Welcome to the
EMOTION WORKS
ASN Launchpad
This ASN Launchpad is for ASN Teachers & Practitioners to support you make the best use of the Emotion Works programme when working with pupils with a variety of Additional Support and Wellbeing Needs.
BE INSPIRED!
Before you start, take a look at this example of Emotion Works in practice at East Park School, Glasgow
Know Your Levels
The Cog Curriculum for asn learners
Earliest Level Programme
PRE-VERBAL LEARNERS & SINGLE WORD AAC
For ASN Practitioners working with pupils at the Earliest Levels of Learning & Communication
Foundation Programme
VOCABULARY & LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT
For developing emotional literacy at an Early Curriculum level (Pre-School Equivalent)
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Primary Programmre
COG LEARNING & UNDERSTANDING
For talk-based social-emotional learning across the equivalent of Primary curriculum levels and above.
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Well done! You’ve completed the Training and Teaching content allocated to our Primary School BRONZE Award. Your School Leads for Emotion Works can apply for your award when all Class Teachers have reached this point.
Developing Cog Confidence
1-COG-AT-A-TIME PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL-OUT
Welcome to Section 2 of the Primary Launchpad where we guide you to plan and deliver a Cog by Cog roll out of the Primary Programme.
The training & teaching material covered relates to the Primary School Silver Award.
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.
Next Steps on your Emotion Works Journey
EMOTION MODULES & Literacy PLANNING
In Section 3 of the Primary Launchpad we support you to make use of the links between Emotion Works and Literacy in your teaching.
Choose between our ‘1-emotion-at-a-time’ modules which offer a more structured approach for a while longer, or if you’re feeling ‘Cog Confident’, find out how to make use of a literacy stimulus in your Emotion Works teaching.
Both of the approaches shared in this section provide the training & teaching component of the Primary School Gold Award.
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.
Key Documents for our
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FRAMEWORK
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 versatile in your Emotion Works teaching, this last section of the Primary Launchpad encourages you to look at the breadth of the curriculum with your Coggles on.
New Blurb 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?
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 allocated to our Primary School PLATINUM Award. Your School Leads for Emotion Works can apply for your next award when all Class Teachers have reached this point.
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