Social and Emotional Learning
Alongside the teaching of The National Curriculum, a large a part of our role involves supporting the children’s emotional and social needs. We want to provide the children the skills to articulate and manage their emotions, deal with conflict, solve problems, understand things from another person’s perspective, and communicate in appropriate ways so they are more successful socially and academically.
These ‘social and emotional skills’ are essential for children’s development, support effective learning, and are linked to positive outcomes in later life.
At Heber we use RULER to teach these vital skills. RULER is an approach developed by YALE University that aims to integrate the principles of emotional intelligence into the immune system of school children, informing how leaders lead, teachers teach, students learn, and families support students. For more information, click here.
RULER stands for:
R - recognising emotions
U - understanding emotions
L - labelling emotions
E - Expressing emotions
R - regulating emotions.
Each of these skills is taught through 4 anchor tools. The Charter, The Mood Metre, The Meta Moment and The Blueprint.