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

Today's lesson is called Managing a Range of Emotions, and it fits into the unit Emotions: What helps me to be happy? During this lesson, we're going to be talking a little bit about our emotions and what it feels like to be upset.

For this reason, we recommend that you have an adult with you for the duration of this lesson.

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

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

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to explain how to respond appropriately to a range of emotions.

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 throughout today's lesson.

We've got some friends with us to help us remember the ground rules.

Laura says that we need to listen to others.

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

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

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

Jacob says, "No judgement ." This means that if someone chooses to share a story, an experience, or a feeling, we are not going to judge them for it.

And finally, our friend Izzy tells us that we can choose our level of participation.

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

We're now going to go through the keywords for today's learning.

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

First of all, we have the word happy.

This is a feeling of joy or gladness.

Respond: This is what we do after something has happened.

Support: this means to provide help and encouragement to others.

And finally, mindful: this means being aware of what's happening around you and how that makes you feel.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for these keywords 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, How can I handle different emotions? And our second learning cycle is called, Should I be happy all the time? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle, How can I handle different emotions? There are a range of emotions that we can feel at different times and in different situations too.

For example, we can feel: happy, sad, worried, or angry.

It's important to know how to respond to our emotions so that we can be safe and happy.

Nomsa tells us that when we respond to our emotions, we identify how we feel and we decide what we're going to do next.

There are lots of healthy ways that we can respond to our emotions.

It's especially important to handle emotions that can feel quite tricky, like feeling sad, worried, or angry.

When we respond appropriately to our emotions, this can help us to feel happy again.

When we feel sad, we can respond by taking some deep breaths, we can talk to a trusted adult about how we feel.

This could be a parent, carer, a family member, or an adult at school, like a teacher.

And we can also do something that we enjoy.

This could be colouring, painting, writing, drawing, or playing.

Anything that we do that we enjoy.

Sofia wants to share her story.

Sofia says, "When I feel sad, sometimes I need to cry to feel better.

Then I take some deep breaths and talk to a trusted adult." Lucas tells us, "When I feel sad, I choose to do things that will cheer me up.

I remind myself that I won't feel sad forever and that I can feel happy again by responding to my emotions." These are all really good ways of responding to our emotions.

Well done, Sofia and Lucas.

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

Can you decide why is it important to know how to respond to our emotions? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

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

It's important to know how to respond to our emotions so that we can be safe and so that we can be happy.

Well done if you got this correct.

When we feel worried, we can respond by telling a trusted adult like a parent, carer or teacher what we're worried about.

When we tell someone our worries, they can feel less big and scary.

Our trusted adults can reassure us too and they might be able to help us with the worry or with the feeling that we're struggling with.

Here we have Alex and Alex's dad.

Alex is feeling worried about something, so he's telling his dad.

Well done, Alex.

When we feel angry, it can be quite hard to think properly.

We can respond by taking some deep breaths to calm down, and we may want some space away from others too.

Andeep shares his story.

Andeep says, "I respond to feeling angry by slowly counting down from 10 and breathing deeply.

I walk away from what has made me feel angry so that I can calm down.

Then I feel ready to talk about my feelings." Well done, Andeep.

This is a great way to respond to feeling angry.

When we breathe deeply and we walk away from what's making us angry, we give ourselves the chance to calm down.

Sometimes talking about our emotions can be quite hard.

We can also draw our feelings and we can even write them down.

Doing this can help us to feel better and can help us to tell a trusted adult how we feel.

Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're doing.

For this task, I'd like you to decide, is Laura correct? Laura says, "If we feel sad, worried or angry, there's nothing we can do about it other than wait to feel happy again." Is Laura correct? Tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that Laura is not correct, but why? You might have said that there are lots of ways that we can respond to our emotions that can help us to feel happy again.

For example, we can take some deep breaths, talk to a trusted adult, and we can take some space away from others.

All of these things can help us to respond to our tricky emotions like feeling sad, worried or angry, and doing these can help us to feel happy again.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

An important part of responding to our emotions is having good friends to help us.

Good friends can support us by listening to us when we talk about our feelings.

They might ask us how we are feeling.

They could respect us if we need some space to calm down.

Good friends can also tell trusted adults if we need help.

Jacob wants to share his story.

Jacob says, "When I feel sad, my friends support me by asking if they can give me a hug and asking if I want to talk about how I feel." And Sam says, "When I feel angry, my friends support me by reminding me to take some deep breaths.

They also tell a trusted adult if I need some help to calm down." It sounds like Jacob and Sam have some really good friends.

Jacob's friends are supporting him by asking if he wants a hug and giving him the chance to talk about how he feels.

And Sam's friend supports her by reminding her to take some deep breaths if she needs to calm down, and they also ask for help if Sam needs some help calming down.

Let's do another check for understanding to see how you are doing with this learning cycle.

Can you decide which words are missing? Good friends blank to us when we talk about our feelings and blank us if we need space.

Where I've said the word "blank," can you decide which words are missing? 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 words were "listen" and "respect." Our full sentence should now say: "Good friends listen to us when we talk about our feelings and respect us if we need space." Well done if you put these words in the right place.

It is time to move on to the first part of our practise task.

I'd like you to suggest two ways that Lucas could respond to feeling sad, to help him to feel better.

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

Well done if you said that Lucas could talk about his feelings with a trusted adult like a parent, carer or another adult that he trusts.

He could take some deep breaths by counting down from 10 and making sure that he's breathing really deeply.

