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Learning objective
- To describe how and why we should treat others with kindness and respect.
Success criteria
- I can recognise that bodies change as people
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Statutory guidance
RSE and Health
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should
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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 rules they agreed on. If required, upload an image of the agreement to the Presentation: PSHE agreement.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupil needing support
- Could use the Resource: Is it kind? to support understanding of kind and unkind comments.
- Could refer to the kind statements on the Presentation: Is it kind? and choose one to put on their own kind message.
Pupils working at greater depth
- Should explain why a comment is unkind to show understanding of how words can affect feelings, short-term and long-term.
- Could suggest additional scenarios where kindness depends on how, when or why something is said to deepen discussion.
- Could suggest how some of the unkind statements could be changed to be kind.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding can:
- Recognise that bodies change as people grow
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Vocabulary definitions
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kindness
Being friendly, caring and helpful to others.
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respect
Treating people the way you want to be treated with kindness, fairness and care.
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In this unit
Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y4: How will my body and emotions change as I grow up?
Lesson 1: What are body boundaries?
Lesson 2: How will I grow and change during puberty?
Lesson 3: Which emotional changes could I experience when growing up?
Lesson 4: What is a period?
Lesson 5: How can we show kindness and understanding about body changes?
Lesson 6: Who can I talk to about growing up and changes?
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 27th February, 2026
