Roots of Empathy
‘Building caring, peaceful and civil societies’
We began Roots of Empathy at St. Finian’s 3 years ago and have never looked back. Roots of Empathy is a programme designed to develop children’s compassion and understanding of others and has been shown to increase sharing, build compassion and promote resilience, well-being and positive mental health.
The programme works by linking up with a school family and their new born baby (4 months old).
In 2024-25 we worked with baby Sofia. Every few weeks, from the age of 4 month old, Sofia came into school with her mum and we followed her development over the year; we observed how she moved, responded to her sounds and even watched her sleep. We asked questions to understand how to love and care for something so precious and small.
We are so excited when it’s a day for Sofia to come into school’ Y4
‘She’s so cute; she rolls over on her mat, laughs and gurgles!’ Y4
‘We have noticed how much she’s grown since the first time she came to visit us, in September.’ Y4
The mission of RoE is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults.
The vision is to change the world, child by child.