Evaluation of session 2 of Moving Forward with confidence

This week we were able to start session 2 of the self-esteem course on time, however due to the snow many were late in which caused a bit of disruption. The way this week's session was planned, we listened to 'calm cues' a relaxation activity first. Maybe not the best idea as the class had their eye closed and tried to relax other students kept bursting through the door with a loud 'Hello' ...one student even started to explain to the class her reason for being late. I smiled at her and tried my best to politely signal for her to be quiet. Whilst I asked students to close their eyes I said that they didn't have to as long as they respected others who did and kept quiet.

Today the exercise was about concentration. After listening to the track we discussed self-approval and concentration which worked much better. At the end of the session to help evaluate the students' understanding I gave them all a post-it note again and asked them to write down one positive thought about themselves. Which was nice really as many of them are busy Mothers and Wives and probably don't get much opportunity to celebrate their best qualities. I was careful to respect privacy for this exercise and again carefully collected the post-it notes without looking at what they had written. The good qualities ranged from being a good mum to qualities such as being happy, respectful and honest. No one listed their hairdressing skills so I was happy and felt that they had understood the task. The students left looking positive and probably glad to have given themselves an internal pat on the back.