Lesson video

Hello, my name's Ms. Willow, and I'm so excited to be your teacher for today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called finding help, and it fits into the unit power in relationships: when do I feel safe? During this lesson, we are going to talk a little bit about feeling unsafe, so for this reason, we recommend that you have an adult with you for this lesson.

If at any point you do feel worried or uncomfortable, it's really important that you stop the lesson and that you speak to a trusted adult.

Okay, let's make a start on today's lesson.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to explain how to get help from trusted adults if you need it.

Before we get started with today's lesson, we need to go over some ground rules.

This helps to make sure that everyone feels safe and comfortable during today's lesson.

First of all, Laura says that we need to listen to others.

This means that we are not going to interrupt other people if they're speaking.

Next, Andeep says that we need to respect each other's privacy.

This means that we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

Next, Jacob says, no judgment.

This means that if someone chooses to share a feeling, a story, or an experience, we are not going to judge them for it.

And finally, Izzy says that we can choose our level of participation.

This means that it's up to us how much we want to join in.

Now we're going to have a look at the keywords for today's lesson.

These words are gonna pop up quite a few times in today's lesson, so it's really important that we have a good understanding of what each of these keywords mean.

I'm going to say the keyword, and when I do this, I would love if you could repeat the keyword back to me.

Are you ready? Our first keyword is support.

Good job.

Our next keyword is trusted adult.

And finally, our last keyword is carer.

Brilliant, well done.

Now we're going to learn what these keywords mean.

Support means to provide help and encouragement to others.

Trusted adult, a trusted adult is someone that we know offline who makes us feel safe and can help us.

Carer, this is someone who helps people who can't fully take care of themselves, this could be due to their age, illness, or disability.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for these key words and when you spot them, see if you can remember what they mean.

Today's lesson is split into two learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called what do children need to be happy? And our second learning cycle is called who can help us if we need support? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle.

What do children need to be happy? Just like flowers need sunshine, water, and good soil to grow big and strong, children need special things to grow up happy and healthy too.

When flowers get everything they need, they bloom beautifully.

And when children get love, care, support, and safety from trusted adults, they can bloom too.

Children need different things to be happy.

So number one, children need to feel safe at home and at school.

Being safe means being protected from harm and danger.

Laura says, "I know that I'm safe when I go home because my dad makes sure that my seatbelt is fastened properly in the car." And Andeep says, "I know that I'm safe at school because if I fall over, the school nurse will give me a plaster and help me to feel better." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle so far.

Can you fill in the missing word in this sentence: children need to feel blank at home and at school.

Where I've said the word blank, can you decide which word fits? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that the missing word is safe.

Children need to feel safe at home and at school.

Children also need to be supported by their trusted adults to feel happy.

This means that our parents, carers, and teachers listen to our feelings and help us to feel better when we're feeling sad, worried, or angry.

Here we have Aisha's trusted adults at home, and we have Aisha's trusted adult at school.

Laura says, "My trusted adults at school support me by helping me when I find something tricky in class." And Andeep says, "My trusted adults at home support me by listening to my feelings and giving me cuddles when I feel sad." Maybe you want to have a think about how your trusted adults at home and at school support you.

Okay, let's do another check for understanding.

How can our trusted adult support us? Can you remember? A, they should listen to our feelings.

B, they should let us do whatever we want.

Or C, they should help us when we feel sad or worried.

How can our trusted adult support us? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said the A and C are correct.

Trusted adults can support us by listening to our feelings and helping us when we feel sad or worried.

Well done if you said the same thing.

Children also need time to rest, play, and learn to feel happy.

Izzy says, "I feel happy when I learn new things at school.

I also love to play with my friends at lunchtime." And Jacob says, "I feel happy when I get enough sleep each night.

This helps me to feel well rested and ready for the day." Children also need to eat healthy food and drink water regularly to feel happy.

Regularly means quite often.

Lucas says, "I feel happy when my tummy is full of healthy, tasty foods." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you are doing.

Can you remember what do children need to be happy? A, time to play.

B, Healthy food.

Or C, fizzy drinks.

What do children need to be happy? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that A and B are correct.

For children to be happy, they both need time to play and healthy food.

Well done if you said the same thing.

It's now time to move on to our first practice task, and well done for your hard work so far.

Using the pictures on this slide and the next, I'd like you to label the different things that children need to be happy.

Here's the first three pictures that I'd like you to label.

Then I'd like you to label these three pictures.

Okay, I'm gonna give you a few minutes and then we're going to go through what you might have said.

Brilliant.

Let's have a look and see what you might have said.

Your labels could have looked like this.

You could have said, time to play, healthy food, support from trusted adults, to feel safe at home and at school, time to learn, and time to rest.

All of these things are things that children need to be happy.

So well done if you said something like this.

We are now moving on to our second learning cycle, and well done for your hard work already.

By the end of this learning cycle, we'll be able to answer the question, who can help us if we need support? We can get help from many different people in our lives.

Can you think of anyone who helps you when you're feeling unhappy? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Can you think of anyone who helps you when you're feeling unhappy? Okay, let's have a look and see what Aisha said.

Aisha says, "My mum and grandma are always there for me whenever I'm feeling upset or sad.

Their cuddles are good at cheering me up." Maybe this reminded you of someone who helps you when you're feeling unhappy.

Lucas says, "The teaching assistants at school are really good at making me feel better if I'm having a bad day.

They remind me to take some deep breaths and they help me to focus on my breathing." And Jun says, "My friends are great at cheering me up if I'm unhappy.

Lucas and Aisha are really good at telling me jokes that make me laugh." We can get help and support from the trusted adults around us.

