Our new focus is, ’Wondall Learners are safe when they keep their hands and feet to self’. The objective of this focus is to increase student awareness around safety; not using hands and feet to touch or hurt others bodies; using knowledge of emotional regulation and strategies to regulate our emotions.

In class, the teachers lead discussions on being safe.

• What does this look like, sound like, feel like?

Students were introduced the concept that we are all allowed to feel angry/frustrated/upset; however, it is the way that we manage these feelings that is important. By recognising how our body feels and triggers that upset us, we can use strategies to make better decisions around how we react.

‘Our brain is in control, not our feelings’.

Students revisited the concept of ‘Flipping the Lid’ with a focus on learning about brain science, gaining an understanding that our brains are in control of our bodies/actions, in order to help prevent rough play/physical altercations.

Teachers will be looking for students to reward with Double Dougies when they are seen to be being SAFE by keeping hands and feet to themselves.