The teacher’s manuals have been compiled by Rose Pennington, a primary school teacher, positive education PHD student and social and emotional learning consultant.The teacher manuals provide background information on each topic presented in the journals, curriculum links, learning intentions, success criteria, core competency categorisation, whole-class discussion prompts, creative embedding activities across different facets of the curriculum, hands-on mindfulness activity ideas as well as general lesson notes and 29+ blackline master worksheets to aid in the teaching of Social, Emotional and Academic Learning (SEAL).
The content aims to provide children with a sense of control over their lives; that is, helping them to understand that their perspective of, rather than circumstances themselves, will have an impact.