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R e l a t i o n s h i p s a n d R e c o v e r y C u r r i c u l u m

A c a d e m y r e - e n t r y f o l l o w i n g l o c k d o w n w i l l b e a v e r y d i f f e r e n t e x p e r i e n c e f o r e a c h a c a d e m y a n d f o r t h e d i f f e r e n t p e o p l e – c h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g p e o p l e , s t a f f a n d p a r e n t s – w i t h i n t h e m . We h a v e s o m e p r a c t i c e o f r e t u r n i n g t o a c a d e m i e s t h a t w e c a n d r a w u p o n . We r e t u r n t o o u r a c a d e m i e s a t t h e e n d o f e v e r y s u m m e r h o l i d a y , h o w e v e r , t h i s e x p e r i e n c e w i l l b e f a r m o r e c o m p l e x . We n e e d t o b e o p e n a n d h o n e s t w i t h o u r s e l v e s a n d e a c h o t h e r a b o u t t h e c h a l l e n g e s t h a t f a c e u s .

T h e R e l a t i o n s h i p s a n d R e c o v e r y C u r r i c u l u m h a s b e e n d e s i g n e d a r o u n d S e l i g m a n ’ s t h e o r e t i c a l m o d e l o f h a p p i n e s s a n d w e l l b e i n g ( P E R M A ) 1 a n d E - A C T ’ s c o r e v a l u e s , a s w e l l a s d r a w i n g u p o n t h e w o r k o f t h e J u b i l e e C e n t r e ’ s c h a r a c t e r e d u c a t i o n a n d v i r t u e s d e v e l o p m e n t , T H R I V E a n d E - A C T ’ s m e n t a l h e a l t h c u r r i c u l u m .

1 S e l i g m a n , M . E . ( 2 0 1 1 ) . F l o u r i s h . N o r t h S y d n e y , N . S .W : R a n d o m H o u s e , A u s t r a l i a .

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I m p l e m e n t a t i o n

B y u t i l i s i n g o u r e x t e n s i v e t e a m o f M e n t a l H e a l t h F i r s t A i d e r s w e h a v e a v a s t s e t o f s k i l l s a n d k n o w l e d g e o f w h i c h t o d r a w u p o n t o p r o v i d e e x c e l l e n t m e n t a l h e a l t h a n d e m o t i o n a l s u p p o r t t o o u r p u p i l s .

T h e c u r r i c u l u m f r a m e w o r k i s d e s i g n e d t o h a v e f l e x i b i l i t y s o t h a t e a c h a c a d e m y c a n c o m p l e t e w o r k t o w a r d s e a c h o f t h e v i r t u e s / w e l l b e i n g f o c i i n a n o r d e r t h a t b e s t m e e t s t h e n e e d s o f t h e i r p u p i l s . A c a d e m y s t a f f h a v e t h e g r e a t e s t k n o w l e d g e a n d i n s i g h t i n t o w h a t t h e i r p u p i l s , s t a f f , p a r e n t s a n d c o m m u n i t i e s h a v e e x p e r i e n c e d d u r i n g t h e p a n d e m i c a n d t h e r e f o r e a r e b e s t p l a c e d t o d e v e l o p t h e f r a m e w o r k a c c o r d i n g t o t h e i r n e e d s .

T h e f r a m e w o r k c o n s i s t s o f n o n - n e g o t i a b l e s o r k e y e x p e c t a t i o n s a s w e l l a s k e y t e a c h i n g p o i n t s t o c o v e r . H o w e v e r , h o w t h e s e a r e d e l i v e r e d s h o u l d b e i n f o r m e d b y t h e k n o w l e d g e o f t h e s t a f f . To s u p p o r t a c a d e m i e s s u g g e s t e d a c t i v i t i e s h a v e b e e n p r o v i d e d a n d f u r t h e r a d v i c e c a n b e p r o v i d e d b y t h e R e l a t i o n s h i p s a n d R e c o v e r y C u r r i c u l u m c o r e g r o u p ( s e e s o u r c e s o f s u p p o r t b e l o w ) .

