Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
We played a game called ‘switch’ children sat in a circle and asked to switch places if : you’ve lost something that was important to you, you have helped somebody else find something they have lost, etc.
Read the story ‘Goodbye mousie’
Story was about a boy who lost his pet, and how he deals with this loss. Children were then asked what feeling did the boy feel in the story? Why do you think he felt these feelings ?
Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
Today in jigsaw lesson children had male/female/both cards and a set of ‘whose responsibility?’ Cards. We asked the children to read each statement, children decided if it is a job mainly for men women or both and places it beneath the coresponding sign. Children also wrote extra ideas of their own.
Children then had to draw each member of their family and identity two jobs that each person, including themselves does.
We started the session off by sharing ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me…
This week in Jigsaw we read the children ‘The sad book’ by Michael Rosen. The book expresses Michael’s experience of deep sadness, how it affects him and how he tries to cope with it. In groups children had time to discuss and explore what the book tells us about feelings of sadness and loss.
Allowed each child group to share their ideas and conclusions from their discussions with the rest of the class.
