School Therapy Dog

Here at Finch Woods Academy we have a school therapy dog, Sonny, whose presence in school has many benefits:

• Helping to calm pupils down and turn around emotions when displaying low mood, anxiety or challenging behaviour
• Able to take part in Literacy lessons as part of the Bark2read scheme, pupils can read to the dog without feeling self conscious
• Used as a reward for pupils to walk and play with him
• Interact with the dog and develop social skills, patience and empathy and an appreciation of animals
• Pupils can take part in obedience training , dog handling and dog agility sessions
• Make the school day and curriculum more engaging and in turn improve attendance

A little bit about Sonny:

• Rescued from Cheshire Dogs home in February 2017. For more information on Cheshire Dogs home please visit www.dogshome.net
• 4 years old, lovely friendly temperament
• Taking obedience classes and assessment to be certified therapy dog. For more information about therapy dogs please visit www.pets4homes.co.uk/pet-advice/all-about-therapy-dogs
• Parents have been informed, and there is a risk assessment and full insurance in place