During our September 24th and November 22nd Professional Development Days, the Quilchena Staff took time to discuss and re-examine our We Care framework. We discussed making the framework simple and concise, with the child at the centre with a Social Emotional focus.

We also started to focus on our student and staff needs. We discussed developing some common language as a school and using mentor texts ie: The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague to start to discuss our feelings and how to care for ourselves, others and this place. Our next steps will be to scan the students with some questions focussed on Social Emotional Learning and what their thoughts and feelings are about what they need as learners.