Action Plan – Unit 4

In this unit you have explored potential hostility newcomer refugees may face when they arrive in their new country alongside key themes in our introductory poem. You have also seen the importance of the ways we choose to welcome newcomer students and how this can impact their sense of belonging and sense of self-worth.

You have looked through the eyes of a child placed in an unfamiliar setting and tried to imagine the support you would need if you were in their shoes. You have read through recommended strategies for building a community for learning to support students as they try to resettle in the UK and you have tried out some of these strategies to help the students in the case studies.

Task 16: Action plan

Timing: 10 minutes

Before finishing this unit, complete this action plan to decide which strategies you will take away from this session to try in your own classroom or wider school.

This is not to say you should limit yourself to just using three strategies forever, but it is a starting point to make meaningful and realistic adaptions to your daily work.

The Healing Classrooms Approach works best when all of the strategies, as outlined in previous sections, are eventually put into place.

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What? Name your chosen technique. How? Consider which students to focus on, required resources and key details. Why? Explain the desired outcomes and benefits for students. Technique. Class/Student. Resources. Details.

You can download a writable PDF of the Unit 4 Action plan.

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Action plans can help you to solidify your knowledge after completing each unit and to take away key strategies to try in your own setting.

Print and share these action plans with your colleagues and suggest activities you can all try and then feedback after a few weeks to see the impact across classrooms.