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Learning objective

  • To talk about how my body feels when I am ill.

Success criteria

  • I can name body parts.
  • I can describe signs
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Statutory guidance

RSE and Health

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Optional: remind the children of the PSHE agreement 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 extra support:

  • Could use the Resource: Feeling unwell to recall actions from the video when describing how they feel.
  • Could use actions and pointing to show where and how they feel unwell during the role-playing.

Pupils working at greater depth:

  • Should make sensible decisions about how urgent a situation is by explaining their reasoning.
  • Should give fuller detail when telling an adult by including where it hurts, what the pain feels like, how bad it is and how long it has lasted.
  • Could create a ‘feeling unwell’ scenario for a partner and explain whether they agree with the response (for example, at playtime, you fall and bang your knee, it does not really hurt, and there is no mark).
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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding can:

  • Describe signs they may be unwell using simple
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Vocabulary definitions

  • illness

    When something is wrong with the body that makes a person feel unwell.

  • unwell

    When something in your body does not feel right.

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