T h e c u r r i c u l u m i s b a s e d a r o u n d a t h r e e w a v e m o d e l a n d s e t s o u t h o w t o i m p l e m e n t t h e c u r r i c u l u m :

Wa v e 1D e s i g n e d f o r a l l p u p i l s t o c o m p l e t e , u t i l i s i n g P E R M A , c h a r a c t e r e d u c a t i o n a n d M H c u r r i c u l u m a s a f r a m e w o r k .

Wa v e 2D e s i g n e d f o r p u p i l s s t r u g g l i n g t o e n g a g e a n d /o r d e m o n s t r a t i n g s i g n s o f a n x i e t y . Wa v e 2 i s a m o r e i n t e n s i v e s u p p o r t i v e c u r r i c u l u m u t i l i s i n g T H R I V E a s a f r a m e w o r k .

Wa v e 3D e s i g n e d f o r h i g h l y a n x i o u s p u p i l s w h e n i n a c a d e m y , p o t e n t i a l l y d e m o n s t r a t i n g s e l f - h a r m b e h a v i o u r s , h i g h r i s k n e g a t i v e b e h a v i o u r s ( e x p l o s i v e b e h a v i o u r s ) a n d m a n y o f t h e s e p u p i l s w i l l b e s h o w i n g s c h o o l r e f u s a l t e n d e n c i e s . T h i s p a r t o f t h e c u r r i c u l u m i s v e r y s p e c i f i c t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l .

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O u r R e l a t i o n s h i p s a n d R e c o v e r y C u r r i c u l u m i s d e s i g n e d t o r e c o g n i s e c h i l d r e n ’ s r e c e n t l i f e e x p e r i e n c e s a s a r e s u l t o f t h e C o v i d - 1 9 p a n d e m i c , p r o v i d e o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r c h i l d r e n t o e s t a b l i s h a n d l e a r n n e w w a y s o f l i v i n g a n d l e a r n i n g i n c l u d i n g :

• E s t a b l i s h i n g n e w r o u t i n e s• R e - b u i l d r e l a t i o n s h i p s • D e v e l o p i n t e r p e r s o n a l s k i l l s • B u i l d r e s i l i e n c e• P r o c e s s p o t e n t i a l e m o t i o n a l t r a u m a • C r e a t e a s e n s e o f b e l o n g i n g• R e c o g n i s e t h e c h i l d r e n ’ s v a r i a t i o n s o f

p r i o r l e a r n i n g d u r i n g l o c k d o w n • P r o v i d e a p p r o p r i a t e l e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c e s

t h a t s u p p o r t c r e a t i v i t y a n d c r i t i c a l t h i n k i n g

E v e r y c h i l d i s r e c o g n i s e d a s a u n i q u e i n d i v i d u a l . We a r e m i n d f u l o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l d i f f e r e n c e s t h a t e a c h a c a d e m y c o m m u n i t y p o s s e s s e s a n d t h e e x p e r i e n c e s e a c h p e r s o n m a y h a v e h a d d u r i n g l o c k d o w n . F o r o u r c h i l d r e n t o b e s u c c e s s f u l i n t h e i r t r a n s i t i o n b a c k i n t o a n e d u c a t i o n s e t t i n g t h e y n e e d t o f e e l s a f e , s e c u r e a n d h a v e p o s i t i v e e m o t i o n a l w e l l b e i n g .

T h e r e f o r e , a f t e r a p e r i o d o f u n c e r t a i n t y , u n u s u a l r o u t i n e s , p o t e n t i a l e x p e r i e n c e s o f t r a u m a a n d l i v i n g w i t h s o c i a l d i s t a n c i n g m e a s u r e s , i t i s v i t a l t h a t w e c a r e f u l l y g u i d e o u r p u p i l s , p a r e n t s a n d s t a f f i n t o a p o s i t i o n t h a t e n a b l e s p o s i t i v e a c c e s s t o l e a r n i n g f o r a l l .

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u n i q u e i n d i v i d u a l

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T i m e f r a m e

Wa v e 1P u p i l s t o c o m p l e t e R e l a t i o n s h i p s a n d R e c o v e r y C u r r i c u l u m d a i l y .

