Curriculum resource
Theme 1: Learning to be together – social skills and empathy
Theme 1 focuses primarily on the social and emotional aspect of learning social skills with a secondary focus on empathy. It is designed to promote the skills of interpersonal relations that are required for pupils to be successful across all aspects of school life.
Many of the learning opportunities in this theme require pupils to work together, either in pairs or small groups, and this provides an opportunity for them to practise the skills they are learning.
An important aspect of this theme is that of empathy and this will be considered and developed throughout all the learning opportunities.
Some of the learning opportunities require specific resources that can be found in the Theme 3 resource sheets, or photocards or posters in the whole school resources. These are designed as flexible resources for use across all themes.
Example subject-specific learning opportunities can be found on the SEAL Development site.
Please note: the Theme 1 learning opportunity booklet for Year 7 is currently labelled ‘Theme 2’.
Theme 1 Year 7