Ashan Vaas is a six-year-old child who last year started school. Before that Ashan spent time at home with his mother, meaning he didn’t attend kinder. Ashans grandmother and parents moved to Australia from Sri Lanka 2 years ago he lives with them and his 6-month old baby brother. Ashan is trilingual being able to speak English, Sinhalese, and Buddhist. This ability to speak three languages enables educators to enhance Ashans wellbeing through encouraging his cultural background and home languages and ultimately enhancing Ashans ability to become an effective communicator (DEEWR, 2009).
Ashan is a very competent and capable reader who is currently at level ten. From this reading level, Ashan has a great range of general knowledge and …show more content…
Using all about me posters allow for student’s cultural backgrounds to be acknowledged as Ashan has a rich cultural background. Creating this display will enhance Ashan’s sense of wellbeing because when children and their families find their culture, background, identity reflected in a way that makes them feel good about themselves (KidsMatter, n.d). The physical environment also provides an inclusive atmosphere and promotes competence, (ACARA, 2011). As part of this visual display, I would include a daily schedule area on the board and around the class to allows students to read them easily. This accessibility of the classroom schedule can help students grow comfortable with the class and school routines, in his previous school Ashan was comfortable with his routine, however, moving to a new environment can cause disruptions. As part of the class daily I would create a football team …show more content…
I would also focus on books about things going wrong e.g Ashans distain for getting wet and dirty. By showing and hearing about examples he will be able to relate the way he feels to that of characters in the book. This enables him to see what strategies the character’s use. Allowing him to acknowledge his feelings, and apply the strategies from the book to real-life situation giving support when wanted, children are provided with a useful model of regulating emotions to learn from (Raising Children Network Australia. n.d.). To extend this social environment I would discuss with everyone strategies that they can use when things go wrong. To extend this strategy you could talk about differences in the character’s facial expressions. Children could then create their own photographs to make collections of photos showing different emotions. By Increasing his ability to recognise and use vocabulary and acknowledgement of different feelings (Raising Children Network Australia, n.d.) allows him to gradually learn about appropriate and socially acceptable ways to express and self-regulate his emotions (Kid Sense Child Development, n.d.). By talking about feelings and demonstrating empathy and respect for others '
Ashan is a very competent and capable reader who is currently at level ten. From this reading level, Ashan has a great range of general knowledge and …show more content…
Using all about me posters allow for student’s cultural backgrounds to be acknowledged as Ashan has a rich cultural background. Creating this display will enhance Ashan’s sense of wellbeing because when children and their families find their culture, background, identity reflected in a way that makes them feel good about themselves (KidsMatter, n.d). The physical environment also provides an inclusive atmosphere and promotes competence, (ACARA, 2011). As part of this visual display, I would include a daily schedule area on the board and around the class to allows students to read them easily. This accessibility of the classroom schedule can help students grow comfortable with the class and school routines, in his previous school Ashan was comfortable with his routine, however, moving to a new environment can cause disruptions. As part of the class daily I would create a football team …show more content…
I would also focus on books about things going wrong e.g Ashans distain for getting wet and dirty. By showing and hearing about examples he will be able to relate the way he feels to that of characters in the book. This enables him to see what strategies the character’s use. Allowing him to acknowledge his feelings, and apply the strategies from the book to real-life situation giving support when wanted, children are provided with a useful model of regulating emotions to learn from (Raising Children Network Australia. n.d.). To extend this social environment I would discuss with everyone strategies that they can use when things go wrong. To extend this strategy you could talk about differences in the character’s facial expressions. Children could then create their own photographs to make collections of photos showing different emotions. By Increasing his ability to recognise and use vocabulary and acknowledgement of different feelings (Raising Children Network Australia, n.d.) allows him to gradually learn about appropriate and socially acceptable ways to express and self-regulate his emotions (Kid Sense Child Development, n.d.). By talking about feelings and demonstrating empathy and respect for others '