This helps him to calm down.

He could do something that he enjoys.

Maybe this could be playing outside.

And he could also write or draw how he is feeling.

This helps him to express his feelings and it could help him to talk to trusted adults about how he's feeling too.

Well done if you had these or something similar.

For the second part of this practise task, I'd like you to suggest three ways that Aisha's friends could support her if she's feeling angry.

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

Well done if you said that Aisha's friends could calmly remind her to take deep breaths, they could respect her if she wants some space, they could ask her how she is feeling, and they could tell a trusted adult if Aisha needs help.

Well done if you said that these were all ways that Aisha's friends could support her if she's feeling angry.

Well done for your hard work on this learning cycle.

It's time to move on to our second learning cycle, Should I be happy all the time? We all experience feeling happy differently.

Aisha says, "When I feel happy, I feel all warm and calm inside.

I feel really relaxed and peaceful too." Jun says, "When I feel happy, I want to jump up and down.

I feel full of smiles and energy." Both Aisha and Jun are feeling happy, but they're experiencing it differently.

For Aisha, happiness feels quite calm, but for Jun, happiness feels more excited and energetic.

How does happiness feel for you? Aisha says, "When I feel happy, I respond by doing something that I enjoy.

I like spending time with my friends and family when I'm happy." Jun says, "When I feel happy, I respond by playing and running to use up my energy.

Both Aisha and Jun respond to happiness differently too.

Just like they feel happy differently as well.

It's important to feel a range of emotions, including some quite tricky emotions, like being sad, worried, or angry.

Nomsa tells us that if we ignore how we feel, we might feel a tricky emotion for a longer period of time and it can feel harder for us to manage.

Ignoring how we feel can stop us from getting support too, and sometimes it's really important to get support from our good friends and trusted adults if we are feeling a tricky emotion.

What do you think about what Sofia says? Sofia says, "Experiencing negative emotions is a problem and it shouldn't happen." What do you think? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that Sofia is incorrect.

All of our emotions are really important as they give us information about what's happening to us.

It's important that we pay attention to our emotions and we don't spend too long just feeling one emotion.

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

I'd like you to answer this question: Why is it important to pay attention to our emotions? Is it because A: our emotions give us information, B: it helps us to decide when it's okay to be unkind to others, or C: we can get help when we feel a tricky emotion? 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 C are correct.

It's important to pay attention to our emotions because our emotions give us information and when we pay attention to our emotions, we can also get help when we feel a tricky emotion.

Well done if you got this correct.

Being mindful helps us to know what we are feeling and how to respond.

Nomsa says that "When we are mindful, we're aware of what's happening around us and how it makes us feel.

This is really important because it helps us to learn about ourselves and it helps us to know when to seek support from others." We can be mindful by asking ourselves regularly how we feel and taking time to reflect and to think about our feelings.

We can also be mindful by listening to our body and what it's telling us.

Lucas says, "When my tummy feels funny and my heart beats fast, I know that I'm feeling worried.

I take some deep breaths and I do some colouring as this helps me to feel better." Well done, Lucas, this is a great way of listening to your body and responding when you feel a particular emotion.

Let's do another check for understanding.

This time I'd like you to decide, is this statement true or false? We can be mindful by staying really busy and not thinking about our feelings.

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 we can be mindful by asking ourselves regularly how we feel and taking time to reflect and think about our feelings.

We can also listen to our body.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

It's time to move on to our final practise task and you've done a brilliant job with this lesson so far.

Well done.

For the first part of this task, I'd like you to highlight any incorrect sentences that Jacob has said below.

Jacob says, "Everyone experiences feeling happy in the same way.

It's important to feel a range of emotions including tricky emotions.

We should ignore our feelings if we feel worried, sad or angry." Can you highlight any incorrect sentences that Jacob has said? Pause the video and we'll go through some answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you should have highlighted.

In Jacob's sentences, you should have highlighted "in the same way" and "ignore our feelings if we feel worried, sad, or angry." These are all incorrect sentences.

And for the next part of this practise task, I'd like you to rewrite Jacob's inaccuracies.

So I'd like you to rewrite what Jacob says to make it correct.

We've already said from our first part of this task that "in the same way" and "ignore our feelings.

if we feel worried, sad or angry" are incorrect.

Can you rewrite them so that Jacob's correct? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you could have said.

Jacob might now say something like, "Everyone experiences feeling happy in different ways.

It's important to feel a range of emotions including tricky emotions, and we should tell a trusted adult if we feel worried, sad or angry." Well done if you said this or something similar.

For the third part of this task, I'd like you to suggest three ways that Laura can be mindful.

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

You might have said that Laura could ask herself regularly how she feels.

She could take time to reflect and to think about her feelings.

She could take some deep breaths and she could do something calm that she enjoys.

For example, colouring.

Well done if you had something like this.

You've done a fantastic job with this lesson and you've worked really hard too.

We are now going to summarise the key things that we've learned in today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we have learned there are lots of different emotions and it's important to know how to respond to them all.

When we respond appropriately to our tricky emotions, we can get support and we can feel happy again.

Our trusted adults and friends can help us to respond to our emotions, for example, by listening to us when we talk about our feelings.

Everyone experiences happiness differently and it's important to feel all of our emotions because they give us information.

And finally, we've learned that being mindful helps us to know how we feel and how to respond.

In this lesson, you might have found that you've got some worries or questions.

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 really proud of you and I hope to see you in another lesson soon.