Helping each other to feel supported

RSHE (PSHE)

Celebrating difference in our community

Family changes

Challenges for families

Coping with grief

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

Everyone needs the same support when they are struggling. True or false?

Which of the following are examples of different types of support?

I'm going to play with someone who isn't in a bad mood!

What could we say to someone who is struggling?

It's not a child's job to fix big problems.

If someone is really struggling, we should tell a trusted adult.

If someone is really struggling, we should keep it to ourselves.

Which of the following statements are true?

Match the type of support with the correct example.

the way things become different to how they used to be

when two people end or change their relationship

in this context, when a body stops working and a person stops living

strong emotional feelings caused by experiencing the death of someone

Bereavement is a {{}} thing to experience.

they might need support from a trusted adult

they should be ignored until they feel happy again

they might need support from a counsellor

they should stay at home until they feel better

What kind of support might someone need when they experience bereavement?

during grief, some days are good and some days are bad

over time, grief becomes easier to manage as our lives get bigger

over time, grief becomes easier to manage as we forget the person who has died

create a memory box of the person they are grieving

What strategies could someone use to help themselves when they are struggling?

Helping each other to feel supported

Lesson outcome

Content guidance