Emotions – KS2 lesson plan

Developed with teachers and NHS-approved, this lesson helps pupils to notice and name emotions and feelings. They will learn to recognise how they are feeling and express it to those around them.

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Curriculum

Supports the Relationships and Health Education curriculum

By the end of primary school, pupils should know:

• that there is a normal range of emotions (for example, happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, nervousness) and a scale of emotions that all humans feel in relation to different experiences and situations
• how to recognise and talk about their emotions, including having a varied vocabulary of words to use when talking about their own and others' feelings
• how to judge whether what they are feeling and how they are behaving is appropriate and proportionate

Supports the PSHE curriculum

KS2 – Pupils learn:

• H17 – to recognise that feelings can change over time and range in intensity
• H18 – about everyday things that affect feelings and the importance of expressing feelings
• H19 – a varied vocabulary to use when talking about feelings; about how to express feelings in different ways
• H20 – strategies to respond to feelings, including intense or conflicting feelings; how to manage and respond to feelings appropriately and proportionately in different situations

Learning outcomes

After this lesson, pupils will be able to:

• identify a range of emotions
• describe the link between emotions, thoughts, physical feelings and behaviours
• describe how emotions can feel in the body (physical feelings)
• suggest different ways of responding to emotions