Welcome to the Emotion Works
Primary Training &
Teaching Launchpad
This Launchpad is for Primary School Teachers & Practitioners to support you through your Emotion Works training and teaching journey.
The content has been organised into four sections to link in with our Primary School Award Programme as follows:
- BRONZE LEVEL: Getting Started with the Cog Curriculum
- SILVER LEVEL: 1 Cog-at-a-Time roll-out
- GOLD LEVEL: Extending Cog Teaching through Literacy
- PLATINUM LEVEL: Wider Curriculum Links
BE INSPIRED!
Before you start, take a look at this example of Emotion Works in practice at Dunblane Primary School, Stirling
As a Primary Teacher or Practitioner – simply work your way through the Launchpad from top to bottom and left to right, pausing at the end of each section to put things into practice. Focus on the Bronze content initially, checking in with your colleagues and School Leads if you’re embarking on the Emotion Works programme as part of a whole school roll-out.
Here’s our Getting Started Teacher Checklist for the Bronze section and content to keep you on the right track
If you’re taking on responsibility for overseeing Emotion Works implementation in your school, or looking to be involved in applying for a School Award, we strongly recommend joining us for one of our monthly Implementation Training sessions. This training is also recommended for teachers who’d like to work towards becoming an Emotion Works mentor in their school.
At the training we’ll go over all the steps included in our Getting Started Implementation Guide and Checklist for School Leads and help you see how easy it is to combine getting set up and started with Emotion Works in your school with achieving a Bronze School Award.
GETTING STARTED WITH EMOTION WORKS
This first section of the Primary Launchpad provides access and links to all the resources, training & teaching materials you need to get organised and started with your Emotion Works practitioner journey. Browse and click-through the first 3 module boxes to gather and prepare your resources and to engage with the Introductory Training & Teaching Content.
Before you Start
Teacher Assessment
Would you like to track your own progress or the progress of your team in building knowledge, skills and competencies for teaching Emotion Works and MEHWB in general? Keep your assessment on file for future comparison.
Introductory Training Recording
INSERVICE VIDEO
The Getting Started modules in this section are designed for working through in your own time as an individual or staff group. However, if you’d like to watch a video recording from our last Getting Started Inservice Training session, link here
Getting Started
Resource
Preparation
Get prepared for your Cog Curriculum Training & Teaching experience by gathering, sorting, downloading and printing all the resources you’ll need in advance.
Getting Started
Introductory
Training Module
Familiarise yourself with the Emotion Works Cogs and Primary Programme with our Cog Model training video, key guidance documents and training activities.
Getting Started
Introductory
Teaching MODULE
Put your Cog Model training into practice using our slideshows and activity ideas for introducing Emotion Works to your pupils at Lower, Middle and Upper primary level.
Well done! You’ve completed the Training and Teaching content associated with our BRONZE Primary School Award. Your School Leads for Emotion Works can apply for your award when all Class Teachers have reached this point.
1 COg-at-a-time roll-out
Welcome to Section 2 of the Primary Launchpad which will guide you through your first full roll-out the Emotion Works Programme, 1 Cog-at-a-time. Open up and work through each of the Cog Module boxes, being sure to access the Training and Teaching Pages for each colour cog.
Rather watch a video? The modules in this section are designed for working through in your own time as an individual or staff group. If you’d rather watch a video recording with Claire presenting an overview of the 1 Cog-at-a-time approach please link here
Cog Calendar
Planning Your
Roll-Out
Once familiar with the idea of a 1-cog-at-a-time roll out, take some time to schedule how long you’ll spend taking a closer look at each cog.
Co-ordinating a roll-out as a whole school has lots of benefits and possibilities including assembly introductions, shared presentations of class work, contributing to central displays of work or classroom tours.
Cog Environment
Classroom &
CommunaL DISPLAYS
As you plan your cog by cog teaching programme, make use of the display examples in the cog teaching pages to help you plan an area in your classroom for cog focused prompts and displays of work.
Don’t forget about your communal spaces too such as your assembly hall, school library, playground or corridors.
Cog Module 1
Orange 'Emotion
Words' Cog
The first cog module focuses on the words used in language to name emotions. Guidance is provided for expanding emotion vocabulary throughout the programme.
Cog Module 2
Green 'Emotion
Behaviours' Cog
In this module teachers are supported to help children consider all the different ways emotions can be expressed using verbal and non-verbal behaviours.
Cog Module 3
Red 'Body
Sensations' Cog
This module provides guidance on helping children bring to mind and talk about the different body sensations associated with different emotions.
Cog Module 4
Yellow 'Emotion
Triggers' Cog
Learn how to teach about the concept of an Emotion Trigger to help children identify the things that happen to cause or ‘trigger’ emotional reactions and responses.
