Mr. Russell’s Class 2015/2016 participated in the Roots of Empathy programme! The Roots of Empathy programme began in 1996 when Mary Gordon, child advocate and parenting expert, started the program with 150 kids in Toronto, Canada. Her goal was to help create a society where people were kind to one another and thought it would be best to start with children who are just developing their social skills.

The programme teaches the class to understand other people’s feelings – and the class is taught by a baby. By watching and seeing how the baby reacts, we will learn about how to deal with our own feelings. We were delighted to be able to welcome baby Hayden to Mr. Russell’s 5th Class for the year. The Roots of Empathy programme runs across 9 themes, with each theme broken into 3 parts.

Scroll through the gallery below to see photos from the Family Visits for the year!