School counsellor Marija Bunjevčev and psychologist Milena Tarbuk organised workshops with students from classes I-2 and I-3 as part of the Emotions in Action project. The goal was for the students to learn how to identify overwhelming emotions and try to deal with them accordingly.

“We visited planet Anger”

Together with workshop coordinators, the students found ways to help us cope with overwhelming feelings. The first emotion they tackled was anger, which is what they decided to call an imaginary planet. On planet Anger, the students learnt how the locals behaved and they practised how to suppress anger. The students found anger management techniques and designing angry monsters from this planet highly interesting. The kids enjoyed the class and were motivated to discuss their emotions.

“We visited planet Anger. It was an unpleasant place. Everyone yells, argues and fights on planet Anger. Although we quickly left the planet, we learnt how not to end up like the inhabitants, how to conquer our anger and calm down”, concluded Savremena’s first-graders.