In support of Anti-Bullying Week, children across the school have been involved in projects relating to emotions, behaviour and their well-being and safety – whether at school, in other social situations, or (for older pupils) on the internet.
Teaching Assistant, Abigail Hills, has been doing some improvised drama with Year 4 pupils from Ocean class, using tableaus to create an awareness of how body language plays a part in communication with others. The exercise involved looking at the power of individuals and groups when projecting a similar feeling or action - such as blaming, ignoring, or welcoming.
Here’s what some of Ocean class had to say about the exercise:
“We pretended to ignore and blame as part of the lesson to see how it would feel to do it. In real life it wouldn’t feel nice to me to ignore someone as they would get upset and that would make me feel bad.”
“Welcoming someone was more fun than ignoring someone, not just for them but for me. If you make them feel happy you feel happy too.”
“If you are welcoming to someone and nice then they might be more nice to other people too. It’s like passing on a chain of happiness.”