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Lesson 6: Relaxation: Breathing exercises

Children explore how relaxation affects the body and mind and practice different breathing exercises while considering the most appropriate times to use them.

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Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

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Main event

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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Might need to work as part of a guided group to remember different breathing exercises.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should try a range of breathing exercises and describe the pros and cons of each of them. Should describe in detail how relaxation makes them feel and how it affects the body.

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Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Created by:
Elaine Bousfield,  
Wellbeing specialist
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…
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