Raising Self-Esteem in Primary Schools

Margaret Collins is a former headteacher of infant and first schools. She is now Senior Visiting Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Southampton. She researches children′s perceptions of health education topics, writes teaching materials for children, books and articles on PSHE.

• IntroductionHow to use this bookThe CDPART ONE: THE DRAW AND WRITE CLASSROOM-BASED ILLUMINATIVE RESEARCH STRATEGY; ′AM I CONFIDENT?′PART TWO: TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR MIDDAY SUPERVISORS (MDDS) AND OTHER ADULTSPART THREE: TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS AND CLASSROOM ASSISTANTSPART FOUR: LESSONS AND ACTIVITY SHEETS FOR CHILDREN; AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ADULT TRAININGPART FIVE: FURTHER LESSONS AND ACTIVITY SHEETSAppendixThe optimist creedA useful self esteem profile page at the end which could be used with older children as a check sheet.Resources

′[This book] has practical suggestions for individual and group work with children and contains printable and downloadable resources for all members of the school community to help make your school a happier and more effective learning setting′ - Headteacher Update