Seal is a programme that highlights the importance of effective good learning, positive behaviours, uninterrupted attendance and emotional wellbeing. This falls under 3 ‘waves’
The first wave is basically the school creating a happy healthy stimulating environment where children can be taught social and emotional skills, this aims to increase the children’s and staffs skills.
The second wave is children with extra needs being identified and supported within the school. This can be in small groups, it gives opportunities to explore being social and there …show more content…
This programme promotes children’s learning to understand/ control their own feelings and emotions. As well as being understanding/ responsive to others around them helping them to grow into emotionally socially able balanced adults. This type of programme shows children they can achieve, providing a self motivation and I can attitude, it promotes a positive view of social/ emotional interaction, encouraging self problem solving or asking for help and working with others.
Seal is normally put into 5 categories:
Self awareness is teaching and promoting self value, it’s about children knowing themselves and knowing /understanding their emotions, feelings, values, beliefs they have, all these things add up to a positive self image and belief in them self and their abilities, promoting their strengths not focusing on their limitations.
Managing feelings is about the children being able to express/ understand their own emotions, by managing their emotions, children can be happier and more positive about all aspects of their life, this can promote better concentration, better appropriate behaviour, and working with others therefore having a better social relationship with peers and staff