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Friendly Kids, Friendly Classrooms

McGrath & Francey, 1991

A book External Link used by teachers and counsellors to teach students social skills that will help them to get along well with their classmates.

The book incorporates diagnostic tools and practical steps on how to teach 21 important classroom and playground skills. Games and activities are designed to create a positive and fun filled classroom and to help students who are shy or awkward. Teachers are encouraged to follow the suggested program or create their own based around the four areas of the book.

This table should be used in conjunction with the Years 1 to 9 Health and Physical Education Essential Learnings and the Scoping the Essentials Years 1 to 9. It is to be used as a guide only.

Key:

Evident in the program/resource Evident in the program/resource

Consistent opportunities for knowledge and skill application beyond classroom lessons Consistent opportunities for knowledge and skill application beyond classroom lessons

Develops basic knowledge and skills practice Develops basic knowledge and skills practice

Year: P - 6

Seqenced structure: Evident in the program/resource

SEL Core Competencies

Self awareness

Social awareness

Self management

Responsible decision making

Relationship skills

Develops basic knowledge and skills practice

Develops basic knowledge and skills practice

Develops basic knowledge and skills practice

Develops basic knowledge and skills practice

Develops basic knowledge and skills practice

Links to Essential Learnings

Identity and personal development (SOSE)

Relationships and communicating (HPE)

Self management and resilience (HPE)

Healthy choices (HPE)

Evident in the program/resource

Evident in the program/resource

-

Evident in the program/resource

Other factors

Evidence of effectiveness

Based on theory

Student assessment

Professional development

Parents program

-

Evident in the program/resource

-

Evident in the program/resource

-

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