Lochside Primary

Angus Council Education Authority

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The weekly VIP cafe supports our learning with two of our partnerships; @EmotionWorksCIC and @UNICEF_uk We love every opportunity to have our rights respected and emotional literacy developed. A Lochside learner is an effective contributor. #LochsidePS

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Lochside’s VIP cafe and @EmotionWorksCIC We are delighted that our cafe is a perfect opportunity for learners to share their emotional literacy skills with their families. Meta-skills: A Lochside learner shares their feelings. #LochsidePS

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2025/26 P3-7 assembly focus; linking our knowledge and understanding of emotions to the learning pit. Focusing on triggers, classes were able to identify different triggers in the learning process. Meta-skills: A Lochside learner shares feelings.
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What makes you happy? The Hive learners have found that we all are quite similar when it comes to happiness; family, friends, and fun! We used the @EmotionWorksCIC yellow cog to help us. A Lochside learner is curious. #LochsidePS

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The Hive learners have continued to explore happiness. Using The Magic Paintbrush by #juliadonalson they discussed behaviours. A Lochside learner is an effective contributor, sharing their feelings. @EmotionWorksCIC #LochsidePS

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2025/26 P3-7 assembly focus; linking our knowledge and understanding of emotions to the learning pit. Focusing on body sensations, they were able to identify how our bodies feel when we are challenged. A Lochside learner is an effective contributor. @EmotionWorksCIC #LochsidePS

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As a follow up to Mental Health Awareness Week, P7 Redwing used their knowledge and understanding of @EmotionWorksCIC cogs to explore anxiety on a more personal level. A Lochside learner is a successful learner and a confident individual. #lochsideps

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Another successful VIP Cafe incorporating @EmotionWorksCIC The learners are enjoying becoming the teachers, sharing their knowledge with their families and friends. A Lochside learner is a successful learner. #LochsidePS

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Using Happy, a Children’s Book of Mindfulness, as a stimulus, The Hive learners have begun their exploration of happy. Using their @EmotionWorksCIC happy booklets, they have discussed emotion words and body sensations. A Lochside learner is a effective contributor. #LochsidePS

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P3-7 used their orange coggles, @EmotionWorksCIC to explore the emotion words associated with new, and more challenging, learning. Anxious, and excited but worried to begin with. Leading to proud, joyful and happy. A Lochside learner is a successful learner. #LochsidePS

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Lochside are very proud to be announced as a parkrun primary. As volunteers and participants, staff and pupils are attending this amazing event weekly. A Lochside learner is active, healthy, and achieving. @juniorparkrunUK #LochsidePS

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2025/26, P3-7 assembly focus: linking our knowledge and understanding of emotions, triggers, behaviours and regulation strategies to the learning pit. A Lochside learner is a successful learner and an effective contributor. @EmotionWorksCIC #LochsidePS

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This week, P6 Swan have been working on their regulation strategies for anger. They completed posters to share their learning with others. @EmotionWorksCIC

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The Hive learners have completed their exploration of sadness. By taking one cog at a time @EmotionWorksCIC they have fully understood triggers, body sensations, behaviours, and regulation strategies. A Lochside learner is a successful learner. #LochsidePS

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The Hive learners have explored the emotion anger. Using @EmotionWorksCIC cogs to understand how different triggers lead to different levels of intensity, which lead to different behaviours. A Lochside learner is an effective contributor. @LochsidePS

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In collaboration with Scottish Book Trust, and for Book Week Scotland 2025, our Reading Leadership group planned a week of fun and creative activities. A Lochside learner is a confident individual. @LochsidePS

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P3-7 completed their learning around My Hidden Chimp. They had a visit from Kizzy, who demonstrated that your hidden chimp is like having a pet; it is your job to control it and keep it happy. A Lochside learner is a responsible citizen. @LochsidePS

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@_respectme_ Anti-Bullying Week 2025. Our One Kind Word bunting hangs proudly in our corridors for everyone to see, and hopefully make them smile. From P3-7, every learner created a flag; a Lochside learner is an effective contributor. @LochsidePS

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P3-7 and The Hidden Chimp. Habit 10 - doing what you have to do. This is a tricky regulation strategy as your chimp can be very strong-willed and likes to say no. The key is to remember how good it feels to complete a task or achieve a goal. @EmotionWorksCIC @LochsidePS

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UNCRC - Article 42: we know our rights. It is important that the rights holders can see where their rights are being respected. @UNICEF_uk A Lochside learner is a successful learner.