Connecting with others: What helps us feel safe and included?

Recognising their own strengths, qualities and boundaries, pupils develop self-worth and confidence in expressing themselves respectfully.

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Recognise what self-respect is.
  • Value their own strengths, skills and achievements.
  • Build confidence by trying new things, learning from mistakes and challenging negative self-talk.
  • Identify and communicate personal boundaries clearly.
  • Treat others with kindness, fairness and respect.
  • Recognise the qualities of good friendships and ways to support friends.
  • Learn to manage minor conflicts respectfully through negotiation, compromise, and apology.
  • Understand different ways families spend time together and support each other.
  • Identify different types of bullying and their effects on wellbeing.

Suggested prior learning

Connecting with others: How can I build safe, kind and caring relationships with others?

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Teacher video: Connecting with others overview

An overview of the 'Connecting with others' key area.
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Lessons

Lesson 1: How can I respect myself?

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Lesson 2: What are personal boundaries?

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Lesson 3: What makes a family?

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Lesson 4: How can I be a good friend?

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Lesson 5: How can we repair a friendship after a falling-out?

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Lesson 6: What are the different types of bullying?

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Key skills

Key skills

  • Describing different ways families
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Key knowledge

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  • Family members often
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Key vocabulary

behaviour

boundaries

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Knowledge organiser – RSE & PSHE: What helps us feel safe and included?

Aimed at pupils, a page providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'What helps us feel safe and included?'

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Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y3: What helps us feel safe and included?

A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'What helps us feel safe and included?'

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Cross-curricular opportunities

English: Spoken language.

British values: Individual liberty; Mutual respect.

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