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Another COGtastic advert to help explore Emotion Works over the festive period. Although, for some, the gnomes may be a 🟡 ⚙️ Emotional Trigger in themselves! Merry COGmas!

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This years' Smyths Christmas Advert is a COGtastic clip that can be used as a perfect stimulus to explore numerous 🟠 ⚙️ Emotions, 🟢 ⚙️ Emotion Behaviours and 🟡 ⚙️ Emotion Triggers in a short space of time.

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This Christmas advert captures lots of emotions to use to explore Emotion Works this Christmas.

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"Barbour Christmas 2024 - Shaun the Sheep": Christmas

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"Barbour Christmas 2024 - Shaun the Sheep": Christmas

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A COGtastic Christmas advert from Barbour to explore 🟠 ⚙️ emotions alongside 🟢 ⚙️ Emotional Behaviours.

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A familair character is the star of this Christmas advert.

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"Helping Feed Your Christmas Spirit": Christmas

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"Helping Feed Your Christmas Spirit": Christmas

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The 2024 Tesco Christmas Advert is full of emotion as it focuses on Christmas without a loved one. A COGtastic exampleto use to focus on 🔵 ⚙️ Regulation Strategies.

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Ray - a great example to use to explore emotions - even the little bit of humour at the end!

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"Coca-Cola - Secret Santa (AI-Generated Christmas Ad 2024)": Christmas

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"Coca-Cola - Secret Santa (AI-Generated Christmas Ad 2024)": Christmas

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Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without this Coca Cola advert.

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In The Gifting Hour, this woman experiences a multitude of emotions as she searches for the perfect gift.

A great film short to explore 🟢 ⚙️ Emotional Behaviours alongside the 🟠 ⚙️ emotions.

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"The World Needs More Santas": Christmas

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"The World Needs More Santas": Christmas

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This Coca Cola advert starts off by showing numerous Santas walking through the streets of a city spreading kindness amongst each other. Then it moves on to ordinary people showing acts of kindness which ultimately leads us to understand that it's peoples 'inner Santa' that we have been watching spread acts of generosity and kindness. A perfect Christmas advert to explore emotions with an older audience.

'The World needs more Santas!'

#CocaColaChristmas #RealMagic #CocaCola

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This Barbour Christmas Advert is full of humorous expressions from the characters at Mossy Bottom Farm as they try to fix the The Farmer's jacket. The perfect short film to encourage learners to look and identify the various emotions shown.

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Amazon's 2023 Christmas advert is a story about 3 life-long friends who are watching other people sledging when one of them hatches a plan to show how joyful moments are made even more special when they’re shared with those you love.

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A heart warming story combining loneliness, sadness and happiness to mention only a few emotions as we watch a racoon rescue a lost Christmas gift and reunites it with it's intended owner.

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"Helping You Become More Christmas!": Christmas

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"Helping You Become More Christmas!": Christmas

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Follow the journey of this teenager's emotions as he experiences his family and neighbours diving head first into the build up to Christmas.

Watch the Tesco advert here and use with Emotion Works to help your learners explore the various emotions and behaviours experienced throughout the short clip.

#BecomeMoreChristmas

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This short (which includes the song 'A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes' from Cinderella) is a great short film choice to create a lesson about the 🟢 ⚙️ Emotion Behaviours alongside the 🟠 ⚙️ Emotions the characters may experience as they 'wish' to be together with their loved ones at this time of year.

"The advert is directed by Grammy Award-winning Nigerian/British director Meji Alabi and was fully shot in South Africa, with scenes representing six geographical locations and languages. It tells the stories of families from around the world, who are united by a universal wish to be together with their loved ones during the Holidays, recognising a range of festive traditions, including Hanukkah and Diwali." Disney UK, 2023

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"Twas the Night before Christmas": Christmas

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"Twas the Night before Christmas": Christmas

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A traditional Christmas story about the arrival of Father Christmas while everyone but the dad are sleeping.

🎧 Listen to it being read by various Penguin authors here.

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“Christmas Acrostic Emotion Works Poem - a practice idea by an EW community member”: Christmas 

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Dunblane’s use of an acrostic poem to link Christmas with Emotion Works. Find the Post here.

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"Have Your Elf a Merry Little Christmas": Christmas

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"Have Your Elf a Merry Little Christmas": Christmas

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Watch the 2022 ASDA Christmas advert and see how it spreads happiness throughout the short film.

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Use the 2020 MacDonalds Christmas advert "Inner Child' as a platform for discussing emotion words.

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“The Sheep that Saved Christmas, a Eweltide Tale”: Christmas 

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“The Sheep that Saved Christmas, a Eweltide Tale”: Christmas 

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Cynthia the sheep loves Christmas so much that she travels to the North Pole to help Santa.

Look how Wallacestone Primary School used it with the EW cogs here on Twitter.

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 "Rudolph - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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 "Rudolph - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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Christmas body sensations with Rudolph.

🔎 EWLibrary - Full members can access the practice example here.

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John Lewis & Partners Christmas Advert 2022

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In 2022 John Lewis & Partners have connected their Christmas advert to young people in care so may be more suitable for older children.

The Beginner is the story of a man determined to learn how to skateboard who ends up disappointed time after time. Towards the end of the film you can see if he achieves his goal and the reason behind it.

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The 2019 John Lewis Christmas advert Excitable Edgar is about a very excited little dragon.  The response to his excitement causes various situations throughout the short film.

🔎 EWLibrary - Full members can access a practice example here.

Follow this link to see how P3 at Keir Hardie Memorial explored 🟠 ⚙️ emotion words and 🟢 ⚙️ emotional behaviours using this short film and also their P6/7 the year before.

