Reception: Wellbeing
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions.
- Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding.
- Work and play cooperatively.
- Take turns with others.
- Show sensitivity to their own and others’ needs.
- Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
- Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.
- Take notice of their surroundings by describing what they can see, hear and feel.
- Explore the natural world.
Suggested prior learning
This is the first unit in the Wellbeing scheme.Lessons
Discover: Trying something new
Take notice: My surroundings
Connect: Similarities and differences
Give: Kind words
Move: Being animals
Key skills
- Reflecting on
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Key knowledge
- To know
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Key vocabulary
difference
feeling
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Unit resources
Curriculum planning
Long-term plan
Curriculum planning 
Long-term plan An overview of our wellbeing curriculum.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Characteristics of effective learning
- Creating and thinking critically.
- Playing and exploring.
- Active learning.
See Development matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance).
British values
- Individual liberty.
- Mutual respect.
- Tolerance.
See Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools (non-statutory advice).
Build on the learning
Year 1: Wellbeing
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