Cog Module 5
Blue 'Regulation
Strategies' Cog
This module will support you to teach about the concept of emotion regulation including strategies for feeling better when experiencing unpleasant or uncomfortable emotions.
Cog Module 6
Grey 'Emotion
Intensity' Cog
How do children come to understand and articulate Emotion Intensity? Find out what’s involved in quantifying and expressing how strong an emotion feels.
Cog Module 7
Purple
'Influences' Cog
This final cog module covers information on when and how to teach pupils about the wide range of influencing factors that can shape emotional reactions and responses.
Well done! You’ve completed the Training and Teaching content allocated to our Primary School SILVER Award. Your School Leads for Emotion Works can apply for your Silver award when all Class Teachers have reached this point.
EXTENDING COG TEACHING THROUGH LITERACY
Section 3 of the Primary Launchpad helps you take your next steps with teaching the Cog Curriculum and provides the teaching content required for achieving our Primary School GOLD Award.
To revisit and reinforce Cog Model and Single Cog Learning, take a look through the ‘More Activities’ sections of our Cog Teaching Modules. Use the coloured links below to link back to the Teaching Pages, select the stage you’re working with and scroll through the Introductory Activities. At the bottom of each page you can open the Consolidation & Extension sections containing information and links to further sources of cog model and single cog teaching material in the EW Library, Recovery Programme content and the Emotion Works Literacy Padlets.
To become more confident in using Emotion Works alongside your Literacy teaching, choose between our ‘1-emotion-at-a-time’ roll-out with ready-planned literacy content, or plan your own Emotion Works lessons and activities linked to stories, film clips or other literacy stimuli using our Literacy Planning Tools and examples.
Next Steps Teaching
Guidance & Examples
Integrate Emotion Works into your Literacy planning using material from our 2021-22 Literacy Programme.
Next Steps Teaching
with Literacy Activities
Our ‘1-emotion-at-a-time’ roll-out provides a set of 6 Teaching Modules with emotion focused themes.
Next Steps Teaching
Guidance & Examples
Integrate Emotion Works into your Literacy planning using material from our 2021-22 Literacy Programme.
LOWER PRIMARY
Training Recordings, Planning Tools, Practice Articles & Examples using the first 5 Cogs
MIDDLE PRIMARY
Training Recordings, Planning Tools, Practice Articles & Examples using 6 Cogs
UPPER PRIMARY
Training Recordings, Planning Tools, Practice Articles & Examples with all 7 Cogs
Next Steps Teaching
with Literacy Activities
Our ‘1-emotion-at-a-time’ roll-out provides a set of 6 Teaching Modules with emotion focused themes.
Introductory Module
MULTIPLE
EMOTIONS
This introductory module will help you set the scene for a 1-emotion-at-a-time approach sorting emotions into different categories with learners at different levels.
Module 1
HAPPINESS
CATEGORY
In this module we provide resources & practice ideas to help you explore joy & happiness with differentiated vocabulary and stimulus suggestions for different levels.
Module 2
SADNESS
CATEGORY
The focus of this module is on the concept of sadness with resources & practice ideas to stretch vocabulary and use stimuli relevant to the stage of your learners.
Module 3
FEAR
category
The resources & practice ideas in this module will help you take a closer look at the concept of fear using stimulus suggestions appropriate to different ages and stages.
Module 4
ANGER
CATEGORY
The focus of this module is on the concept of anger with resources & practice ideas to stimulate discussion and learning across different levels.
Module 5
CALM
CATEGORY
In this module we provide resources & practice ideas to help you explore the calm & relaxed category of emotions via a range of teaching stimuli.
Well done! You’ve completed the Training and Teaching content allocated to our Primary School GOLD Award. Your School Leads for Emotion Works can apply for your Gold award when all Class Teachers have reached this point.
COG TEACHING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
By now you will hopefully be feeling much more ‘Cog confident’ about planning and delivering Emotion Works lessons of your own.
To help you become even more independent and versatile with your Emotion Works planning and teaching, this last section of the Primary Launchpad encourages you to look at the breadth of the curriculum with your Coggles on.
Wider Curriculum Links
THEMES & TOPICS
Take some time to look at the different areas of the Curriculum through a coggle lens while considering the themes and topics coming up for your class or school this session.
Are there any areas of learning & teaching that overlap with your Emotion Works goals & outcomes particularly well?
Do you have a Wider Curriculum practice example to share with the EW Community?
Wider Curriculum Links
EW Library
Looking for inspiration from teachers & schools across the EW Community?
Take a look at the following areas in the EW Library and Archives:
- Practice Ideas > ‘Across the School’ filter
- Recovery Programme Competition Gallery
- Literacy Padlets (Wider Curriculum Padlet in development)
Well done! You’ve completed the Training and Teaching content associated with our Primary School PLATINUM Award. Your School Leads for Emotion Works can apply for your Platinum award when all Class Teachers have reached this point.
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