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"All the Colours of Christmas": Christmas

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"All the Colours of Christmas": Christmas

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A story sharing a wonderful view of Christmas emphasised by colours to show what makes the season so colourful, magical and personal to everyone.

🎧 Listen to it being read by the author, Matthew Paul Turner here.

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“Practice idea by an EW Community Member”: Christmas 

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Dunblane Primary created their own Emotion Works Elves. See their Post here.

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The 2021 John Lewis Christmas advert "Unexpected Guest' has landed! It shows the many emotions experienced in a new friendship.

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“What Would Christmas be Without Love?”: Christmas 

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A primary 4 class at Logans Primary posted about using the

2018 Erste Christmas advert "What Would Christmas be Without Love' to work out the 🟡 ⚙️ trigger behind the 🟠⚙️ emotions.

The woodland creatures spread the message of love in this @ErsteGroup short film.

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“The Snowman - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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“The Snowman - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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Enlarge the photo to see how Carmuirs Primary School used The Snowman with @#EmotionWorks

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"The Elves and the Shoemaker": Christmas

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"The Elves and the Shoemaker": Christmas

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🎧 Listen to it being read by Chrissy Metz on the SAG-AFTRA YouTube channel here.

💻 They also have resources online (to American Curriculum) but might be worth a look here.

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 "Emotion Works Christmas Wreath - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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Creating an Emotion Works Christmas Wreath.

Another example of unpacking Christmas emotions using a festive 5 cog model.

🔎 Emotion Works Practitioners can access the Facebook example from Dunblane Primary School here and on X here .

Another example from Mrs Dornan can be found on X using this link.

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The 2021 Aldi Christmas advert 'A Christmas Carrot' tells the story of 'Ebanana Scrooge'.

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The 2016 Christmas advert from Sainsbury's "The Greatest Gift" shows that it's more important spending time with those you love than giving material gifts.

💻 Here's how Primary 3 at Kirkton Primary School used this to explore emotions in a post in 2019.

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"Emotion Works Practitioner Facebook Page": Christmas

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"Emotion Works Practitioner Facebook Page": Christmas

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If you are a member of our private Emotion Works Practitioner Facebook page you can go to the file section here to find a selection of Christmas resources (& more!).

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“A Christmas Carol”: a practice idea by an EW community member

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“A Christmas Carol”: a practice idea by an EW community member

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Follow this link to Lawmuir Primary School’s Post from 2020 and here too.

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Little Santa loves the North Pole whereas his family don’t so they decide to move the whole family to Florida. Little Santa is so sad however a blizzard stops this from happening.

Follow Santa's journey to help save his family with lots of well known Christmas traditions developing on his way.

🎧 Listen to it being read by the author, Jon Agee here.

💻  There are some activities on the Scallywag website here.

If you post about this book please tag the publisher @Scallywagpress as they love to see how you're using their books.

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 "Emotion Works Christmas Tree - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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Creating an Emotion Works Christmas tree with cog baubles.

Unpacking Christmas emotions using a festive 5 cog model.

🔎 EWLibrary - Full members can access the practice example here.

💻 Use these links to find other schools' examples:

Danestone Primary School

New Stevenston Primary School

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From our Family to Yours is the 2020 Disney Christmas short about the relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter over the years.

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The John Lewis 2014 Christmas advert "Monty the Penguin" shows the relationship between a boy and his 'pet' penguin.

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"Emotion Works Christmas Paper Chains" - a practice idea shared in the EW Members Area : Christmas

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"Emotion Works Christmas Paper Chains" - a practice idea shared in the EW Members Area : Christmas

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Making links between cogs using paper chains.

🔎 EWLibrary - Full members can access the practice example here.

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A fun take on the traditional story where P7 from Oakbank Primary School  used their  Cogglevision to explore the influences behind Scrooge's responses to Christmas.

Have a look at their FB post here.

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"The Night The Reindeer Saved Christmas": Christmas

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"The Night The Reindeer Saved Christmas": Christmas

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Author quote via Twitter: "If you always imagined reindeer used their ‘manpower’ to power Santa’s sleigh, you should think again. Santa’s reindeer are actually female because only female reindeer keep their antlers in winter. How’s that for girl power?!"

You can teach your children about this in the picture book ‘The Night the Reindeer Saved Christmas’ which also features a diverse Claus family too.

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 "Merry Cogsmas - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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 "Merry Cogsmas - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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Creating an Emotion Works Christmas door display.

🔎 Emotion Works Practitioners can access the Facebook example here.

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The 2015 John Lewis Christmas advert Man on the Moon shows a lonely, old man living by himself on the moon.  His feelings change with the help of a kind, young girl back on Earth.

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The Sainsbury's 2014 Christmas advert The Christmas Truce can be used to explore both positive and negative emotions using the 7 cog model.

🔎 EWLibrary - Full members can access a practice example here.

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"Emotion Works Christmas Presents - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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"Emotion Works Christmas Presents - a practice idea by an EW community member": Christmas

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Making links between Christmas triggers and emotions.

🔎 EWLibrary - Full members can access the practice example here.

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The 2021 Disney Christmas short The Stepdad follows the story of the young woman/ girl from their advert (From our family to yours) last year.  She has grown up and now has 2 children of her own. Lots of different emotions in this short film as the stepdad is accepted as part of his new family.

Find Kirkton Primary School's Post here to see how they used our Emotion Works cogs with the short film.

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Father Christmas needs a break and finds someone to help him.  There’s one problem though, everyone is scared of his replacement - a monster! A festive story incorporating friendship, kindness and acceptance.

If you post about this book please tag publisher @HachetteKids and illustrator @DoodleDyson