Year 2: Health and wellbeing
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Y2 Health and wellbeing
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use multiple colours in a diagram to show how they can feel more than one emotion at a time.
- Describe how they would feel in a particular situation and understand that not everyone feels the same.
- Understand the effect of physical activity on their body and mind.
- Describe energetic physical activities that they enjoy.
- Describe the positive effects of relaxation and know there are different ways to relax.
- Know how to use breathing exercises to relax.
- Recognise and describe what they are good at and what skills they would like to develop.
- Create a complete ladder detailing achievable steps which work towards a goal.
- Explain what a growth mindset is.
- Use strategies to stay calm during trick challenges.
- Explain that a healthy diet is when we eat a balance of the right foods, describing some consequences that may arise from poor diet choices.
- State what ingredients they can see on a dish and compare them with the food pyramid.
- Understand what helps to keep teeth healthy.
Suggested prior learning
Y1 Health and wellbeing
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Experiencing different emotions
- To describe a range of feelings and develop simple strategies for managing them.
Lesson 2: Being active
- To understand the benefits of physical activity.
Lesson 3: Relaxation: breathing exercises
- To use breathing exercises to relax.
Lesson 4: Steps to success
- To understand strengths and set achievable goals.
Lesson 5: Developing a growth mindset
- To identify strategies to help overcome barriers or manage difficult emotions.
- To develop a growth mindset.
Lesson 6: Healthy diet
- To understand what it means to have a healthy diet.
Lesson 7: Looking after our teeth
- To understand ways of looking after our teeth.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources
RSE & PSHE
Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y2 Health and wellbeing
Summarising the key facts and vocabulary from the Year 2 Health and wellbeing unit, the Knowledge organiser is designed to…
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Videos: Y2 Health and wellbeing
A collection of videos with RSE & PSHE specialists, addressing unit-specific themes to support the teaching of the Year 2…
RSE & PSHE
Vocabulary display: Year 2: Health and wellbeing
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Year 2: Health and wellbeing unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Art and design
‘Pupils should be taught:
- about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work’
See National curriculum - Art and design key stages 1 to 2.
Science
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene’