Lesson 2 of 7
  • Year 10

Issues with school work

This lesson will explore the anxieties around school work, thinking about our future and how ways in which we can help balance these to keep positive mental health

Lesson 2 of 7
  • Year 10

Issues with school work

This lesson will explore the anxieties around school work, thinking about our future and how ways in which we can help balance these to keep positive mental health

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Overworking and anxieties about progress and success
  2. Feelings of inadequacy and being a failure as a result of struggling with workload
  3. Finding balance and routine to keep positive mental health at school

Content guidance

  • Contains distressing content.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

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7 Questions

Q1.
Expenditure refers to money coming in

Correct answer: False
True

Q2.
Stress can be defined as a_______

Chemicals found in a school.
DelicIous sauce served on chips.
Correct answer: Reaction caused by a situation.

Q3.
What does it mean to "de-escalate" a situation?

Do nothing.
Correct answer: Make calmer.
Make worse.

Q4.
Would spending time outside be likely to reduce stress?

No
Correct answer: Yes

Q5.
Would creating a timetable/schedule of tasks to be completed be likely to reduce stress?

No
Correct answer: Yes

Q6.
Would sharing feelings with friends be likely to reduce stress?

No
Correct answer: Yes

Q7.
Would taking no actions to resolve an anxiety be likely to reduce stress?

Correct answer: No
Yes

4 Questions

Q1.
________ are feelings of worry, nervousness or unease.

Correct answer: Anxieties
Headaches
Mental health
Stress

Q2.
Which is the correct order for the acronym that aims to help us focus on the tools we need to manage our anxieties effectively?

M.A.R.S.T
Correct answer: S.M.A.R.T
S.T.R.A.M
T.R.A.M.S

Q3.
Which of these might we consider healthy ways to manage anxieties?

Do nothing
Set goals, even if they are impossible
Correct answer: Spend time outside
Correct answer: Talk to someone

Q4.
Anxieties can be easy to overcome.

Correct answer: False
True