On Thursday Hayley visited another class to share a book she recently authored. To provide some context, Hayley had been working tremendously hard to complete this work over a number of weeks. I was proud of the commitment and determination she showed in order to publish this book that when it was completed I invited a colleague who had previously had Hayley as a student in her class to view how amazing her work was. They visited our class and were so inspired by Hayley’s book that they were provoked to use it as the basis for a health lesson.
Hayley created a fantastic book about emotions, called ‘This Book is About Emotions”. Hayley read her book to the group and answered the various questions they had to ask about her book.
One student asked, ‘how did you draw the circles so neatly and the same on each page?’
Another student asked her about her colouring techniques.
Others were interested to hear where Hayley’s inspiration and ideas came from.
This lesson was a big success and every student was full of excitement! The whole lesson was created with inspiration from Hayley’s book. Hayley was very proud, as was I and my colleague.
At the conclusion of the lesson and upon her return to class, it was explained to the children that just like Hayley, they too may be the inspiration for a lesson taught to younger students one day. One younger student was blown away by this idea and commented, ‘I don’t think that could ever be me,’ but what he doesn’t realise is the incredible growth Hayley has shown. The idea of this lesson taking place would not have seemed like a possibility for Hayley either.
At Holy Family we make this possible!
Incredible!
Below are some excerpts from Hayley’s book along with her in action!
