Social Smarts & Problem Solving (a 5 finger strategy – whole school approach)

Social smarts & Problem solving

A socially intelligent incursion

Suitable For: All ages

Availability: Monday-Sunday (bookings essential)

Location: Your school or venue

About the Workshop: Get ready for role play, unpacking social situations and starting your journey to social confidence, intelligence and skills. Both in making friends, keeping them and navigating unexpected behaviour from others.  This engaging workshop is unique, effective and works! There’s drama, movement, music and fun (in accordance with age appropriateness) and includes a systematic (ideal for inclusion) 5 finger strategy which can be adapted as a whole school approach with PD.

The incursion is modelled as an inclusive classroom. Topics include social awareness, an inclusive 5 figure strategy, expected behaviour and overall social coaching and resilience.

This Socially Smart Incursion focuses on the resilience of each child to navigate social situations themselves and feel confident to do so and how to reframe your bright and quirky traits for others.  No masking needed – we celebrate each child’s unique self!

Respectful Relationships, Responding Respectfully and handing conflict or anti-bullying available with this incursion if needed.

Outcomes:  Students learn strategies for making friends and connections.   Further they learn how to navigate and respond to unexpected behaviour in others.  Resilience, Social smarts, emotional smarts, culture building, team building, anti bullying, conflict resolution, respectful relationships, co-regulation.

Curriculum Links & Key Subject Areas:

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Resilience
  • Health & Physical Education
  • Relationships
  • Rhythmic and Expressive Movement Activities
  • Respectful Relationships
  • Multiculturalism
  • Social Science
  • Social Intelligence
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Anti Bullying

Duration: 1 hour

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