----
That's why we put seals as our mascot since SEAL programmes are developed to ensure that we stay warm, even in cold and challenging times.
Image : boredpanda.com
SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) is a school continuum approach to address and promote social and emotional skills that will impact a students learning experience. This approach is adapted from the UK SEAL national approach, CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), and IB ATL skills (Approaches To Learning). There are five main aspects addressed in this programme, self and social awareness, effective self-management, relationship skills and responsible behaviour.
🟢 Relevance to IB standards and practices:
The new IB standards and practices focus on the health and well-being development of students and ensure that students have the opportunity to consider and understand issues that impact their personal identity and social, emotional, and physical well-being (and that of others); in addition to how this opportunity helps to build student agency.
The IB learner profile brings to life the aspirations of a community of IB World Schools dedicated to student-centered education. IB programmes promote the development of schools that:
create educational opportunities that encourage healthy relationships, individual and shared responsibility and effective teamwork and collaboration
help students make informed, reasoned, ethical judgments and develop the flexibility, perseverance and confidence they need in order to bring about meaningful change
inspire students to ask questions, to pursue personal aspirations, to set challenging goals and to develop the persistence to achieve them
“IB learners” in What is an IB education? (August 2013)
Image: Empathy Project (Grade 7, 2019/2020)