Behaviour

At The Vale Academy, we recognise the importance of promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing to our children and their families. Creating the right atmosphere in school arises from good inter-personal relationships. Parents, carers, visitors, teachers and children must treat each other with a level of mutual respect and honesty to ensure we are collaboratively working towards our common goal of achieving outstanding behaviour and learning.

We aim to create an open culture around the discussion of mental health and wellbeing and to empower our children be able to regulate their emotions. By implementing the Zones of Regulation, we aim to teach our pupils to identify emotions in themselves and others and provide them with bank of strategies to help regulate their emotions and improve their wellbeing.

Zones of Regulation

The Zones of Regulation is a based around the use of four colours to help children self-identify how they’re feeling and categorise it based on colour. The curriculum also helps children better understand their emotions, sensory needs and thinking patterns. The children learn different strategies to cope and manage their emotions based on which colour zone they’re in. Additionally, the Zones of Regulation helps children to recognise their own triggers, learn to read facial expressions, develop problem-solving skills, and become more attuned to how their actions affect other people.