PSHE

Our Rules for PSHE

1. Respect each other

2. Love each other as God loves us

3. Listen to each other

4. Keep what is said in the room

5. Good manners

6. Everyone is unique and special

Our final topic in PSHE has been about jobs. We interviewed adults around school about their jobs and then we thought about what job we would like to do in the future. 

We have been learning about the bank and what services they offer. We made our own role plays and performed them to the class.  

Our topic for term 5 is Economic Wellbeing. This week we looked at different coins and thought about where and when we use money. We also discussed some moral dilemas like what would you do if you found some money on the floor. 

We've been talking about our differences and similarities. We thought about the different groups we belong to and how some things we chose to and some are chosen for us like eye colour and hair colour. We chose some of our favourite things like colours, sports and school subjects. 

We have been thinking about how to look after babies and children of different ages. 

This week we talked about the different pets we have or would like and how to look after them.

We have been thinking about keeping safe and what to do if we are lost or in an emergency. The children thought about what an emergency is and how to make a phone call to 999. We then made role plays to practise making a phone call. 

Following on from sleep, we have been learning about relaxation today. We had a go at doing a relaxation activity and talked about how important it is. We then discussed laughter as a good way of relaxing and tried to make each other laugh.

Today we thought about the importance of sleep and how it can help our brains and our bodies to grow. We talked about bedtime routines and designed our ideal bedroom.

We have been thinking about our qualities and whether we share them with our favourite animals.

We are now into our new topic, health and wellbeing. We started off by reading 'Where are you, Blue Kangaroo?' and thinking about the emotions different characters feel during the story. We talked about what we can do if we're feeling sad, angry or worried. We made little emotion booklets, showing times when we may feel positive or negative emotions. 

In our PSHE session today, we learnt about Gender Stereotypes. We all were given a statement to decide whether it was an activity for boys to enjoy or girls. The children grouped them by how they thought they should go. At the end I moved the circles and labels of boys/girls and discussed to the children that actually, boys and girls can do whatever they choose and that by saying an activity is only for a certain gender is called stereotyping. The children understood that boys and girls have a choice and they shouldn't feel pressured to do something if they didn't want to. It didn't matter!

Today we were thinking about friendship and what we can do when we fall out with our friends.

A challenging one today - teamwork! The children got to know each other better by asking each other questions. Then they had to work as a team to plan and make a shape out of straws and paper clips. They soon realised working in a team isn't always easy! 

Emotions

We have been thinking about how we might look or act when we feel different emotions and when we might have felt these emotions. In pairs, we made up a role play where one child was sad (maybe because they had fallen over or didn't have anyone to play with) and the other one had to think of a way to help them. 

Friendship

We have been thinking about what makes a good friend and how we can show respect to our friends.

We ordered these words in a pyramid shape from most to least important and explained why.

Our Families

In PSHE we have been discussing who is in our family and why our family is important to us. We talked about and celebrated all the different types of families.