• P r i m a r y p u p i l s s h o u l d h a v e d e d i c a t e d t i m e u n t i l m o r n i n g b r e a k

• S e c o n d a r y s t u d e n t s s h o u l d h a v e t h e f i r s t h o u r o f e a c h d a y

Wa v e 2P u p i l s i d e n t i f i e d a s r e q u i r i n g m o r e i n t e n s i v e s u p p o r t w i l l r e c e i v e t h e Wa v e 2 c u r r i c u l u m t o b e d e l i v e r e d i n a s m a l l g r o u p o n a d a i l y b a s i s f o r a t l e a s t o n e h o u r p e r d a y f o r s i x w e e k s i n a d d i t i o n t o Wa v e 1 .

Wa v e 3B e s p o k e / i n d i v i d u a l c u r r i c u l u m d e s i g n e d f o r t h e i n d i v i d u a l p u p i l .

I m p a c t a n d e v a l u a t i o n

T h e R e l a t i o n s h i p s a n d R e c o v e r y C u r r i c u l u m i s a u n i q u e a n d e x c i t i n g p r o j e c t . I t s i n t e n t i o n i s t o p a v e t h e w a y f o r E - A C T ’ s c h a r a c t e r c u r r i c u l u m , l i n k i n g i n w i t h t h e M H c u r r i c u l a a n d s u p p o r t s o u r f o c u s o n e n s u r i n g p o s i t i v e w e l l b e i n g f o r a l l o u r p e o p l e . H o w e v e r , i t i s i m p o r t a n t t h a t w e a r e c o n t i n u o u s l y r e f l e c t i v e a n d m o n i t o r t h e i m p a c t o f t h e i n i t i a t i v e s i m p l e m e n t e d . T h e r e f o r e , a s e r i e s o f e v a l u a t i v e m e a s u r e s s h o u l d b e u t i l i s e d t o g u i d e t h e p r o j e c t .

I n t h e f i r s t i n s t a n c e a b a s e l i n e m e a s u r e n e e d s t o b e m a d e t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e s t a r t i n g p o i n t o f o u r p u p i l s . A s a m p l e q u e s t i o n n a i r e d e s i g n e d t o m e a s u r e t h e i m p a c t o f P E R M A c a n b e a c c e s s e d h e r e f o r i n f o r m a t i o n . A f i n a l v e r s i o n o f a q u e s t i o n n a i r e w i l l b e s h a r e d w i t h c o l l e a g u e s .

T h i s c o u l d b e s e n t t o p u p i l s p r i o r t o r e t u r n i n g t o a c a d e m y o r c o m p l e t e d a s p a r t o f t h e 1 : 1 f i r s t d a y m e e t i n g . A c a d e m i e s w i l l n e e d t o c o n s i d e r t h e b e s t o p t i o n t o e n s u r e e n g a g e m e n t a n d a c c u r a t e d a t a c o l l e c t i o n . T h e i n t e n t i o n i s f o r t h e q u e s t i o n n a i r e t o b e r e p e a t e d a t f u t u r e i n t e r v a l s t o b e c o n f i r m e d b y t h e c u r r i c u l u m c o r e t e a m , a s w e l l a s f o c u s g r o u p s t o e v a l u a t e t h e c u r r i c u l u m .

A d d i t i o n a l d a t a s o u r c e s c a n b e u t i l i s e d t o s u p p o r t t h e i m p a c t a n d e v a l u a t i o n p r o c e s s i n c l u d i n g a t t e n d a n c e f i g u r e s a n d s a f e g u a r d i n g r e f e r r a l s .

T h e c o r e t e a m i s a l s o i n t h e p r o c e s s o f d e v e l o p i n g a q u e s t i o n n a i r e f o r o u r p r i m a r y c o h o r t .

T h e c u r r i c u l u m s u p p o r t s o u r

f o c u s o n e n s u r i n g p o s i t i v e w e l l b e i n g

f o r a l l o u r p e o p l e

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N o n - n e g o t i a b l e s

A l l p u p i l s t o r e c e i v e a 1 : 1 m e e t i n g w i t h a Y M H FA t r a i n e d m e m b e r o f s t a f f o n t h e i r f i r s t d a y . T h i s i s a s s u m i n g t h a t t h e r e w i l l b e a p h a s e d r e t u r n f o r p u p i l s a n d s h o u l d t h e r e f o r e b e a c h i e v a b l e . I t i s v i t a l t h a t 1 : 1 m e e t i n g s b e c o m e a r e g u l a r o c c u r r e n c e f o r p u p i l s t o p r o v i d e a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o s h a r e c o n c e r n s w i t h a t r u s t e d a d u l t . F o r s o m e p u p i l s o n c e a w e e k o r f o r t n i g h t m a y b e a p p r o p r i a t e , f o r o t h e r s t w i c e a w e e k m a y b e n e e d e d . P u p i l s i d e n t i f i e d a s Wa v e 2 / 3 m a y r e q u i r e m o r e r e g u l a r 1 : 1 s .

