Family changes

RSHE (PSHE)

Celebrating difference in our community

Challenges for families

Coping with grief

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

the way things have become different to how they used to be

Families can {{}} for a number of reasons.

a family decides to go to the park on a Sunday

Which of the following are examples of changes in a family?

What can we do to help ourselves manage our emotions during times of change?

being one of a kind or different from others

something important or interesting about someone

believing in and worshipping a god or gods

Every family has many things that make them {{}}.

Some families are religious and some are not.

Families come in different shapes and sizes.

whether our parents are together or separated

How should we treat people who have a different ethnicity or culture to us?

How can we learn about different ethnicities and cultures?

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Family changes

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.