Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

SEAL Department staff:

Bobbie Brown SEAL Co-ordinator

Fiona Foster Emotional Literacy Instructor

Jon Cardy Youth Worker

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It is very difficult for young people to learn academically when they are experiencing extreme feelings of anger. In The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle states that “anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, this is not easy!!!” Aristotle was correct then and he is absolutely correct now! In fact, learning, working, and experiencing well being is difficult for all of us if we are experiencing any kind of social or emotional difficulty.

At the Warriner we look after the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning in the SEAL Department. Here we run Emotional Literacy groups. Emotional Literacy is the ability to recognize, understand, handle and appropriately express emotions in ourselves and to other people. We help young people to develop these skills, concentrating on Social Skill, Empathy, Motivation, Self-Awareness and Self Regulation.

However, our responsibilities don’t stop there!

We are happy to help anyone with attendance issues.
We can even make sure that work is sent home when students are off school for any reason.
We have a School Mentor and a Youth Worker based in our department to help students facing any kind of difficulty.
We also enjoy working with adults! Throughout the year, we run both Staff and Parent Emotional Literacy Sessions.

Come visit us and experience a different side of school life, where we consider feelings to be extremely important!