BPBH Foundation Phase aligned with CASEL
Step 1: Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery , Understanding Emotions, Sense of Trust & Safety
OBJECTIVES
Allow students to create a safe space where they can express and understand emotions and power traits, and discover that they have more potential, aspirations, and resources than they sometimes think.
THE CIRCLE OF TRUST, THE CLARITY TOOL, THE CYCLE OF AN EMOTION, PRACTICE EMOTIONS, THE CIRCLE OF COURAGE & BELONGING, THE TREE CREST & VISION BOARD: A safe and inclusive place where students can connect as a community, learn about emotions, neuro-science, coping skills, values, strengths & aspirations.
Step 2: Social Awareness, Interdependence / Interconnection, Building Relationships and Responsible Decision-making
OBJECTIVES
Develop an understanding that living systems are made up of interconnected relationships, in which each partner affects and often needs the other while addressing emotional intelligence and nonviolent communication,
A STORY OF NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION AND THE MAGIC BOARD: these workshops highlight the needs behind our emotions and qualities/strategies to address these needs nonviolently.
Step 3: Overcoming the blocks & Building Resilience
OBJECTIVES
Find a place to express/share and deposit the worries/challenges and transform them into something more hopeful. Students learn how to channel their feelings of sadness, anger, or negativity into drawings and writing, share their challenges with others and reflect on them while feeling safe,
THE HEALING BOX AND HOPE STONES: Students love the healing box because it is the first time they are allowed to pour their emotions into artwork.
Step 4: Shared Values, Cooperation & Partnership
OBJECTIVES
Explore the potential role of cooperation and partnership in the participants’ everyday lives through art and STEM activities.
CREATION OF THE TREE OF HOPE and THE LEGO HOUSE: Allows students to share collective values, strengths, and aspirations as well as develop organizational and leadership skills.
Step 5: SHARE AND CONNECT OUR STORIES
OBJECTIVES
Take a time to develop reflecting practices and share what we have learned.
THE SWIRLS: Create art pieces that will be connected together to represent what we have learned individually and collectively.
Step 6: Spreading Hope
OBJECTIVES
Cultivate awareness and global connection. Expand the youth's collective capacity for dialogue. Create positive change through simple actions. Activate compassionate forces. Fostering resilience and hope.
MESSAGES OF HOPE: Create messages of Hope on canvas that will be sent to children/youth in need locally or internationally.
BTPBTH Community & Leadership Development Phase
Community Building
Student driven, this phase requires active engagement with the school and community to discover areas of improvements and gain inspiration for projects.
Project Management
Students learn skills such as interview techniques, mind-mapping, project management, leadership, team-building and implementation techniques. All five CASEL social and emotional competencies are required to make their chosen project become a reality.
Lasting Impact
These opportunities allow students to create and implement projects that impact the school community and its environment. In the past, students have created sustainable projects including murals, with positive words gathered during the mind-mapping exercise and translated in all the languages spoken in the school; Mindfulness installations reinforcing the school culture; End of the year showcase, in which students delivered an inspirational speech and performances in front of the entire school.