{"id":9216,"date":"2021-09-20T22:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T21:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2021-09-20T22:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T21:11:19","slug":"p4-5-managing-our-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/2021\/09\/20\/p4-5-managing-our-emotions\/","title":{"rendered":"P4\/5 Managing our Emotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 4\/5 have been developing their own strategies to help them identify and regulate their emotions, after being inspired by Virginia Ironside&#8217;s &#8220;Huge Bag of Worries&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/2021\/09\/20\/p4-5-managing-our-emotions\/the-huge-bag-of-worries-picture-books-ironside-virginia\/\" 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