D a i l y c h e c k i n s w i t h e v e r y p u p i l . T h i s i s a v e r y s i m p l e e x e r c i s e w h e r e e v e r y p u p i l i s a s k e d : “ H o w a r e y o u ? ” I n e v i t a b l e t h e m a j o r i t y o f p u p i l s w i l l r e p l y , ‘ F i n e . ’ S o v i t a l l y t h e f o l l o w u p q u e s t i o n m u s t b e , ‘A r e y o u s u r e ? ’ A s t h i s w i l l o f t e n b e w h e n a p u p i l w i l l d i s c l o s e h o w t h e y a c t u a l l y f e e l , e . g . w h e n a s k e d , ‘A r e y o u s u r e ? ’ T h e c o m m o n r e s p o n s e i s , ‘ We l l i t ’ s j u s t … . . ’

A l l a c a d e m i e s t o i n t r o d u c e a n a c a d e m y m e n t a l h e a l t h h u b / s a f e s p a c e / t h e r a p e u t i c s p a c e f o r a l l p u p i l s t o b e a b l e t o a c c e s s f o r q u i e t r e f l e c t i o n t i m e a n d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o t a l k t o a s a f e a d u l t . M a n y a c a d e m i e s a l r e a d y h a v e s o m e s o r t o f s p a c e o r p r o v i s i o n a v a i l a b l e , b u t w e w a n t t o e n s u r e t h a t a l l a c a d e m i e s a r e a b l e t o o f f e r t h i s .

C o m m u n i c a t i o n

I n o r d e r f o r t h i s c u r r i c u l u m t o b e s u c c e s s f u l c o m m u n i c a t i o n i s v i t a l . P o s i t i v e c o m m u n i c a t i o n e n s u r e s s u s t a i n a b i l i t y a n d c o n t i n u i t y o f m e s s a g e s b o t h i n a n d o u t o f t h e a c a d e m y .

F i r s t a n d f o r e m o s t , w e w a n t t o s h a r e t h e c u r r i c u l u m w i t h a c a d e m y l e a d e r s t o e n a b l e p l e n t y o f p l a n n i n g t i m e a n d t o a v o i d d u p l i c a t i o n o f w o r k . A c a d e m i e s n e e d t o b e a w a r e o f t h e e x p e c t a t i o n s , b u t a l s o b e a b l e t o a p p r o a c h t h e c u r r i c u l u m i n a w a y t h a t b e s t m e e t s t h e n e e d s o f t h e i r p u p i l s .

S e c o n d l y , p a r e n t s a n d p u p i l s n e e d t o b e i n f o r m e d a b o u t t h e R e l a t i o n s h i p s a n d R e c o v e r y C u r r i c u l u m i n o r d e r f o r t h e m t o f e e l s a f e a n d s e c u r e a b o u t t h e c h i l d ’ s t r a n s i t i o n b a c k i n t o t h e i r a c a d e m y .

B y e n s u r i n g t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d p r o v i d i n g p l e n t y o f i n f o r m a t i o n t o a l l s t a k e h o l d e r s w e a r e m u c h m o r e l i k e l y t o h a v e a p o s i t i v e r e s p o n s e a n d e n g a g e m e n t w i t h t h e c u r r i c u l u m .

I n o r d e r f o r t h i s c u r r i c u l u m t o

b e s u c c e s s f u l c o m m u n i c a t i o n i s

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T B T h i n k b i g S T S S h o w t e a m s p i r i tR T D o t h e r i g h t t h i n g

Wellbeing focus Non-negotiables Key teaching points Possible activities

Positive emotions

For children to understand

that they will have experienced a range of

emotions and will continue to do so.

Daily check-in and circle time at the beginning of the day.

Explore the emotions that they felt when they are off.

