During “morningcircle5” the students are asked to briefly tell how they are doing today. They can freely choose how they want to do that. Afterwards each students reflects upon their experiences with “myJournal”. If they want, they can share their writings. The journal reflection is about collecting feedback about how the journal has helped them to experience the difference between giving and receiving empathy, to practise the four steps of the “beEmpathy” framework, and to establish emotional awareness. Step5 of the journal provides questions that can inform a discussion. The students should be given some time to reflect upon their experiences silently first. Afterwards they share them with each other.

 

Also, they should share some of the empathetic sentences they have documented during the week. They can either cut them out or write them on a post-it. The sentences will be collected on the “comfortCase” poster.