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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 5: Appropriate contact

Understanding the difference between acceptable and unacceptable physical contact.

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Learning objective

To begin to understand the difference between acceptable and unacceptable physical contact.

Success criteria

I know that some types of physical contact

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Being safe

Pupils should

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Cross-curricular links

British values: Individual liberty, Mutual

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Attention grabber

Explain to the children that they are going to be talking about physical contact. Define what is meant by physical contact: It is when one person touches another. Explain that people can touch each other in many different ways. Ask the children to think of as many different ways as they can in pairs and…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Can use pictures of different types of physical contact to stick onto their picture.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Could add more information to their pictures to say with whom they like the particular contact, for example, a cuddle with grandma or being tickled by dad.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: Understanding that some physical contact is

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Vocabulary definitions

acceptable

When something is allowed or approved of.
contact

The act of touching something or someone else.

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In this unit

Lesson 2: Adults outside school

Lesson 1: Adults in school

Lesson 3: Getting lost

Lesson 4: Making an emergency phone call

Lesson 5: Appropriate contact

Lesson 6: Safety with substances

Lesson 7: Safety at home

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Lesson 8: People who help to keep us safe

Originally created by:

Sarah Huggins

RSE & PSHE specialist

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in education. Starting as a Primary teacher, Sarah then moved into an advisory role that covered both PSHE education and Citizenship. She delivers courses for teachers, as well as sessions for children and young people and creates…

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