KS1 - Emotions

Bring your Key Stage 1 PSHE lesson to life outdoors, where pupils explore change, emotions, and empathy through hands-on activities like creating nature creatures, role-playing, and mindfulness check-ins. Children will actively identify and discuss feelings, develop coping strategies, and discover the positive side of new experiences in a fun, practical setting.

Lesson Plans

Naming different feelings

Empower your Key Stage 1 pupils to explore and name different feelings with this engaging PSHE lesson. Children will actively create expressive faces, identify emotions, and discuss how feelings manifest in their bodies.

Learning objective:

To name different feelings.

Recognising different feelings in the same situation

Help your Key Stage 1 pupils understand that people feel differently in the same situations with this engaging outdoor PSHE lesson. Children will actively create nature creatures, role-play scenarios, and discuss diverse emotions, fostering empathy and problem-solving skills.

Learning objective:

To recognise that people feel differently in the same situation.

Describing how to manage emotions

Help your Key Stage 1 pupils explore and manage their emotions with this engaging outdoor PSHE lesson. Through hands-on activities and senses check-ins, children will practice mindfulness strategies in a supportive, practical setting, building skills to cope with a range of feelings.

Learning objective:

To describe how to manage different emotions.

Recognising change and the emotions around it

Support your Key Stage 1 pupils in understanding and navigating change with this interactive outdoor PSHE lesson. Children will explore nature’s transformations, share their feelings about change, and discover the positive side of new experiences.

Learning objective:

To recognise and changes and how they can make us feel.To use drawing techniques to add texture

Before you get started

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