May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Please download and have a look at these awesome lessons using Mentor Texts!! I love the lessons – if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me. Here is a website that has ideas and activities for the month of May – who are we kidding, this is good stuff that can be used […]

Addressing Mental Health in the Classroom – handouts

We had a great turn out for the Positive School Culture Session on February 7th, 2019. Teachers, Administrators and trustees participated in a BCTF workshop facilitated by Anne Saar from Prince George. Please click on the following to open or download handouts, key discussion points and useful links from the workshop. I am looking forward […]

‘Pink Shirt Day’ Toolkits, Lessons, Articles & Stories – February 27th, 2019

Pink Shirt Day Toolkits We have access to so many magazines, articles and stories through Digmore and Ebsco!! Click the link to anything that looks like it would be a good fit for your class!! Articles and stories are sorted according to publication title (for example scholastic news 1 is grade 1, scholastic news 3 […]

Mental Health — PowerPoint & Teaching Notes – Jan. 30th!!

Bell Let’s Talk Day is January 30th, 2019Dedicated to moving mental health forward in Canada, Bell Let’s Talk campaign promotes awareness and action with a strategy built on fighting stigma, improving access to care, supporting research and leading by example in workplace mental health. Want to help end the stigma, but not sure how? Bell […]

World Kindness Day November 13th

If you can anything …. be kind!! Please click the link for ideas, lessons & recommended books to teach kindness!!  Or send me an email at cmcgarroch@prn.bc.ca, for more ideas and lessons on kindness!! Wonder Kindness Short Video Read Kindness Books Kindness Family Toolkit Sign Up To Recieve Kindness Curriculum Spread Kindness Campaign

Great enthusiasm at today’s Rep Session!!

Thanks to all the attendees for the rich discussion and sharing during the Positive School Culture Session today.  Tentatively we meet on February 7th from 1-3 in the DDC for our second session (I will confirm details when I know the TTOC situation – some people were unable to make today’s session due to a […]

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is the world’s leading organization advancing one of the most important fields in education in decades: the practice of promoting integrated academic, social, and emotional learning for all children in preschool through high school. 5 domains of social-emotional learning Print the wheel & competencies EnglishWheel (2) Social […]

Self-Regulating in a Digital World

Here is the slide deck from our inspiring Professional Development Day!! Self-Regulating in the Digital World, Sept.24, 2018