(TB)

Explore the emotions they feel that they are back at

academy. (TB)

To create a tool box of strategies to support them

when they have strong feelings. (TB)

Links with Zones of Regulation.

Making a tool box of

strategies. E.g. breathing activities

Mindfulness or calming yoga

Engagement

For children to engage in a range of activities which bring

a sense of enjoyment.

Every day children to work together on activities that they can all engage in together to develop the key virtues that

are needed. The activities also need to bring enjoyment and give a sense of achievement,

boosting self-esteem.

Explore the following key qualities that are needed at this time and why we need

them: caring, helpful, cooperation, courage,

kindness & patience. (STS/RT)

Art Activity Learning a dance routine

DT project Time to Play e.g. create a

model, something out of junk. Cooking

Activity is linked to the key virtues that are important

during this time.

Relationships

For children to re-establish trusting relationships with key

adults and each other.

A daily activity which focuses on re-connecting and

engaging.

Explore who they have missed and why.(TB)

Discuss what they missed

about each other. (STS)

Explore how we need to support each other. (RT)

Circle time games Theraplay style games

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Wellbeing focus Non-negotiables Key teaching points Possible activities

Meaning

For children to understand the Covid-19 situation and how it has affected them and others.

To complete a project as a class where children have a way of either saying thank

you to those who have helped (cards/fundraising) or how

everyone can continue to stay safe (posters, video, song,

rap) Create a way that children can ask questions about

COVID 19 – e.g. a question box and then a set time to

discuss

Gratitude exercise at the end of the day which includes, for example, who has helped me?

Who have I helped? What have I learned?

Explore what COVID 19 was about. (TB)

Discuss how it still affects us

and why? (STS)

Who helped us during COVID 19 and how can we say thank

you. (RT)

What does it feel like to lose someone and recognising

loss. (TB)

Share a social story about COVID 19 – children to write their own story to explain it to

a younger child or for someone who wants to know

about it in 10 years’ time.

Make posters about how to stay safe e.g. washing hands,

social distancing to put up around the academy.

Project to say thank you to all those people who helped e.g.

making cards As a class make a time

capsule.

Fundraising for local charity or other community based

activity e.g. collecting for food bank

Accomplishment

For children to be able to recognise and celebrate what

they have achieved.

Each class to have a celebration board which

celebrates what has been achieved both at home and while returning to academy.

Recognition board – have a

daily value e.g. kindness and put names up of children who

demonstrate this value.

Explore what individuals achieved while they were at

home. (TB)

Re-establish the values that are important to us as a

academy and class community (STS/RT)

Make a poster/scrap book of all the things that they did.

Share the work they did while

they were at home.

Share something that they learned to do.

T B T h i n k b i g S T S S h o w t e a m s p i r i tR T D o t h e r i g h t t h i n g

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Key area Key points to be developed Areas to focus on Possible activities

Belong & feeling safe

Child feels safe to be back in academy.

Child re-establishes a sense of belonging which may have been lost.

Re-establishing and building trust with key adults.

Explore what safe and unsafe feels like.

To develop skills to tell an adult they are not safe and develop confidence to ask for help.

To develop strategies to be able to cope when they are not feeling safe e.g. go to a safe space, visualise somewhere that make them feel safe

To explore what they missed about academy.

To explore what people missed about them.

Children spending time with a key adult in a small group engaging in activities which develop a connection but also allow children to talk.

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Key area Key points to be developed Areas to focus on Possible activities

Dealing with emotions

Child knows it is OK to feel lots of different emotions.

Child has the strategies to deal with worries and anxieties.

To explore each of the key emotions (anger, calm, happy, sad, fear).

To explore the different feelings, they experienced when they were off academy and now they are back.

To identify what a worry is and how we feel when we have lots of worries.

To know that if we keep our worries inside we will ‘explode’ and explore ways to deal with worries.

To understand that not all worries are for us and we need to sort worries out.

To use the Colour Monster and sensory activities to explore each emotion.

Huge Bag of Worries

Having confidence

Child feels confident that they will cope being back at academy.

Child has the confidence to give things ago.

Can try things out and see what happens.

Creative in resolving difficulties

Indicate when she doesn’t know or has a problem

Know what to do in different circumstances

Can ask for help to deal with a problem.

Problem solving activities

Working as a team Social dilemma cards

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