This week’s lesson is: 

Zones of Regulation – What are the zones? 

After Cyclone Alfred, we decided to go through Zones of Regulations with our students. This is good for helping children understand their moods and what strategies to get them to move back to the green zone. Students know that they can move between zones throughout the day and that is okay. 

Our emotions can be divided into four zones:​ 

Green Zone Ideal state of alertness  A person may be described as happy, calm, focused or content  Student feels strong sense of personal control	Blue Zone  Low state of alertness  A person may be described as sad, sick, bored or tired
Yellow Zone  Heightened state of alertness  A person may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness or fear  Students’ energy is elevated however, they are still somewhat in control	Red Zone  Extremely heightened state of alertness  A person may be experiencing anger, terror or explosive behaviour  A person feels a loss of control

Janine Muller 

Classroom Teacher and PBL Communicator