u2013 Second Level<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Through discussion, reflection, and practice, pupils will be encouraged to engage positively with peers and adults, strengthening their ability to listen actively, express themselves clearly, and interact with empathy.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcac Families are invited to join the journey by taking time to discuss and reflect on each monthly focus at home\u2014helping children connect their learning to everyday life and relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we\u2019re building a culture of communication that empowers every child to thrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Joseph\u2019s Whole School Focus: Social Skills for Life At St Joseph\u2019s, we are committed to nurturing confident and respectful communicators through a whole school focus on social skills. Using the Listening and Talking Experiences and Outcomes alongside the benchmarks, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/social-skills-of-the-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40107,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1843","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1843"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1923,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1843\/revisions\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stjo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}