This week, Primary launched a special campaign aimed at equipping students with strategies for solving problems peacefully. ‘Do the Five’ encourages children to do five steps when they encounter conflict or frustration with others…
1/ Ignore
2/ Talk friendly
3/ ‘i’ message
4/ Walk Away
5/ Support
Teachers did a role-play in assembly to demonstrate the steps, and Mrs Langford and Mrs Grady explained the strategy with their big orange hands. Every student went home with a wonderfully noisy ‘You Belong’ hand clapper to remind them to do the five.
Look out for the ‘Do the Five’ posters popping up around school as Primary continue to unfold the message throughout the year.
