PATHS^® across the UK

I like PATHS^® Pupil of the Day because people give me nice compliments

Melissa Year 5, St Alfege with St Peter’s Primary School, London

Control signals help you with your body language and help you to stay calm.

Aicha, Year 4, Vauxhall Primary School, London

PATHS^® teaches us how to feel other people’s feelings and treat them the way you would like to be treated

Sabrina, Year 3, Vauxhall Primary School, London

PATHS^® is a time when we all gather around in a calm and safe place and talk about what happens to us and different feelings.

Mariam, Year 4, Vauxhall Primary School, London

PATHS^® has taught me that all feelings are OK but the way we react is sometimes not OK.

Oyinade, Year 5, St Alfege with St Peter’s Primary School, London

The children are more emotionally aware since the start of the programme.

Kat Vallely, Reception teacher, St Alfege with St Peter’s Primary School, London

I seem quite loud but I am really quite shy and wasn’t sure about coming [to Friendship Group] but you made me feel welcome and this today has really helped me.

Quote from P6 pupil from Brediland Primary after attending a FG session as a positive peer

Redriff have seen a difference in the children that have now been experiencing the PATHS^® curriculum for the past year and a half. Children are able to discuss their feelings with a lot more confidence and understanding. Within the playground children feel empowered to try to sort out minor issues with each other, rather than always seeking adult supervision. The children are also demonstrating using more mature vocabulary around feelings within other subjects such as literacy and guided reading sessions.

Anna Sorton, PATHS^® Coordinator and Year 4 teacher, Redriff Primary School, London