Key Stage 1Silver Set Sorter for Wave 2 (NEW BEGINNINGS)

Intended learning outcomes / Purpose of the group / Who might benefit? / Names
  • I know I belong to my class/group
  • I feel good about the ways we are similar in the group and the ways I am different
  • I know what I have to do myself to make the classroom and school a safe and fair place for everyone, and that it is not OK for other people to make it unsafe or unfair
  • I know I belong to my class/group
  • I know that people in my group/class like me
  • I know that I belong to a community
  • I can let you know if I feel happy, excited, scared or angry
  • I know how to make someone feel welcome
  • I know some ways to calm myself down when I feel scared or upset or excited
  • I can help to make the class a safe and fair place
  • I can learn the rules that help me/I know what to do in my classroom/setting
  • I know some ways to solve a problem
/ This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in four key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, self-awareness, social skills and motivation.The theme offers children the opportunity to see themselves as valued individuals within a community, and to contribute to shaping a welcoming, safe and fair learning community for all.
The purpose of the group is to establish a feeling of belonging for children within a small group that can be extended into the class group and whole-school community. / The core activities in this set are designed to benefit children who might feel they don’t belong in the class group. This might be because they have recently joined the school, have found it difficult to settle in a new class, have expressed feelings of isolation or loneliness, the class seem to be leaving them out or they have experienced considerable change in their life so far.

Key Stage 1Silver Set Sorter for Wave 2 (GETTING ON AND FALLING OUT)

Intended learning outcomes / Purpose of the group / Who might benefit? / Names
  • I can work in a group with other children
  • I can listen well to other people when they are talking
  • I know how to look and sound friendly to someone
  • I know how to give someone a compliment
  • I can be a good friend to someone
  • I am a good friend because I ...
  • I can ‘stand in someone else’s shoes’ and try to see a situation from their point of view
  • I know how to make up with a friend when we have had an argument
  • I know when I am feeling angry because ...
  • When I am angry I can make myself feel better by ...
  • I know when I am beginning to feel angry
  • I can usually calm myself down when I begin to feel angry
/ This theme focuses on developing children’s knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: empathy, managing feelings (with a focus on anger) and social skills.It aims to develop the ethos of the classroom, extending the work of New beginnings on cooperation and valuing diversity.
The purpose of the group is to help children understand the processes involved in friendship and being friendly. / This set of core activities is designed to benefit children who are struggling to make, maintain and break friendships without falling out with each other. You might like to use these activities with a group of children who frequently fall out with one another. The selection for children to join this group will be important and careful consideration should be given to ensure the group is balanced and will be a positive experience for all the children involved. You might consider including some children who will be good role models.

Key Stage 1Silver Set Sorter for Wave 2 (GOING FOR GOALS!)

Intended learning outcomes / Purpose of the group / Who might benefit? / Names
  • I can tell you some of the things I am good at
  • I can tell you some of my strengths as a learner
  • I can understand why I achieve the things I do
  • I can tell you how I learn best
  • I can set a goal
  • I can plan to reach my goal or target
  • I can break a goal down into small steps
  • I can keep going when I find things hard
  • I know when I have finished or reached my goal
  • I can celebrate or reward myself for reaching my goal
  • I can tell you what I have learned
  • I can tell you why I have been successful
/ This theme focuses primarily on the key aspect of motivation, with a subsidiary focus on self-awareness.It gives an important opportunity for all children’s abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued. The theme provides opportunities for children to reflect on themselves as individuals, particularly their strengths as learners and how they learn most effectively.
The core activities for this group focus on encouraging children to take responsibility for their learning and to develop goal directed behaviour. It is designed to help children to form a group that offers mutual support to the members beyond the duration of the group. / This set of core activities is designed to benefit children who appear uninterested in learning and unmotivated to achieve in school. The children in this group might be of any ability.

