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Social and emotional learning helps children and young people to:
‘… learn how to communicate their feelings, set themselves goals and work towards them, interact successfully with others, resolve conflicts peaceably, control their anger and negotiate their way through the many complex relationships in their lives today and tomorrow’.
This kind of learning underpins positive behaviour and attitudes to learning, personal development and mental health and wellbeing. It is at the heart of PSHE, relationships and health education.
Research shows it also helps raise attainment. Social and emotional learning is attracting increasing attention in schools. On this website you will find age-related teaching resources and whole school frameworks to support your work.
Many of them come from the national ‘Social and emotional Learning’ (SEAL) initiative. By registering with us (which is free, quick and easy), you can immediately find and download all of the national SEAL curriculum materials and teacher guidance. There’s a progression in learning objectives that can be used in any school, and training materials if you want to introduce or refresh a whole-school SEAL approach. Click on National Resources then click the Getting Started with SEAL tab.
If you would like regularly updated teaching resources, you can also join our SEAL Community. Set up and supported by leading experts in the field, the SEAL Community is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote and develop SEAL through sharing news, practice, resources and expertise. Joining costs £30 for individuals, £75 for schools/settings and £100 for local authorities or other multi-school organisations. Click here to join
News update
The study, launched in summer 2020, is one of the few that repeatedly asks younger teenagers about their experiences of the pandemic...
Sharing practice
Laura Fletcher at Wexham Court Primary School describes how she helped a group of boys learn the skills they need to resolve playground conflicts...
When Woodbrook Vale secondary school decided to prioritise pupils’ personal development, their biggest challenges were how to motivate students to engage with an area they wouldn’t get a grade in...
Resource roundup
The Anna Freud centre and DfE have released a number of useful new resources, including:
The organisation PAPYRUS has free help and advice resources, including conversation starters, distraction techniques, information leaflets, an
Practical tools
In a start-of-the-year survey, include an open-ended question like “Is there anything I should know about you as a learner to help you be successfu
Top tips on creating a SEL-friendly classroom environment- we suggest ...
The idea of talking about ‘moving through emotions productively’ rather than managing them.
Why not teach students to ‘stop, name, and react’ when they’re faced with a big feeling?
1. What Do My Colours Say? Have students fill a sheet of paper with colour, lines, and shapes for two minutes.
New research
