Listening skills

RSHE (PSHE)

Understanding my feelings

Describing my feelings

Managing conflict

This unit focuses on developing listening skills, understanding and describing feelings, and managing conflict through effective communication.

Mental health: How can I talk about my feelings?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

It's important to {{}} to the people around us so that we can build connections.

Good listeners look away from the other person when they're speaking.

Good listeners focus on what people say and think about how they feel too.

Good listeners pay attention to how people are speaking.

We cannot tell how someone feels by what they say.

look at the floor when someone is speaking

taking what each other have said at face value

taking time to calm down before listening

being open to how the other person could feel

Sofia and Laura have had an argument. What could stop them from listening to each other?

paying attention and understanding feelings too

only listening to friends who are talking

something that is in precise detail and is clearly defined

a visual representation of different feelings

describing how we feel as something else, like an object or animal

our thoughts and opinions about things, like feeling proud of our drawing

feelings we have inside, like happiness, sadness or anger

when something changes or becomes something else

feeling worried or nervous about something that may or may not happen

Being hungry and tired can affect how we feel.

Our emotions give us information about ourselves.

There are {{}} good feelings or bad feelings.

Which of these is **not** a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010?

Even though there is still some {{}} around experiencing poor mental health, it is still important to talk about mental health and seek support if we need it.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Listening skills

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.