Self-awareness

How does it show?

• Through describing how we feel and encouraging children and others to describe and show how they feel.

• Being able to reflect on how we think and feel and how it changes the way we behave.

• Through an everyday approach, remembering that little things count.

• Through emotional agility – being able to recognise feelings and adapt behaviour. 

What can we do to stimulate?

• By using an everyday approach and exploring feelings and thoughts from a child's perspective - through their eyes.

• By asking - “What are you thinking and feeling now?”. Find out what makes their day. There are tools for this like the 'Make My Day Book' and 'Make My Day Postcard'. 

• The 'Make My Day Diary' encourages students to reflect on which parts of their day are most or least stressful and how their behaviour might change as a result. This gives an opportunity to develop self-awareness and adapt behaviour.

• The child can help us understand what works and what is less effective for them. This builds our understanding and their self-awareness too.