01

We are all deeply valuable and our lives hold intrinsic worth.

• Intentionally looks at the culture you want to create in your school/classroom.
• Identifies and develops an understanding of good character.
• Identifies good character in self and others.
• Builds self worth and value.
• Recognises the value and worth of all class members.

02

Children will look to you to tell them not necessarily what they are, but what they are capable of becoming.

• Introduce the power of words using Words And Your Heart picture book.
• Understand the power of words in their most relational form.
• Look at words and how they can make us feel.
• Healthy boundaries and the power of forgiveness.
• Empower children to overcome and deal with negative words.

03

Kindness creates ripples in the fabric of culture.

• What is kindness and what does it look like in practice?
• Why we have laws and rules, including your school rules.
• Creating a culture of kindness in the classroom and playground.
• Expressing kindness in our wider community.
• Develop your own classroom kindness rules.

04

I am less without you – I am more because of who you are.

• What is a community and what does it mean to belong?
• Behaviours that help create safe and healthy communities.
• How to treat self and others with dignity and respect.
• Defining and mapping your own community.

05

Gratitude has one of the strongest links to good mental-health and well-being.

• Creating practical habits of gratitude.
• Sharing gratitudes.
• Emotional intelligence tools for staff to use with pupils.
• Connecting with your wider community with gratitude.

06

“Culture does not make people. People make culture”.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Creating a classroom culture that the children feel a part of.
• Exploring the way our values and beliefs affect culture.
• Discus school life and the children’s beliefs about learning.
• Develop a set of shared beliefs about learning and school life.

07

Together we make the world extraordinary.

• Using Wonderful You picture book.
• Celebrating our differences and uniqueness.
• Encouraging self awareness and empathy.
• Developing a habit that encourages awareness of joy & wonder.
• Celebrating the individual.

08

Listening is foundational to relationship and learning.

• Listening with all of our senses, encouraging empathy and kindness.
• Exploring active listening and its positive benefits.
• Self-awareness and our emotions.
• The creative power of story-telling.
• Encouraging the art of politeness and honouring.

09

“We are constantly invited to be who we are”. Henry David Thoreau

• Honesty in our relationships and learning.
• The value of honesty and how dishonesty affects relationships.
• Being vulnerable and the braveness of not-knowing.
• Growth mindsets and mistakes, successes and encouragement.

10

A good friend sticks closer than a brother.

• What does being a good friend look like?
• Boundaries for self, and respecting other people’s boundaries.
• Understanding bad behaviour and building safe relationships.
• Growth and forgiveness, mistakes and believing the best.

11

One good thought can change the world.

• Encouraging self awareness.
• Safe ways for children to explore their thoughts.
• Recognising unhealthy thought patterns and negative mindsets.
• Exploring new positive thought patterns.

12

Hope is one of the most powerful substances in the universe.

• Growth mindsets and what happens in the brain when we learn.
• Developing a healthy learning-community mindset.
• Healthy/unhealthy competition and comparison.
• Exploring hopes and dreams for the future.
• The discipline of learning and growth.