9th June 2020 Empathy Day

This is where the majority of our national programme will be delivered during the day, starting at 9am .

This is where the special parts of our programme aimed specifically at the cluster will be posted beginning at 9:45am

Twitter

Discussions and posts will be happening all day via Twitter using the #empathyday, but content specific to the cluster will be marked with #empathycymru so we can easily track all the great work you and your pupils are sharing!

Twitter will also be the place where our brand new Empathy Transition charter will be launched, school by school during the course of the day so please do retweet and join in the discussion as the charter is announced during the day.

Facebook

‘The Empathy Conversation’ event held at 7:15pm will be streamed live to our new Facebook page which you can now follow at https://m.facebook.com/EmpathyLabUK/

We look forward to seeing you all and hearing about all those great empathy moments on Tuesday!

The ‘Empathys’ will be announced on Empathy Day

8th May 2020 – The ‘Empathys’ Award

Year 7 students were set an assignment to persuade their English teacher which book character should win the ‘Empathys’ Award for showing empathy skills. After looking through all the very persuasive entries, five entries have been shortlisted. We want you to vote for the most empathetic character, choose from the TOP FIVE entries below. Click on the ‘Entry’ to read why the character shows empathy. Then complete the voting form (click the link) by 2pm today.

Entry A – Pippa Fitz-Amobi (A Good Girls Guide To Murder)

Entry B – River (Username Regenerated)

Entry C – Linus (Finding Audrey)

Entry D – Summer (Wonder)

Entry E – Jack Will (Wonder)

Voting Form

18th May 2020

Take part in our Countdown Fortnight with a FREE Family Activities Pack – 14 activities for you to do in the build up to Empathy Day. Click here for a PDF version of the pack.

Great ideas to get kids writing, drawing, crafting and reading, all whilst developing their empathy skills.

All you need is a pen and paper! Launched 18 May – full details here.

Join in on 9th June and help your favourite authors and illustrators celebrate Empathy Day. To find out more click here.

The Four Purposes of the Curriculum will be delivered in the Pentrahafod Cluster by developing young people’s empathy skills and a life-long love of reading. Our children will go on to become empathetic members of our community, Wales and the wider world #EmpathyCymru.

Pentrehafod School is a passionate supporter of EmpathyLab. We believe that empathy is a core life skill, and a revolutionary force for social change when it is put it into action. To find out more click this link to visit the EmpathyLab official website.

To learn more about the 2020 EmapathyLab booklist, click below:

Click to read the EmpathyLab Newsletter with information about book talk questions.

The Lab

“Reading fiction makes the brain simulate cognitive and affective responses to the real world”

Professor Maria Nikolajeva, Cambridge University.

Neuroscientists, psychologists and philosophers are changing our understanding of how empathy works all the time. Most academics agree that:

– empathy involves multiple aspects of our physiology, from mirror neurons to our endocrine system

– empathy is made up of three main elements: emotional/affective empathy where we literally resonate with someone else’s feelings; cognitive empathy or perspective taking where we apply reason to working out how someone else feels; empathic concern which is a powerful motivator for helping others, a force for social justice.

Empathy Lab

9th June 2020 Empathy Day

The ‘Empathys’ will be announced on Empathy Day

8th May 2020 – The ‘Empathys’ Award

18th May 2020

The Four Purposes of the Curriculum will be delivered in the Pentrahafod Cluster by developing young people’s empathy skills and a life-long love of reading. Our children will go on to become empathetic members of our community, Wales and the wider world #EmpathyCymru.