Ferney Lee Primary School

Zones of Regulation

At Ferney Lee, we recognise the importance of promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing to our students and their families. We aim to create an open culture around the discussion of mental health and wellbeing and to empower our children to be able to regulate their emotions.

By implementing the Zones of Regulation curriculum we aim to teach our pupils to identify emotions in themselves and others and provide them with a bank of strategies and tools to help regulate their emotions and improve their wellbeing.

The Zones of Regulation is a range of lessons and activities aimed to help your child develop skills in the area of self-regulation. Self-regulation can go by many names, such as self-control, self-management and impulse control. It is defined as the best state of alertness of both the body and emotions for the specific situation. For example, when your child plays in a football match, it is beneficial to have a higher state of alertness. However, that same state would not be appropriate in the library.

The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum based around the use of four colours to help children self-identify how they’re feeling and be able to categorise this based on colour. The curriculum also helps children better understand their emotions, sensory needs and thinking patterns. The children learn different strategies and use specific tools to cope and manage their emotions based on which colour zone they’re in.

Additionally, the Zones of Regulation helps children to recognise their own triggers, learn to read facial expressions and emotional cues in others, develop problem-solving skills, and become more attuned to how their actions affect other people.

There is progression across the curriculum with children in Early Years learning to identify different emotions to children in Upper Key Stage 2 discussing how our behaviour can impact upon the feelings of those around us.

Each classroom has a display similar to the one below, which is adapted slightly for each age group. 

Zones of Regulation Info for Parents

The link above takes you to a leaflet for parents which explains the Zones in more detail by answering the following questions: 

What are the Zones of Regulation?

Why are we using the Zones of Regulation at Ferney Lee?

What are the different Zones?

How will my child learn about the Zones of Regulation?

Tools and Strategies for Regulation

What can I do to support the Zones of Regulation at home?

Tips for practicing the Zones of Regulation

Common questions on the Zones of Regulation

Where can I find out more about The Zones of Regulation?
www.zonesofregulation.com 
www.weareteachers.com/zones-of-regualtion-activities 
https://www.theottoolbox.com/?=zones+of+regulation