Emotions: How can we manage challenges?
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Why this why now
By Year 5, pupils have developed their emotions toolkit through previous years. In this unit, pupils explore more complex emotions such as aspirational, embarrassed, anxious, worried and appreciative. This is timely as pupils face increasing academic and social challenges. By learning these concepts now, pupils enhance their emotional vocabulary, understand that all emotions serve important purposes, develop advanced strategies for managing difficult emotions and build resilience when facing challenges.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils should be able to recognise and name emotions including happiness, sadness, anger, fear, excitement, frustration, jealousy, joy and fury.
- Pupils should know from Key Stage 1 strategies for managing strong emotions such as breathing techniques, talking to trusted adults and taking breaks.
- Pupils should understand from earlier learning that everyone experiences difficult emotions sometimes and that seeking help from trusted adults is a positive and important step.
- Pupils should be familiar with their emotions toolkit from previous years containing various strategies for managing their feelings in healthy ways.
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Why this why now
By Year 5, pupils have developed their emotions toolkit through previous years. In this unit, pupils explore more complex emotions such as aspirational, embarrassed, anxious, worried and appreciative. This is timely as pupils face increasing academic and social challenges. By learning these concepts now, pupils enhance their emotional vocabulary, understand that all emotions serve important purposes, develop advanced strategies for managing difficult emotions and build resilience when facing challenges.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils should be able to recognise and name emotions including happiness, sadness, anger, fear, excitement, frustration, jealousy, joy and fury.
- Pupils should know from Key Stage 1 strategies for managing strong emotions such as breathing techniques, talking to trusted adults and taking breaks.
- Pupils should understand from earlier learning that everyone experiences difficult emotions sometimes and that seeking help from trusted adults is a positive and important step.
- Pupils should be familiar with their emotions toolkit from previous years containing various strategies for managing their feelings in healthy ways.
Emotions: How can we manage challenges?
This unit teaches pupils how to manage a wider range of emotions such as feeling aspirational, embarrassed, anxious, worried and appreciative. Pupils explore challenges they face, understand that all emotions are important and develop strategies for managing difficult emotions effectively.
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