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Culture area · Impact Team

❤️ Social Emotional Learning.

How children feel, name and manage their inner world. The SEL Impact Team integrates the CASEL five-competency framework into the curriculum and the daily routine — through A.I.M., the Mood Meter, and a vocabulary of emotion that grows year on year.

Vocabulary & reading spine

Words we teach, books we read

Emotion words by grade. Children learn richer, more precise language for what they feel as they grow.

GradeTier 2 vocabularyTier 3 vocabularySuggested reading
Nurserybig · smallhappy · sad · angry · scared
  • The Color Monster — Anna LlenasEmotions as colours — Nursery–LKG anchor text.
  • How Are You Feeling Today? — Molly PotterDaily check-in support.
LKGinside · outsidecalm · excited · lonely · proud
  • In My Heart — Jo WitekEmbodied emotion vocabulary.
  • When Sophie Gets Angry — Really, Really Angry — Molly BangAnger and recovery.
UKGnotice · shownervous · jealous · grateful
  • The Rabbit Listened — Cori DoerrfeldListening and presence.
Grade 1choose · coperegulate · frustration · empathy
  • A Little Spot of Feelings — Diane AlberSelf-management toolkit.
Grade 2response · pauseanxious · overwhelmed · compassion
  • My Many Coloured Days — Dr SeussMood Meter language in verse.
Grade 3reflect · reframeresilience · perspective · self-talk
  • I Am Enough — Grace ByersSelf-affirmation, identity.
Grade 4boundaries · consentvulnerability · integrity · belonging
  • Wonder — R. J. PalacioEmpathy, perspective-shift.
Grade 5agency · integrityequanimity · self-compassion · restoration
  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — Charlie MackesyGentle wisdom about feelings.