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SEEVAL PROJECT: OUR EXPERIENCE

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE DI DOLO

Scuole dell’Infanzia, Primarie e Secondarie di 1° grado

Via IV Novembre, 2 – 30031 DOLO (VE) - ITALY

Tel. 041 / 410114 – Fax 041 / 5134238

C.F. 90164410277 - C.M. VEIC867006 – C.U.F. UFQ71O

e-mail : VEIC867006@istruzione.it VEIC867006@pec.istruzione.it

sito internet : www.istitutocomprensivodolo.gov.it

Teachers: Sabrina De Biagi - Monica De Toni - Stefania Gamba

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SOME DATA

STUDENTS

157 students involved - 8 classes

age: 10-11 years old (year 1 secondary school)

16 teachers

PLACES

own classrooms and gym

SCHOOL SUBJECTS involved: Physical Education, Religious Studies, Native and Foreign Languages, Civic Education

48 hours: 2 hours each class every 2 months

Seeval teachers’ online training was integrated by school team

with activities at the gym, similar to students’

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Why did we choose this project?

We noticed that boys and girls need positive emotions, positive thinking, good behaviours.

Covid-19 pandemic has increased the necessity of people to be together.

Our main SEE goals are:

understand and manage emotions

decide and develop positive goals

feel and show empathy for the others,

make positive friendship and responsible decisions.

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Why did we work at it at school?

To make students and teachers belong to their own school as a safe place for them to stay
To promote good relationships between students, teachers and school staff
To take care of our students’ and teachers’

wellbeing

To make students and teachers

resilient and stronger

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Why this project?

Feelings and emotions for our students

SELF CONTROL - we want to teach them how to have control of themselves in every situation

TO MAKE A VOCABULARY OF FEELINGS - in order to make them aware of their feelings and express them

GRATITUDE - to get used to say THANK YOU helps students to be aware of the positive aspects of their lives and feel better towards themselves and the others

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What did we do?

First step: toghether with all the teachers of our school we were engaged in a ctivities to define a shared mission for our school
Second step: we asked the students three questions to know what they think about their school and their teachers (shared vision)
Third step: we discussed their ideas
Fourth step: both teachers and students experienced emotions through the body (activities and games at the gym) integrated with further reflective and narrative activities in the classroom
Fifth step: meeting with parents to share the results of the activities

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FIRST QUESTION: How should teachers behave in a caring school?

calm - relaxed – happy

they would be in their ideal place

Students would study interesting topics -

Teachers wouldn’t give too much homework -

They would never get angry

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2. SECOND QUESTION: In a welcoming school, how would students behave towards their classmates?

They would play together without making fun of each other

Nobody would be refused and everybody would speak to anyone

They would all be kind and polite towards the others

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3. THIRD QUESTION: How would you describe a school where you feel good?

Everybody is happy with his job and cooperate with the others.

Both students and teachers work, go on well and have fun.

Less tests and homework

A lot of technologies

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When emotions come into play + music

learning by doing (with my body)

individual body relax

games to develop psychomotor skills in relationship with the others

different games in pairs and in group:

walk of consciousness - introducing myself - “walking blind” - massages with small balls - circle of trust - statues in groups - parachute of messages -

in and out of the circle

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Activities related to the previous body experience

Reading of the “Carta dei diritti alle emozioni” - a sort of bill of rights of emotions

Reflection about how I see myself - how the others see me - how I see myself in and out

Listening to songs related to friendship and making a diary of emotions upon the reflection on the text of the songs

Ending: what has been important in this experience that I want to take with me - a word I want to give to the others

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Relax with:

flauto di Pan music
Enya
Bolero-Ravel

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Music: celtic-energetic-ballads-songs about friendship

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Statues in group

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Making a diary

of emotions

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The parachute of messages

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I leave traces of my experience:

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FRIENDSHIP AND BEING A TEAM

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EMOTIONS AMONG DESKS

Watching some scenes from “Inside out”

Distinguishing among different emotions with the help of Emotions Colour Wheel

Awareness and discussion

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THE DIARY OF EMOTIONS: FROM THE STUDENTS’ HEART TO THEIR PEN

Sharing emotions in pairs

Helping each others

Empathy

Making a colourful diary of emotions

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Teachers: awareness and authentic sharing

We educate with what we are more than for what we teach

Holistic approach (mind - body - heart)

Activities and experiences of non-verbal communication:

Cooperative games relax, massages,

Psychomotor techniques,

Personal /Creative dance.

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Streets of paper: I am a teacher of yesterday, of today and of tomorrow

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Images of how I am and I feel about �Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow

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Diary in which we can write things that make us feel well and better every day

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The parachute in which everyone wrote a hidden message for every colleague

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Final sharing and feedback of what this experience meant for us

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How far has the project reached?

We chose students attending year one, and at the beginning of the school year, we gave them the chance to know their new classmates deeply.

Students had the possibility of discovering new aspects of themselves through their classmates’ eyes.

Students have enlarged their vocabulary about emotions.

The group of teachers has become an harmonious team both at school and in everyday life.

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DIFFICULTIES

PE teachers gave the most of their hours because lots of activities needed to use a large space like the gym. Then other teachers gave the rest of time, and we used another gym, next to our school.

Some teachers found it difficult to include the Seeval project in their lessons.

Lack of time: we all have lots of works to do, meetings, projects, continuing education.

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IF YOU WANT TO ARRIVE FIRST, WALK ALONE;

IF YOU WANT TO ARRIVE FAR, WALK TOGETHER

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

A special thank to our head teacher, Mr. Luca Michielon, and to our colleagues and all school staff