Thriving online
I can give advice on how to thrive online.
Thriving online
I can give advice on how to thrive online.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Offline activities are crucial to our mental wellbeing.
- We should be aware of the risks of social media.
- Being able to recognise unhealthy behaviour and relationships is vital to our wellbeing
- Group chats can be an especially risky places.
- Not everything we see online is true.
Keywords
Social media - websites and apps used to share words and images with other people
Communicate - to talk to someone using text, words, images or video
Behaviour - the things that someone does and says
Risk - something that could be dangerous
Common misconception
Social media makes us feel more connected.
Although we can often communicate with our loved ones in a meaningful way online, some aspects of social media can leave us feeling isolated and lonely.
To help you plan your year 5 rshe (pshe) lesson on: Thriving online, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 5 rshe (pshe) lesson on: Thriving online, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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Explore more key stage 2 rshe (pshe) lessons from the Our online lives: How do I thrive online? unit, dive into the full secondary rshe (pshe) curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the connection between people
when something is not good for us
influencing someone’s emotions to make them do something
an online conversation between multiple people
Exit quiz
6 Questions
websites and apps used to share words and images with other people
to talk to someone using text, words, images or video
the things that someone does and says
something that could be dangerous