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  6. Lesson 3: Which emotional changes could I experience when growing up?
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Learning objective

  • To explain how to manage emotions and feelings during puberty.

Success criteria

  • I can recognise that emotions and feelings 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 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 pre-watch the Pupil video: How might my feelings change as I grow up? to become familiar with key ideas and vocabulary before the lesson.
  • Could use fewer cards from the Resource: Tools to place on the Activity: Emotions and feelings toolkit.
  • Could draw ways that help them manage the emotions on sticky notes to add to the Activity: Emotions and feelings toolkit.

Pupils working at greater depth:

  • Should think of additional ways to manage emotions and feelings and add these to the Activity: Emotions and feelings toolkit.
  • Should give an example of a time when their feelings about something have changed as they got older.
  • Could give examples of times when certain strategies have worked well and why they think that was.
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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding can:

  • Recognise that emotions and feelings change as people
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Vocabulary definitions

  • emotions

    How we react to things around us.

  • feelings

    How we feel inside our minds.

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