Buddy Bench
A note about the Buddy Bench:
To continue to foster a positive school climate, Worcester's Home and School Association along with our school counselor Shannon Broadhead are introducing a Buddy Bench on the playground this year. The Buddy Bench is a simple idea to foster friendships on the playground. It will be a designated place where students can meet friends and make friends. At the first all-school assembly, Shannon reviewed basic guidelines for using the Buddy Bench, which included:
1. If you choose to sit on the buddy bench, you must say yes to the first friend who invites you to play, talk or walk.
2. If you see a friend when you are sitting on the buddy bench, you can invite him/her to play, talk or walk.
3. Two friends sitting on the buddy bench can turn to each other and invite each other to play, talk or walk.
When a child is asked off the bench to come play, the hope is that they’ll have the confidence to go play with their new friends again the next day.
1. If you choose to sit on the buddy bench, you must say yes to the first friend who invites you to play, talk or walk.
2. If you see a friend when you are sitting on the buddy bench, you can invite him/her to play, talk or walk.
3. Two friends sitting on the buddy bench can turn to each other and invite each other to play, talk or walk.
When a child is asked off the bench to come play, the hope is that they’ll have the confidence to go play with their new friends again the next day.