Coping with grief

RSHE (PSHE)

Celebrating difference in our community

Family changes

Challenges for families

Helping each other to feel supported

This unit covers celebrating differences in families, understanding family changes such as separation or new members, recognising challenges families face, coping with grief and bereavement and learning how to support each other. Pupils explore diverse family structures and build empathy.

Healthy relationships: Do all families look the same?

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

strong emotional feelings caused by experiencing the death of someone

they stop living and we don't get to see them again

they go away for a bit, and then come back

talking about death helps children manage their emotions

only adults will experience a bereavement

everyone will experience a bereavement at some point in their lives

Which of the following statements are true?

Order the stages of emotions we might experience during grief.

Who can we get support from when we are struggling?

a problem that is difficult to solve or overcome

finding it hard to overcome a problem or situation

when two people end or change their relationship

Everyone responds to change and challenges {{}}.

because they can't fix a problem together

they might have different ideas or feelings

Why might two parents or carers decide to break-up?

How might someone feel if their parents or carers broke-up?

daily routines might change after two parents or carers break-up

parents or carers always get married to someone new after a break-up

everything stays the same after a break-up

a parent or carer might move to a new place after a break-up

Who could we get support from if we are struggling?

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Coping with grief

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.