Meet and Greet (how a warm welcome makes all the difference)
Cat Jolleys catjolleys.com Can you recall a time when you've arrived at work or walked into a meeting or social event and no one acknowledged you or tried to make a connection with you? How did it feel? Did you feel welcomed, valued, like you belonged? Did you feel motivated to contribute and give your best? Probably not. So, it should follow that actively welcoming our children into school, at the start of each day, will not only increase their sense of belonging and reduce any anxieties about coming to school and minimise any behaviours which might prove challenging, it should also encourage them to maximise their efforts that day. Whilst this sounds obvious and a given that all schools would welcome children at the start of each day, recently watching my own son walk into school and pass 3 or 4 members of staff without any of them even acknowledging his presence, felt disappointing to me. They didn't mean to ignore him (they're brilliant staff) but they were busy ha