Y3/4 (B): Health and wellbeing
Learning how to look after our teeth, practising visualisation as a way to relax, considering our strengths and future career options, learning how to break down barriers to help us achieve a goal, identifying a range of emotions and understanding the term 'mental health.'
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Y3/4 (B): Health and wellbeing
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Create a healthy diary, where energetic activities and high energy food are scheduled for the same day.
- Show understanding that food choices, exercise, dental hygiene, positive relationships and managing feelings are all important to keeping healthy.
- Identify and share key facts about dental health.
- Identify strengths in their peers’ work.
- Describe a calm place that helps them to feel relaxed.
- Write or describe their strengths and how they could use these in school.
- Describe how they would break a problem down into small, achievable goals.
- Understand the range of emotions we can experience.
- Express their feelings; offer suggestions of what to say when setting a boundary and make note of things they like and dislike to help them create boundaries.
- Understand what mental health is and that sometimes people might need help.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: My healthy diary
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Looking after our teeth
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Relaxation: Visualisation
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Meaning and purpose: my role
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Resilience: breaking down problems
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Emotions
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 7: Communicating my feelings
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 8: Mental health
Key skills
Related content
Unit resources

RSE & PSHE: Vocabulary progression
Vocabulary progression document that outlines the new vocabulary introduced each year.
Cross-curricular opportunities
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