Bonhill Primary School Journey to Gold Award

As we embark on the 2024/25 school session, here are the numbers who’ve achieved an Emotion Works Primary School Award to date at the different levels: 73 Bronze Awarded Schools 38 Silver Awarded Schools 5 Gold Awarded Schools COG-gratulations to all of the teachers and staff who have been demonstrating COG-tastic Emotion Works practice across […]

Early Learning Bronze Award examples

We’re feeling very proud of our first 11 settings to achieve our Early Learning Bronze Award and grateful for their assistance and enthusiasm to help us refine our application process. Click on the image below to take a closer look at the criteria and browse our first set of applications, or download the file directly […]

Early Years Practice Sharing with Rosebank Primary School Nursery

A 2-part account covering 2 years of implementing the EW Foundations Programme in an ELC setting, with Claire Challinor Senior EYP and Ashley Kitson EYP from Rosebank Nursery. Watch Session 1 video (54 minutes) from April 2023    Timings 00:00 – Introduction by Claire Murray about her visit to the Rosebank setting and observations that will […]

The Angry Song by Fischy Music – Nursery / ELC example

In this practice example we make use of the symbol movie for ‘The Angry Song’ by Fischy Music and Sticky Kids as a literacy stimulus for exploring the emotion of anger with children in the Nursery & Lower Primary stage. Play Video To use with a nursery group Watch the video and identify any EW foundation […]

Early Learning Bronze Award Application Powerpoint

Symbols in Practice in Early Learning Settings

This article provides a range of examples showing how symbols added to the nursery environment and incorporated into activity planning can increase opportunities for children to learn and practice emotional language and develop emotional undersatnding. Browse the photos in the first slideshow to see the variety of possibilities. Planning for Seasonal Discussions In the context of […]

Early Learning Training Series

This 3-part Training Series runs live during the Autumn and Spring terms each year and is delivered by Claire Murray, programme creator, with examples of Early Years Practice from across the Emotion Works Community. Find out the dates to join the next live course hereOr work through the recordings below which are from the Autumn 2023 […]

DIY Emotion Category Label Cards for Early Learning

Foundation Language Reference & Planning Grid

Foundation Language: What to Teach & How Guidance

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