EARLY LEARNING COGMAS 2025 by Emotion Works CIC

Lochside ELC, Angus

EW_padlets — 2025-12-02 23:29:42 UTC

Shared on our Early Learning Practitioners page

How to use this padlet and share your Festive Feelings practice

EW_padlets — 2025-12-02 23:35:52 UTC

We've set up this EW Community padlet for Early Learning Practitioners interested in seeing how other settings are taking part in COGMAS and to share your own practice if you'd like to.

Here's how to use the padlet...

Add likes / reactions to posts using the emoji symbol
Comment on an existing post using the + 'Add comment' link at the bottom of the post
To create your own post go to the section that best fits the practice you're sharing, click on the + button beside the section title and select 'Add a new post'
> Add your Setting name & LA
> In the upload space - add photos, a file upload, video, audio, weblink to a social media post / school blog etc. to share your practice
> Describe your practice in the text box

Notes:

You can post anonymously if you don't have a padlet account
You don't have to share practice online to achieve a Festive Feelings Award

How to achieve and apply for a Festive Feelings Award

EW_padlets — 2025-12-03 00:01:51 UTC

Plan & Deliver 8 activities

To achieve a Festive Feelings Award for your setting you should aim to cover at least 8 Emotion Works foundation language activities with your pre-schoolers or Early level ASN learners from the Festive Feelings activity pack, OR...

You can also use your own ideas or examples from last year's COGmas if you prefer. So long as you deliver at least 8 festive activities that cover a nice breadth of language learning across the different emotion categories, that is fine.

During the week beginning 15th December you'll be able to apply for your Award on the Early Learning COGmas launchpad using a simple tick box form and by sharing 1 example of practice.

Please note - you are NOT required to record and share 8 practice examples on this padlet or any other social media platforms to achieve your award.

Festive Feelings Activity Pack overview

EW_padlets — 2025-12-03 00:42:32 UTC

This Festive Feelings resources is available via the Emotion Works Early Learning COGmas members launchpad here

Don't forget to log in to access the members area.

WELCOME! Read this first.

EW_padlets — 2025-12-06 17:08:10 UTC

This section of the padlet tells you all about joining in with Early Learning COGmas and how to use this padlet / apply for a Festive Feelings award.

We'll keep Emotion Works guidance and information posts blue and the practice sharing posts will all automatically upload white.

SCROLL DOWN ⬇️ to browse and post your own Festive Feelings / Early Learning COGmas practice.

St Andrew's RC Nursery, Dundee

EW_padlets — 2025-12-06 17:23:09 UTC

Shared by email from Judi Regan, Senior EYP

The photos are from work with our 3 – 5 year olds, using the figures in the basket idea from last year’s Padlet. We are recording things in a special “Emotion Works” floorbook, as this forms part of our School Improvement Plan. It’s been wonderful and the children have really embraced naming the feelings. A huge move on from “happy” and “sad” and no more!

The star on the basket is a recordable star, with 30 seconds of space to record on. Children can choose to record their thoughts on the star as well, if they choose.

Lochside ELC, Angus

2025-12-08 18:32:49 UTC

Our little Cogmas Corner was all set up for the children exploring our own version of Box 2 today. Our story Socks for Santa was a huge hit with everyone, we are looking forward to digging into the emotions tomorrow. We have also added lots of ‘Festive Feelings’ provocations around the setting.

Our Lady's ELC, PKC

vlhall — 2025-12-12 13:06:20 UTC

We have began our Cogmas celebrations here at Our Lady's ELC. We have been busy decorating our Cogmas tree using Emotionworks symbols chosen by the children. We have also been looking at the characters and sharing how Christmas makes us feel using lots of fantastic words linked to our emotions, body sensations and triggers.

Our Lady's ELC, PKC

vlhall — 2025-12-12 13:17:28 UTC

We have listening to The Funniest Face rhyme and looking at our selves in the bauble from the Christmas tree. We were pulling faces that were happy, tired, grumpy, excited, etc. We then drew pictures of our funny faces.

Lots of giggles could be heard during this Cogmas activity !

