Promoting the Well-being of Akonga

• Physically Safe Environment: Classroom Treaty and rules outlining how to move about the classroom safety. Written about stair manners and how to manage behaviour. Social story: about the rules on the playground.
• Socially Safe Environment: Sharing and talking about the Belfast School moto “care, share, learn and grow.” Examples of what this looks like. I plan to take images and do a brainstorm of what each one looks like with photos and present this.
• Culturally Safe Environment: I plan to complete the “where do we come from wall" with images of each children with links to where they were born.
• Teaching and encouraging the children to use their WITS and their I statements.
• Emotionally safe: Circle time weekly or when needed. Discussing how we are feeling.
• Incorporating the use of te reo Maori, kupu o te wiki, celebrated matariki with the children, celebrated samoan language week by incorporating the language as much as possible.
• Celebrated New Zealand Sign Language, taught them how to play hangman with Sign Language.