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Our emotions toolkit: self-esteem

I can explain what self-esteem is and what affects it.

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Year 4

Our emotions toolkit: self-esteem

I can explain what self-esteem is and what affects it.

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Key learning points

  1. Confidence is when we feel it is possible we can do something.
  2. We all have different strengths.
  3. Self-esteem is how confident we feel about ourselves in general.
  4. Self-esteem is built by positivity and success.
  5. Self-esteem is broken down by negativity, unkindness and failure.

Keywords

  • Confidence - believing in yourself and your abilities and feeling sure you can do things, even when they're hard

  • Self-esteem - feeling good about yourself and knowing that you're a good person who deserves to be treated well

  • Positive - good, encouraging thoughts or comments

  • Negative - bad, unkind thoughts or comments

  • Failure - when something doesn't work out how you wanted or when we don't achieve something we wanted to

Common misconception

Confidence and self-esteem are the same thing.

Self-esteem is an overall feeling about yourself. Confidence can be different in different situations.


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Lesson video

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the word to the definition.
Correct Answer:emotion,feelings we have inside, like happiness, sadness or anger

feelings we have inside, like happiness, sadness or anger

Correct Answer:experience,things that happen to us and how they make us feel

things that happen to us and how they make us feel

Correct Answer:change,the way things become different to how they used to be

the way things become different to how they used to be

Q2.
What do emotions give us?
presents and birthday cards
Correct answer: information about ourselves
Correct answer: information about the world around us
information about animals
Q3.
Which statements are true?
Correct answer: We cannot control which emotions we feel.
We can control which emotions we feel.
Correct answer: We can do things to manage our feelings.
We cannot do things to manage our feelings.
Q4.
Strong emotions ...
are easy to manage
Correct answer: are normal
Correct answer: can be difficult to manage
are not normal
Q5.
If we were feeling worried, what could we do to manage our emotions?
run away
keep our emotions to ourself
Correct answer: write our feelings down
Correct answer: speak to a trusted adult
Correct answer: do something we enjoy
Q6.
Why is it important to manage our feelings?
Correct answer: so that we can stay in control
so that our emotions can take over our lives
so that we can feel happy forever
Correct answer: so that we can stay calm

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the word to the definition.
Correct Answer:confidence,believing in yourself and your abilities

believing in yourself and your abilities

Correct Answer:self-esteem,general confidence in yourself

general confidence in yourself

Correct Answer:failure,not achieving something that we wanted to

not achieving something that we wanted to

Q2.
We all have strengths.
Correct Answer: different, many, various
Q3.
Self-esteem is ...
Correct answer: how confident we feel about ourselves in general
how confident we feel at any one time
Correct answer: something that changes or grows over time
something that stays the same forever
Q4.
How can we build our self-esteem?
by focusing on the things we can't do
Correct answer: by reminding ourselves of the things we can do
Correct answer: by reminding ourselves of the things that make us special
by seeing failure as something bad
Q5.
How can self-esteem get broken down?
Correct answer: by thinking we're not good enough
by seeing failure as a chance to try again
by receiving positive comments about ourselves from other people
Correct answer: by receiving negative comments about ourselves from other people
Q6.
How can we feel good about ourselves?
Correct answer: we can say positive things about ourselves
Correct answer: we can get support from our trusted adults
Correct answer: we should surround ourselves with people who support us
we should only listen to our negative thoughts