Trusted adults include the people in our family or at our school who make us feel safe.

So for example, this could be our parents and carers, and this could be teachers and school staff at school.

Trusted adults can also be people that are in our community, so for example, police officers, firefighters, or a lollipop person.

These people have special jobs to help children to stay safe and to help us if we need it.

Doctors, nurses, and social workers are trusted adults too.

These trusted adults know how to help children and their families, and they're trained to listen to children and to keep them safe.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle so far.

Can you remember who can support us if we're unhappy or need help? A, our pets and toys.

B, our younger cousins.

C, trusted adults at home and at school.

Or D, trusted adults in our communities.

Who can support us if we're unhappy or if we need help.

Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that C and D are correct.

If we're unhappy or need help and we need support, we can get support from our trusted adults at home and at school.

This could be our parents or carers, and it could be teachers or teaching assistants, or other school staff at school.

We can also get help from trusted adults in our communities.

Remember, this could be police officers, lollipop people, social workers, doctors or nurses.

There are lots of trusted adults at home, at school, and in our communities that are there to support us if we need it.

Well done if you've got this correct.

If we ever feel unhappy or unsafe, this means that something isn't quite right and we should get support from a trusted adult.

So we could say, "I need help.

I'm feeling unhappy about.

I need support with.

." Or, "I'm feeling worried about.

." And then we can tell the trusted adult what's making us feel unhappy or unsafe.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Lucas is feeling unhappy.

What could he say to a trusted adult? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you had any of these.

If Lucas is feeling unhappy, he could say to a trusted adult, "I need help.

I need support with.

I'm feeling unhappy about.

Or, "I'm feeling worried about.

." And then he could say what's making him feel unhappy or unsafe.

Well done If you got this correct.

If a trusted adult doesn't listen or help us, we should find another trusted adult to help us instead.

Ms. Walsh says, "Remember, you have the right to feel safe and happy.

And trusted adults are here to help you." If you're feeling unhappy or uncomfortable, and the first trusted adult that you tell doesn't listen or help at first, keep trying until you are heard and taken seriously.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Can you remember, what should we do if a trusted adult doesn't listen or help us at first? Should we: A, give up and keep our feelings secret.

B, keep trying until you are heard.

Or C, only tell our teddy bear how we feel instead.

What should we do if a trusted adult doesn't listen or help us at first? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that B is correct, we should keep trying until we are heard.

Well done if you said the same thing.

Sometimes our family or our carers might need support from other trusted adults, and this is okay.

This might mean that they're finding it tricky to give us the support that we need.

Just like when you need help with something difficult, grownups sometimes need help too.

Even grownups have big feelings or problems sometimes that make it hard for them to help us.

When this happens, it's really important to find another trusted adult who can listen and help and support you.

Our family and carers can get support from teachers and school staff, from professionals like doctors, nurses, and social workers.

It's never the child's fault if their family or their carers can't give them the support that they need.

It also doesn't mean that they don't love or care about the child.

If you're worried about your family or your carers, it's really important that you speak to another trusted adult, which could be a trusted adult in school, perhaps a teacher or a teaching assistant, or another adult at school that we feel that we can talk about our feelings with.

Let's do another check for understanding.

This time I'd like you to decide if this statement is true or false.

Everyone can get all the support they need from their family and carers.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is false.

But why? You might have said that sometimes our family and our carers need support from other trusted adults to help look after us, and this is okay.

It's important if we're worried about our family or our carers that we speak to another trusted adult.

Well done if you said the same thing, or if you had something similar.

It is now time to move on to our practice task.

And well done for your brilliant focus so far.

For the first part of this task, I'd like you to draw two trusted adults who could help you if you need support.

Add their names underneath.

Pause the video, and we'll go through some model answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's have a look at Aisha's drawings.

Aisha has drawn her grandma and her class teacher as some trusted adults that are there to support her, or your drawings could look like Izzy's.

Izzy's drawn her mom and dad, and she's drawn her doctor.

Well done if your drawings were anything like Aisha or Izzy's.

We've all got lots of different trusted adults in our lives, so it's okay if we had something different.

It's just really important that everyone has at least two trusted adults that they feel that they can talk to about their feelings and any worries that they have.

For the second part of this task, I'd like you to put two to three trusted adults who can help and support us into each category.

So our first category is school, our second category is home, and our third category is community.

Can you put two to three trusted adults who can help and support us into each of these categories? Pause the video and we'll go through some model answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what your diagram could look like.

At school, your trusted adults could be a class teacher, or lunchtime staff, or a teaching assistant.

At home, your trusted adults could be your parents, carers, or grandparents.

And in the community, we can get help from a police officer, a firefighter, or a nurse.

These can all be trusted adults too.

Well done if your diagram looks anything like this.

We are now going to summarize the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we've learned that children need different things to be happy.

If we feel unhappy or unsafe, this means that something isn't right and we should get support from a trusted adult.

We can get help from our trusted adults at home, at school, or in our communities if we need support.

Sometimes our family and carers might need support from other trusted adults such as doctors or social workers, and this is okay.

If we feel unsafe or worried about our family, carers, or if we're worried about a different trusted adult, it's really important to speak to another trusted adult about how we're feeling.

If a trusted adult doesn't listen or help us, we should find another trusted adult to help us instead and keep asking until we feel heard and until we're taken seriously.

During today's lesson, you might have found that you've got some worries or some questions, and if you do, it's really important that you share these with a trusted adult.

There's also some resources on the screen that are there to help you too.

Well done for your fantastic hard work today.

I'm so proud of you and I hope to see you again soon.