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The aim of the SEAL materials is to provide schools with an explicit, structured curriculum framework and resource for teaching social, emotional and behavioural skills as a whole school approach for all pupils, not just those with challenging behaviour.

This set of slides are the introduction to SEAL that was used at the July 2006 conferences that introduced SEAL to over 180 Devon primary schools.  You may find it useful when introducing SEAL to your school or other groups of people.

• Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt 778KB)
• Adobe Acrobat PDF (345KB - pdf help)

The SEAL curriculum is a spiral curriculum that revisits each theme and associated skills. It aims to teach a range of personal and interpersonal skills. Some of the skills that are explicitly targeted through SEAL are:

• To be effective and successful learners
• Make and sustain friendships
• Deal with and resolve conflict effectively and fairly
• Solve problems with others or by themselves
• Manage strong feelings such as frustration, anger and anxiety
• Recover from setbacks and persist in the face of difficulties
• Work and play cooperatively
• Understand and value the differences between people, respecting the right of others to have beliefs and values different from their own.

The pupils are taught to use thinking skills and feelings together to guide their behaviour. There are 5 main skills that are used as a basis for teaching;

	self awareness
	managing feelings
	motivation
	empathy
	social skills

The resource is intended to supplement effective work that is already undertaken in schools to support social and emotional skills. It provides links to the foundation subjects as well as strong links to PSHE. It has been designed so that schools can implement it in line with the school setting and existing practice.

The materials will consist of one staffroom box organised into the following themes:

• New Beginnings
• Getting On and Falling Out
• Going for Goals
• Good For Me
• Relationships
• Changes
• Bullying

The themes are designed to be taught one each half term, with the whole schools teaching a theme together. The assembly supports each theme and there are ideas for links to a range of curriculum areas and Circle Time.

The box will contain

• An overview on each theme
• An assembly booklet
• A booklet for each year level on each theme
• A year group set of materials about each theme that also provides links to other subject areas

A whole school resource file containing photo cards, posters and photocopiable sheets