Y2 PSHE - B3

Being My Best - Term 5

Unit Themes

  • Growth Mindset

  • Looking after my body

  • Hygiene and health

  • Exercise and sleep

Progressive content

Children will learn

You can do it!

  • Explain the stages of the learning line showing an understanding of the learning process;

  • Help themselves and others develop a positive attitude that support their wellbeing;

  • Identify and describe where they are on the learning line in a given activity and apply its positive mindset strategies to their own learning.

My day


  • Understand and give examples of things they can choose themselves and things that others choose for them;

  • Explain things that they like and dislike, and understand that they have choices about these things;

  • Understand and explain that some choices can be either healthy or unhealthy and can make a difference to their own health.

Harold's postcard - helping us to keep clean and healthy

  • Explain how germs can be spread;

  • Describe simple hygiene routines such as hand washing;

  • Understand that vaccinations can help to prevent certain illnesses.

Harold's Bathroom

  • Explain the importance of good dental hygiene;

  • Describe simple dental hygiene routines.

What does my body do?

  • Name major internal body parts (heart, blood, lungs, stomach, small and large intestines, brain);

  • Describe how food, water and air get into the body and blood.

Growing & Changing - Term 6

Unit Themes

  • Life cycles

  • Dealing with loss

  • Being supportive

  • Growing and changing

  • Privacy

Progressive content

Children will learn

A helping hand

  • Demonstrate simple ways of giving positive feedback to others.

Sam moves away

  • Recognise the range of feelings that are associated with losing (and being reunited) with a person they are close to.

Haven't you grown

  • Identify different stages of growth (e.g. baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult);

  • Understand and describe some of the things that people are capable of at these different stages.

My body, your body

  • Identify which parts of the human body are private;

  • Explain that a person's genitals help them to make babies when they are grown up; only body parts 'penis' & 'vulva' will be used at this stage.

  • Understand that humans mostly have the same body parts but that they can look different from person to person.

Respecting privacy

  • Explain what privacy means;

  • Know that you are not allowed to touch someone’s private belongings without their permission;

  • Give examples of different types of private information.