Managing a range of emotions

RSHE (PSHE)

This unit focuses on how pupils experience, name and manage feelings such as excitement and frustration.

Emotions: What helps me to be happy?

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

We can {{}} to our emotions in ways that help us to be happy again.

Experiencing negative emotions is a problem and shouldn't happen.

It's important to feel a range of emotions.

Everyone feels the same emotions in the same way.

It helps us to know how to respond to our feelings.

It helps other people to be happy and calm.

We can do something calming, like drawing.

Which of these are ways that we can be mindful?

feelings we have inside, like happiness, sadness or anger

feeling scared or nervous about something that might happen

things that happen to us and how they make us feel

Aisha and her friends have had an argument in the playground. Aisha feels like her friends are being unfair to her. How could she be feeling?

Aisha shouted at her friend, Lucas, during an argument on the playground. Aisha said she wasn't sure if she wanted to be friends with Lucas anymore. How could Lucas be feeling?

The people around us don't affect how we feel.

If we are hungry, we might feel grumpy or angry.

When we feel tired, we always feel calm and happy.

We can feel emotions in different strengths.

Laura is feeling sad. What could she do to help herself to feel better?

We can experience emotions in our {{}}, for example, if we feel worried, our heart might beat faster.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

Adult supervision recommended

Starter Quiz