Bushvalley Primary School
Roots of Empathy
Bushvalley is a Roots of Empathy School
What is Roots of Empathy
Bushvalley has been involved with the Roots of Empathy Programme for just over two years. The Roots of Empathy Programme is a Canadian based programme which aims to build, caring, peaceful and civil societies through development of empathy in children and adults. The vision is to change the world child by child. It is an empathy-based programme designed for children 5-13 and reaches over 1.3 million children around the world.
Bushvalley Roots of Empathy Programme
At Bushvalley, Roots of Empathy is delivered with our Primary 4 class. The programme has lessons each week based on a prescriptive programme where they have a teacher who in fact is a baby. Every three weeks the baby (the teacher) visits the class and the children are encouraged and directed to look at the secure attachment relationship between the baby and the parent, which the programme describes as 'the first and most powerful model of Empathy'. In the other sessions the children enjoy activities such as, art-work, discussion and story-telling.
Roots of Empathy 2024/2025
This year our little teacher is Isla. Isla enjoyed her first visit on the 15th October 2024 and she will continue to visit Primary 4 every three weeks. There is a total of 29 sessions throughout the year with 9 vists form Isla. Please see below some pictures of our sessions with Bbay Isla.
