Our E4L story...

Emotions 4 Learning (E4L) is a social and emotional curriculum which supports children in their emotional development and wellbeing. We first implemented this curriculum in September 2017 and have been delighted with the impact that this has had on our children’s learning and development over the years.

The E4L story began 11 years ago when St John's College School in Cambridge set out to create an emotional curriculum for the youngest children. E4L aims to teach children about emotions, minds, communication and relationships so each child can learn to the best of their ability and grow up to be a happy, resilient and fulfilled young person. Grounded in educational psychology and attachment theory, we were lucky enough to have worked alongside St John's College School who have supported us in bringing this programme to Linton CE Infant School.

E4L incorporates explicitly taught lessons, behaviour management approaches, and enhanced learning through stillings and our Massage in Schools Programme. In the E4L lessons we cover five key areas of social and emotional learning: Belonging, Feelings, Relationships, Myself and Problem Solving. The overall goal of the E4L lessons is to enable all our pupils to use their minds and become good problem solvers.

Child comment “Oh dear, are you feeling lonely? Look I’m on your safety circle would you like to come and play with me?”

Child comment “When my brain felt like the shaken glitter ball I can lie down and listen to quiet music then my brain settles like the glitter.”

Please read the following overview document for more information about how we teach our E4L programme.