Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: Other people’s feelings

Children learn how other people show their feelings, that people can feel differently to them, and how to show others that they care.

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Learning objectives

  • To recognise how others show feelings and how to respond to these
  • To identify their special people and how they should care for one another

Statutory guidance

  • Caring friendships: Pupils should understand the characteristics of friendships, including mutual respect, truthfulness, trustworthiness, loyalty, kindness, generosity, trust, sharing interests and experiences and support with problems and difficulties.
  • Respectful relationships: Pupils should know the practical steps they can take in a range of different contexts to improve or support respectful relationships.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Might need extra examples of each scenario. It may be useful to create a comic strip conversation (see link: autism.org.uk - Comic strip conversations''about one of the scenarios to embed the idea that other people can think and feel differently to us.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should suggest a range of different ways of responding to someone who seems upset, angry, worried.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils’ understanding and progress

Vocabulary

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Kapow Primary, 
RSE & PSHE specialist
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