1/2CN have had a fantastic first three days settling into their new class! We’ve been spending lots of time getting to know one another, as well as learning our new classroom routines, rules and expectations. The children have picked everything up incredibly quickly, and we’re so proud of how well they’ve settled in.

This week we have been reading The Colour Monster, a story about a monster whose different emotions are all muddled up into a colourful mix. In the story, his friend helps him sort each emotion into its own jar.

Inspired by the story, we have introduced our daily emotional check-in. Every morning, the children find the lollipop stick with their name on it and place it into the coloured jar that matches how they are feeling that day. This helps us celebrate happy and excited feelings, and it also lets us know if anyone is feeling sad, worried or upset so we can spend some time checking in with them and offering support.

We also learnt a simplified version of The Colour Monster story using actions to help us remember the words. The children had great fun practising the story together and quickly became really confident at retelling it. Have a look at the video to see 1/2CN in action!