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Lesson 6: Relaxation: Visualisation

Within a calming, visualisation activity, children are talked through a relaxing environment before creating their own version.

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Learning objective

  • To understand what relaxation feels like and that relaxation techniques can be used anywhere

National curriculum

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

The PSHE Association Programme of Study recommends pupils are taught:

  • H16. about strategies and behaviours that support mental health — including how good quality sleep, physical exercise/time outdoors, being involved in community groups, doing things for others, clubs, and activities, hobbies and spending time with family and friends can support mental health and wellbeing

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Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

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Main event

Differentiation

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Vocabulary

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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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