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Learning objective

  • To explore what makes us feel worried, annoyed or upset.

Success criteria

  • I can identify what can make someone feel
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Optional: remind the children of the PSHE agreement they created in the Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons and recap the agreed rules. If needed, upload an image of the agreement to the Presentation: PSHE agreement.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing support:

  • Should use the Resource: Feelings icons to select and name a feeling before explaining what might cause it.
  • Could share their ideas quietly with an adult or record them in the wonder box to enable participation without speaking publicly.
  • Could use a sentence stem such as ‘I feel ___ when…’ to help them describe their ideas.

Pupils working at greater depth:

  • Should use the terms ‘worried’, ‘annoyed’ and ‘upset’ accurately when describing feelings.
  • Should explain that different people may feel differently in the same situation by describing another person’s perspective.
  • Could extend the Activity: Feelings rainbow by suggesting more than one strategy that could help someone feel better.
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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding can:

  • Identify what can make
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Vocabulary definitions

  • annoyed

    A feeling when something has bothered you.

  • upset

    A feeling when something has made you feel sad.

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