6 Month Programme

Online check-in meetings with EmpathyLab

School reviews plans with EmpathyLab and ensures everyone is familiar with the resources

School introduces the programme to the school community and starts to integrate a new empathy-focused book practice across the school

1: Introduce empathy concepts and programme to pupils through Launch assemblies/tutor group, library sessions which explain the concept of empathy to children and gets them excited about the awards.

2: Schools explains the programme and rationale to parent and Governors, for example through school newsletter, email to parents.

3: Ensure a wide range of books are available to pupils.

4: Deep empathy-focused immersion in empathy-rich texts begin in the classroom teaching. This should include:

• Encourage lots of book talking to immerse pupils in reflecting on characters
• Teachers and adults in school role modelling discussion about empathetic characters
• Involve pupils in developing creative activities to help pupils see the perspective of characters and consider how they can get the whole year group, school involved
• Encourage lots discussion and debate about characters in books -motivation, immersion, start to identify characters who demonstrate empathy in stories. What are the lessons we can learn from these characters?

Assembly/Tutor Groups plans



Assembly plans

Character based activity ideas