This week in Key Stage 1, we came together for a short community meeting built around the beautiful book Find Your Happy. Through this story, we explored something really important: understanding our feelings and knowing what to do when they feel big.
At school, the children are very familiar with the Zones of Regulation, which help us to recognise and name how we are feeling:
- Blue Zone – sad, tired, or unwell
- Green Zone – calm, happy, ready to learn
- Yellow Zone – excited, worried, or a bit wobbly
- Red Zone – angry, overwhelmed, or out of control
During the community meeting, we talked about how we all move through these zones every day—and that’s completely normal. The key message we shared is that all feelings are okay, but we can learn ways to help ourselves feel safe, calm, and ready again.
Using Find Your Happy, we explored how the character experiences different emotions and discovers simple strategies to feel better. We then practised some of these together:
- Breathing techniques – “smell the flower, blow out the candle”
- Relaxing our bodies – tightening and releasing muscles
- Thinking of something that makes us smile
These small strategies can make a big difference, especially when children are feeling in the yellow or red zones.
How you can support at home
You might like to continue these conversations at home by:
- Asking your child which “zone” they are in
- Talking about what helps them feel calm or happy
- Practising simple breathing together
- Reminding them that it’s okay to feel all emotions
By using a shared language between school and home, we can help children to better understand themselves and build the skills they need to manage their feelings with confidence.
Our key message
We reminded the children that being in the green zone all the time isn’t the goal—because that’s not realistic for any of us! Instead, it’s about learning how to recognise our feelings and find our way back to feeling safe and ready.
We are so proud of how thoughtfully the children engaged with this important message. Ask them about how they “find their happy”—you might even learn a new strategy yourself!
Thank you for your continued support.
