Learning objective

  • To describe and understand their feelings
  • To develop simple strategies for managing these feelings

Success criteria

Year 1

  • I can describe how I feel
  • I can
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National curriculum

Mental wellbeing

Pupils should know:

  • how to
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Attention grabber

Choose a child and show them (without showing the rest of the class) one of the following emotion words: joy fear anger sadness disgust See if they can mime feeling this way and have the class guess their emotions, explaining why they made each guess and visual clues that helped them. You could provide your…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Year 1: Might need images from the story in front of them to help them think about how the characters were feeling, along with Activity: List of emotions (see Classroom resources).

Year 2: May need time to act out their scenario with prompting questions to help understand their different emotions and what they feel like.

 

Pupils working at greater depth:

Year 1: Should describe and show how their character feels but will also understand how the other characters feel.

Year 2: Could be challenged to draw upon their own experiences to help empathise with the girl from the clip and use this understanding to describe how she might be feeling.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by:

Year 1: Using appropriate vocabulary to describe

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Vocabulary definitions

  • Action

  • Emotions

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In this unit

Lesson 6: Local democracy

Lesson 9: Staying safe with medicine

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Are you ready to start the lesson?

Y1/2 Lesson 7 (Cycle B) : Looking after our teeth

Y1/2 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Understanding my feelings

Lesson 1: Human rights

Lesson 1: Breaking the law

Lesson 1: What are human rights?

Lesson 1: Rights of the child

Lesson 1: Rules beyond school

Lesson 1: Rules

Lesson 1: Introduction to the internet

Lesson 1: First Aid: Emergencies and calling for help

Lesson 1: Internet safety: Age restrictions

Y5/6 Lesson 1: (Cycle B) Relaxation: mindfulness

Y5/6 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Relaxation: yoga

Year 1/2 Lesson 1 (Cycle B): Understanding my feelings

Lesson 2: Food choices and the environment

Lesson 2: Rights and responsibilities

Lesson 2: Caring for the environment

Lesson 2: Rights and responsibilities

Lesson 2: Our school environment

Lesson 2: Caring for others: Animals

Lesson 2: Communicating online

Lesson 2: First Aid: bites and stings

Lesson 2: Share aware

Y5/6 Lesson 2 (Cycle B): What can I be?

Y5/6 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): The importance of rest

Y1/2 Lesson 2 (Cycle B): Steps to success

Y1/2 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): Relaxation

Lesson 2: Relaxation: stretches

Lesson 3: Caring for others

Lesson 3: Protecting the planet

Lesson 3: Community

Lesson 3: Recycling

Lesson 3: Our local environment

Lesson 3: The needs of others

Lesson 3: Secrets and surprises

Lesson 3: Be kind online

Lesson 3: First Aid: asthma

Y5/6 Lesson 3 (Cycle B): Taking responsibility for my health

Y5/6 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): Embracing failure

Y1/2 Lesson 3 (Cycle B): Developing a growth mindset

Y1/2 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Ready for bed

Y1/2 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): What am I like?

Lesson 4: Prejudice and discrimination

Lesson 4: Contributing to the community

Lesson 4: Contributing

Lesson 4: Local community groups

Lesson 4: Job roles in our local community

Lesson 4: Similar, yet different

Lesson 4: Appropriate contact: My private parts

Lesson 4: Cyberbullying

Lesson 4: Privacy and secrecy

Y5/6 Lesson 4 (Cycle B): The impact of technology on health

Y5/6 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Going for goals

Y1/2 Lesson 4 (Cycle B): Being active

Lesson 5: Valuing diversity

Lesson 5: Pressure groups

Lesson 5: Diverse communities

Lesson 5: Charity

Lesson 5: Similar yet different - my local community

Lesson 5: Belonging

Lesson 5: Appropriate contact: My private parts are private

Lesson 5: Fake emails

Lesson 5: Consuming information online

Y5/6 Lesson 5 (Cycle B): Resilience toolbox

Y5/6 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): Taking responsibility for my feelings

Y1/2 Lesson 5 (Cycle B): Relaxation: breathing exercises

Y1/2 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): Hand washing and personal hygiene

Lesson 6: National democracy

Lesson 6: Parliament

Lesson 6: Local councillors

Lesson 6: School council

Lesson 6: Democratic decisions

Lesson 6: Respecting personal boundaries

Lesson 6: Making choices

Lesson 6: Growing up

Y5/6 Lesson 6 (Cycle B): Immunisation

Y5/6 Lesson 6 (Cycle A): Healthy meals

Y1/2 Lesson 6 (Cycle B): Healthy diet

Y1/2 Lesson 6 (Cycle A): Sun safety

Lesson 7: Rules

Lesson 7: Giving my opinion

Lesson 7: Road safety

Lesson 7: Influences

Lesson 7: Introducing puberty

Y5/6 Lesson 7 (Cycle B): Physical health concerns

Y5/6 Lesson 7 (Cycle A): Sun safety

Y1/2 Lesson 7 (Cycle A): Allergies

Lesson 8: Crossing roads safely

Lesson 8: Keeping safe out and about

Lesson 8: Tobacco

Y5/6 Lesson 8 (Cycle B): Good and bad habits

Y1/2 Lesson 8 (Cycle A): People who help us stay healthy

Elaine Bousfield

Wellbeing specialist

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Elaine worked for many years as a therapist with young people. She is the founder and chair of XenZone and its children and young people’s counselling service, kooth.com. Kooth delivers an online counselling and therapy service. It is also an online community where young people…
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