Saturday, September 17, 2016

The Pond Cove Buddy Bench Movie!

I teamed up with Mrs. Tweedie's 4th grade class to make a movie about the Pond Cove Buddy Bench.  We are currently in the process of showing the movie to every classroom during Guidance.  Blogger wouldn't let me put the entire movie on my blog but I was able to put segments of the movie below for you to enjoy.  Thanks again to the Pond Cove Parents Association and last year's 4th grade class for this generous gift.  The Buddy Bench will be moved to our playground as soon as I finish up this round of guidance classes.  I can't wait!!!


A few of our students had Buddy Benches in their former schools.  They have been a huge help to me, as we work to train our school on how to use this awesome friendship tool.  Here is one of our resident Buddy Bench experts explaining more about how the bench works.  


In this skit a student who is new to Pond Cove is feeling overwhelmed on the playground.  She connects with classmates looking for more people to play tag.  

In this skit a student doesn't have anyone to play with because her friends are in chorus on Tuesdays.  The bench helps her connect with a new crew!  

In this skit a student doesn't feel like playing cards with the friends that he usually plays with.  He uses the Buddy Bench to connect with someone who is also looking for someone to play ball with.  

In this skit two classmates notice a classmate sitting on the Buddy Bench.  They decide to sit and join her for a chat!  

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