Our Lady's ELC, PKC

vlhall — 2025-12-12 15:20:22 UTC

We have been learning the Festive Feelings song. The children have been very busy learning the words and we will be singing it to our grown ups at our Christmas Stay and Play.

Lochside ELC, Angus

EW_padlets — 2025-12-16 16:37:19 UTC

Throughout our COGmas 2025 period most of our children have been keen to engage in a variety of experiences, in particular they were excited to learn the festive feelings song, meet the characters and discover what was in each box. Our 'happy' emotions story was 'Santas Socks' whilst our 'not so nice emotion' story was 'The Christmas Show'. Together we have explored the Christmas Story where the use of amazing emotional literacy was used to describe the characters. One child told me "Mary must've been so hot and sweaty, she's tired" whilst another said "I would be so confused if my hotel was full".

The use of props & real life images played a huge part in our experiences.

Thank you so much for another year of COGmas inspiration & magic.

🎉 OUR FESTIVE FEELINGS AWARDED SETTINGS

EW_padlets — 2025-12-16 16:58:06 UTC

🎉 Craigbank Primary 1/2, Clackmannanshire

🎉 St Ninian's Nursery, Perth & Kinross

🎉 Lochside ELC, Angus

Methven Nursery, PKC

Invergowrie Nursery, PKC

Lauriston Nursery, PKC

The Green Room, Jackton PS, SLC

Lochside ELC

2025-12-16 21:05:35 UTC

Unfortunately I’m unable to share the video however I managed to capture a wee snap of it. I was delighted to find some children playing ‘what’s in the box today’, taking turns to hide in the box

Whithorn Nursery

EW_padlets — 2025-12-16 22:27:47 UTC

Festive Feelings work shared by Whithorn Nursery on our Facebook practitioners page.

2025-12-17 09:55:11 UTC

At Hazlehead ELC we have been exploring our festive feelings through stories, crafts, songs, musical instruments, dancing and playing games. In particular the children went on a trip to a local forest to choose a Christmas tree for the nursery. Whilst there, the children expressed how excited they were feeling. The children used their senses as they smelt the bark, felt the pine needles and felt warm and cosy drinking their hot chocolate. The children continued to talk about their feelings of happiness and excitement as they decorated the Christmas tree together back at our setting.

Invergowrie Nursery, PKC

EW_padlets — 2026-01-05 13:01:46 UTC

Staff have been using Emotion Works to talk about all areas of Christmas. We have been taking part in lots of the Cogmas activities and creating our own to fit in with the emotional needs of our class. Children have shown lots of curiosity and excitement when the box is brought out and have been extending their emotional vocabulary by thinking of different words to discuss their feelings. We have had a big focus around the Nativity talking about each character and how the miracle of the Christmas story effected their emotional Wellbeing. The impact of this has been that the children are now thinking more about how others feel and how situations can effect peoples emotions and behaviours.

St Ninian's

EW_padlets — 2026-01-05 13:40:53 UTC

The children have enjoyed learning about all the different emotions that we can have and how our body reacts to them. We are mainly an EAL setting and a lot of the children, initially, were only able to identify an emotion as being happy or sad. Now they will say that they are excited, angry etc. The children also enjoyed joining in and singing the 'festive feelings' song and tapping on the box to find out what was inside.

Laurieston Nursery, PKC

EW_padlets — 2026-01-05 17:15:12 UTC

Link to Lauriston’w Facebook page to view their post

The Green Room, Jackton Primary School, SLC

EW_padlets — 2026-01-06 19:38:27 UTC

We are a supported class with 8 pupils, all pre verbal, working between milestones and pre early levels. We have enjoyed opening the cogmas box to see what it has brought us each time and exploring the different emotions linked to the festive season. We particularly enjoyed the more tactile activities such as props, decorations, playdough faces and making our own snowmen. One of our pupils has begun pointing at the emotion symbols on the wall while using some of the Makaton signs for them which is a huge step for them. I adapted a lot of the supplied activities to make them a bit more hands on and tactile for our learners this helped grab their attention and engage them for a bit longer. Thank you.