Lesson 4: Meaning and purpose: What am I like?

Children explore their identity and strengths by considering what kind of animal they would be, using appropriate, descriptive vocabulary.

Learning objective

  • To recognise and celebrate their strengths and set simple but challenging goals

National curriculum

All schools should make provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), drawing on good practice.

The PSHE Association Programme of Study advises that pupils are taught:

  • H21. to recognise what makes them special
  • H22. to recognise the ways in which we are all unique
  • H23. to identify what they are good at, what they like and dislike
  • R24. how to listen to other people and play and work cooperatively
  • R23. to recognise the ways in which they are the same and different to others

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Might need some guidance when making the link between things they are good at, what they do and what they are like. They should be given examples of why they might be considered a good listener, focused or happy etc.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be able to help describe people around them and provide examples to explain why they think that. Should be encouraged to use a range of vocabulary to describe what they are like.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Elaine Bousfield,  
Wellbeing specialist
Elaine worked for many years as a therapist with young people. She is the founder and chair of XenZone and its children and young people’s counselling service, kooth.com. Kooth delivers an online counselling and therapy service. It is also an online community…
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