Y 5/6 Lesson 8 (Cycle B): Change and loss

Children will learn about the process and emotions relating to grief.

Learning objective

  • To begin to understand the process and emotions relating to grief.

Statutory guidance

Pupils should know:

  • How to recognise if family relationships are making them feel unhappy or unsafe, and how to seek help or advice from others if needed.
  • That there is a normal range of emotions (for example, happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, nervousness) and scale of emotions that all humans experience in relation to different experiences and situations.
  • How to recognise and talk about their emotions, including having a varied vocabulary of words to use when talking about their own and others’ feelings.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

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Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Can be grouped together and should focus on Bella and Alice’s scenarios, which are more straightforward. These scenarios might be most appropriate for the Year 5 children as well but this will depend on their emotional maturity.

Pupils working at greater depth: Can be challenged to think of different ways in which the characters may respond in the different scenarios.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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