We have commenced our Peer Support lessons this week. The whole school is participating in Peer Support for 30 minutes each week with two Year 6 Peer leaders facilitating a small group of eight to ten younger students, to work together through a number of structured activities. Each teacher will supervise two groups in their classroom. 

This year, we are working on a module called "Keeping Friends", helping us explore the concept of friendship, building relationships and developing skills in empathy and critical thinking. The module runs for eight sessions. 

Today, our first session enabled the children to get to know everyone in their group, agreeing on how they will work together and interact cooperatively with others. They also began to think about the meaning of friendship. 

We encourage you to talk to your children about Peer Support every week as it will help to reinforce the concepts learned in each session.