Key Stage 1Silver Set Sorter for Wave 2 (GOOD TO BE ME)

Intended learning outcomes / Purpose of the group / Who might benefit? / Names
  • I can tell or show the things I am good at
  • I can say or show when I am feeling sad
  • I can say some things that might make me feel happy
  • I can say or show when I am feeling happy or sad
  • I can tell if someone is feeling happy or sad
  • I can make my body relaxed
  • I can say when I am feeling worried or anxious
  • I can think of some ways to make myself feel better if I am anxious or worried
  • I can say what I need
  • I can tell you when I am feeling proud
  • I can say something that makes me feel proud
  • I can tell you what I have learned
/ This theme is the first of two focusing specifically on feelings. It explores feelings in the context of the child as an individual, developing self-awareness and helping the child to realise that it really is ‘Good to be me’. The theme is about understanding our feelings as well as considering our strengths and weaknesses as learners. It aims to developknowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: self-awareness, managing feelings and empathy.
The focus of this small group is to help children to become more self-aware about their emotions and to learn some skills to help them manage and cope with uncomfortable feelings. / This set of core activities is designed to benefit children who find it hard to cope with or manage uncomfortable feelings such as anxiety or stress and appear unhappy or fearful. You will need to consider the composition of the group very carefully to ensure that you have an appropriate mix of children.

Key Stage 1Silver Set Sorter for Wave 2 (RELATIONSHIPS)

Intended learning outcomes / Purpose of the group / Who might benefit? / Names
  • I know the people in the group
  • I can make new friends
  • I can tell you what is fair and unfair
  • I can tell you when I think things are fair or unfair
  • I know some ways I can make things fair
  • I can think of ways to make me feel better when I feel hurt
  • I can make myself feel better without hurting others
  • I know the people who are important to me
  • I can talk about my feelings when I feel alone or when I have to share someone or something that is important to me
  • I understand that being unkind and hurting someone doesn't make me feel better
  • I can tell you something that has made me jealous
  • I can tell when I feel jealous
  • I can share people I care about
  • I can name feelings that are often associated with relationships
/ This theme is the second of two focusing specifically on feelings. It explores feelings within the context of our important relationships including family and friends. The theme aims to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning: self-awareness, managing feelings and empathy.
The focus of this small group is to help children to explore some of the feelings associated with close relationships, particularly in the family and with friends. / This set of core activities is designed to benefit children who find it hard to understand and manage their feelings of jealousy, hurt, loneliness or loss.It is designed to help the children with their relationships and to help them cope with the feelings that might be associated with leaving someone or somewhere we care about, or feeling lonely.

Key Stage 1Silver Set Sorter for Wave 2 (CHANGES)

Intended learning outcomes / Purpose of the group / Who might benefit? / Names
  • I can tell you what I can do now that I couldn’t do when I started school
  • I can tell you how I have changed
  • When I feel bad, I know that it helps to do something different
  • I know how to help someone when they are feeling sad
  • I can tell you some things about me that have changed
  • I know how change makes me feel
  • I can explain some strategies to help me stop worrying
  • I can tell you what a habit is and know that it is hard to change one
  • I can think about a change
  • I can make a plan, and think about what I want to achieve when things are changing
  • I know that how I feel can change how I behave
  • I can tell if someone is happy, sad or angry
  • I know that sometimes when people are not very nice to me it is because they don’t feel very good inside
  • I can make changes in my life
  • I can anticipate a change and help myself feel good about it
/ This theme tackles the issues of change and aims to equip children with an understanding of different types of change, positive and negative, and common human responses to it. The theme seeks to develop children’s ability to understand and manage the feelings associated with change. It aims to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning:motivation, social skills andmanaging feelings.
The focus of this small group is to help children tackle the issue of change and seeks to develop their ability to understand and manage the feelings associated with change. / This set of core activities is designed to benefit children who find change difficult to manage and to equip them with an understanding of different types of change, both positive and negative. It is designed to help children to reflect on their feelings and try out ideas to make themselves and others feel better.

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