How has the kit helped to develop prosocial behaviours?
Students have spent time with every other classmate getting to know each other better right at the start of the term. The kit underlines our PB4L values.
How successful has this kit been in building the relationships between students in your classroom?
How effective has this kit been in improving students' prosocial behaviours?
How has this kit influenced your classroom community?
Students have viewed each other as someone just like them, all in the same boat, shy and unsure at the start of the year. The ice is broken very early in the term and the parents are invited to comment and discuss the topic at home through the postcards and booklets that go home.
How have the components of Respectul Relationships helped develop your student's understanding of what a respectful relationship is?
They have been guided to think of others, to recognise the needs of others and what they can say and do to show respect and have empathy.
How relevant has this kit been in your class during covid times?
How relevant has this kit been with maintaining/establishing/reestablishing classroom relationships during Covid?
Once again, students could understand that they were all going through a tough time together, sharing similar emotions. During zoom catch-up sessions, students already knew something about everybody and had already made that initial contact which reassured them, removing fears and preconceived assumptions.s