At Churchill, we value and understand the importance of recess in our students' lives. It plays such an essential role in their continued growth and development. All of our students have a 30 minutes recess in their school day - this is separate and in addition to their PE class every day. Research is clear that this physical activity and the opportunity to socialize is essential to our students' overall success.
Our team has prepared and organized recess for the best possible environment and experience. Our goal is that all students feel safe, make positive connections, and have the opportunity to practice those critical social emotional skills like cooperation and problem-solving. Students have been doing an awesome job this school year engaging in and learning about the expectations at each of our 5 stations by classroom. Each station has a main activity and also alternate activities from which to choose. As the year progresses, students will have more and more opportunity to mix and mingle and make new connections during this time.
Reflection Room
Reflection Room is an intervention that takes place during recess. The intervention provides students a quiet space to reflect or restore a situation while engaging with staff in a individualized lesson on Ripple Effects. The lesson will addresses a specific and relevant social emotional or behavior concern.
Our teachers will contact a family and recommend the reflection room if a minor classroom referral has been issued to the student. Before being issued a minor classroom referral, a teacher or staff member will have attempted many strategies and both positive and negative consequences to help redirect and get a student back on track. If the family would prefer the student engage in their reflection activities after school, that can be arranged.
