Lesson 1: Wonderful me! Who am I?

Children explore their identity by considering the groups and communities that they are a part of and what they like, before using this to write a kenning style poem about themselves.

Learning objective

  • To understand the different aspects of my identity

National curriculum

All schools should make provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), drawing on good practice.

English: 

  • Perform their own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume, and movement so that meaning is clear
  • Selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning

The PSHE Association Programme of Study recommends that pupils are taught:

  • H28. to identify personal strengths, skills, achievements and interests and how these contribute to a sense of self-worth
  • L6. about the different groups that make up their community; what living in a community means

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Might need to work as part of a guided group where they can adapt the example poem by replacing key words.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be able to reference different parts of their identity and use more adventurous vocabulary.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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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