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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand that manners vary in different situations.
- Understand boundaries in friendships, including physical boundaries and expectations.
- Understand that what they do and say affects other people.
- Understand the impact of bullying and the role bystanders can take.
- Recognise male and female stereotyped characters.
- Understand that stereotypes about disabilities are usually untrue.
- Understand that families are all different and they offer each other support but sometimes they can experience problems.
- Know what bereavement is and how to support someone who has experienced a bereavement.
Suggested prior learning
Y3 Families and relationships
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Respect and manners
Lesson 2: Healthy friendships
Lesson 3: How my behaviour affects others
Lesson 4: Bullying
Lesson 5: Stereotypes: Gender
Lesson 6: Stereotypes: Disability
Lesson 7: Families in the wider world
Lesson 8: Change and loss
Key skills
- Using respectful language to
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Key knowledge
- To know that families
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Key vocabulary
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Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y4 Family and relationships
A pupil-facing summary document, capturing the key facts and definitions from this Year 4 Family and relationships unit.
Videos: Families and relationships
A collection of unit-specific Q&A videos with RSE & PSHE Consultants to support the teaching of the families and relationships…
Vocabulary display: Year 4 Families and relationships
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Year 4 Families and relationships unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- understand what they read, in books they can read independently […] by:
- drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence
- develop positive attitudes to reading […] by:
- identifying themes and conventions in a wide range of books
- retrieve and record information from non-fiction
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates’
See National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2.
Computing
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact
- use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content’
See National curriculum - Computing key stages 1 to 2.
British values: Mutual respect, Individual liberty, Tolerance of different cultures and religions.
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Y5 Families and relationships
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