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Learning objective

  • To describe how emotions can affect our bodies.

Success criteria

  • I can recall the six basic emotions.
  • I can
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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 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:

  • Could use the Resource: Emotions and feelings poster: KS1 to recap the six emotions and the Year 1/2 feelings words before the lesson.
  • Could use their own set of statements for the emotions game to focus on matching body clues to emotions rather than waiting for a group decision.
  • Could point to one of the emotions faces on the Resource: Knowledge organiser instead of standing in a hoop.

Pupils working at greater depth:

  • Should justify the best-fit emotion for a statement and explain an alternative possible fit using wider feeling vocabulary, such as frustrated, guilty or nervous.
  • Should compare how two people might experience the same situation differently by referring to different body clues and whether the feeling seems stronger or milder.
  • Should explain how recognising body clues can help people name and describe their feelings more clearly.
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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding can:

  • Name the six basic emotions.
  • Use more precise
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Vocabulary definitions

  • body clues (Y1/2)

    How your body shows emotions and feelings.

  • emotions (Y1/2)

    How we react to things around us.

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