Collaboration Opportunity For Canterbury Schools and Families
We need you to be a collaborator with us on the Rising Tide project.
As the book’s intention is to increase emotional resilience, Massey is going to research whether this actually happens. As a teacher or a parent collaborator, all you would need to do is go online and fill out a ‘baseline’ questionnaire about your class or child's behaviour now, and then after using the resource with your family or class, go back online and complete the survey again. We would hope to show a difference in behaviour due to the use of the resource.
This is a way for Cantabrians to contribute to disaster recovery research.With the many natural disasters that seem to be occurring in our nation, this research may inform how agencies and the government work with families and schools in future situations. Please sign up by emailing the research team (Benita Stiles-Smith) at [email protected] or going to our website www.theworrybug.co.nz
Dear Teachers, Principals and support staff
Although anxiety does not necessarily impact a child’s academic abilities, it can affect their ability to learn. This two part resource helps children to identify their feelings of anxiety, how anxiety affects their behaviour and learning, and to recognise the effects in their peers and family members. The children will also have a book to take home and share with their family with activities for them to complete together that build on the child's school based learning. The activities in this book are designed as an introduction to the mahi they will do with their whanau.
While designing this resource we had students between five and nine in mind. They are able to think logically about concrete events and objects that are in front of them, but have a harder time thinking in abstract ways when they cannot relate their thoughts to the concrete situation. The strategies offered in the activities support the child to visibly sees the free floating worry get written down on a piece of paper and then see this piece of paper transferred to a caretaker who will look after it. After receiving significant feedback from ECE teachers who had used the books with four year olds we sought and were awarded funding to distribute the books to four year olds' families and ECE providers. We will shortly have curriculum links for Te Whariki (the NZ ECE curriculum) available on the site.
The activities are short and are designed to stand alone, or completed altogether in one or two afternoon sessions using simple resources. You may choose to begin the activities and then use a period of observation before continuing. When the children have identified useful strategies, including the ones suggested in the story you may wish to use them within your daily classroom reflections. You will be able to extend the activities and make further curriculum links. Be mindful that some children may need a quick come down activity before they move onto the next curriculum area.
You will be able to identify the children that will benefit from more of your support to access these strategies to manage their anxiety and any negative behaviour arising from it. As you work through the story and activities it might be necessary to refer a child and their family for further support.
Warmest regards,
Sarina Dickson and Julie Burgess-Manning
We need you to be a collaborator with us on the Rising Tide project.
As the book’s intention is to increase emotional resilience, Massey is going to research whether this actually happens. As a teacher or a parent collaborator, all you would need to do is go online and fill out a ‘baseline’ questionnaire about your class or child's behaviour now, and then after using the resource with your family or class, go back online and complete the survey again. We would hope to show a difference in behaviour due to the use of the resource.
This is a way for Cantabrians to contribute to disaster recovery research.With the many natural disasters that seem to be occurring in our nation, this research may inform how agencies and the government work with families and schools in future situations. Please sign up by emailing the research team (Benita Stiles-Smith) at [email protected] or going to our website www.theworrybug.co.nz
Dear Teachers, Principals and support staff
Although anxiety does not necessarily impact a child’s academic abilities, it can affect their ability to learn. This two part resource helps children to identify their feelings of anxiety, how anxiety affects their behaviour and learning, and to recognise the effects in their peers and family members. The children will also have a book to take home and share with their family with activities for them to complete together that build on the child's school based learning. The activities in this book are designed as an introduction to the mahi they will do with their whanau.
While designing this resource we had students between five and nine in mind. They are able to think logically about concrete events and objects that are in front of them, but have a harder time thinking in abstract ways when they cannot relate their thoughts to the concrete situation. The strategies offered in the activities support the child to visibly sees the free floating worry get written down on a piece of paper and then see this piece of paper transferred to a caretaker who will look after it. After receiving significant feedback from ECE teachers who had used the books with four year olds we sought and were awarded funding to distribute the books to four year olds' families and ECE providers. We will shortly have curriculum links for Te Whariki (the NZ ECE curriculum) available on the site.
The activities are short and are designed to stand alone, or completed altogether in one or two afternoon sessions using simple resources. You may choose to begin the activities and then use a period of observation before continuing. When the children have identified useful strategies, including the ones suggested in the story you may wish to use them within your daily classroom reflections. You will be able to extend the activities and make further curriculum links. Be mindful that some children may need a quick come down activity before they move onto the next curriculum area.
You will be able to identify the children that will benefit from more of your support to access these strategies to manage their anxiety and any negative behaviour arising from it. As you work through the story and activities it might be necessary to refer a child and their family for further support.
Warmest regards,
Sarina Dickson and Julie Burgess-Manning