Y5 PSHE - Block 2

Living in the Wider World

Topic

Belonging to a community

Protecting the environment; compassion towards others

Children will learn

  • about how resources are allocated and the effect this has on individuals, communities and the environment

  • the importance of protecting the environment and how everyday actions can either support or damage it

  • how to show compassion for the environment, animals and other living things

  • about the way that money is spent and how it affects the environment

  • to express their own opinions about their responsibility towards the environment

Media literacy and Digital resilience

How information online is targeted; different media types, their role and impact

  • to identify different types of media and their different purposes e.g. to entertain, inform, persuade or advertise

  • basic strategies to assess whether content online (e.g. research, news, reviews, blogs) is based on fact, opinion, or is biased

  • that some media and online content promote stereotypes

  • how to assess which search results are more reliable than others

  • to recognise unsafe or suspicious content online

  • how devices store and share information

Money and Work

Identifying job interests and aspirations;

what influences career choices; workplace stereotypes

  • to identify different types of media and their different purposes e.g. to entertain, inform, persuade or advertise

  • basic strategies to assess whether content online (e.g. research, news, reviews, blogs) is based on fact, opinion, or is biased

  • that some media and online content promote stereotypes

  • how to assess which search results are more reliable than others

  • to recognise unsafe or suspicious content online

  • how devices store and share information