Every Child is Special - Social and Emotional Learning - Unit 3
Let’s Reflect and Refine
Foundation – Year 6
Social and Emotional Learning focuses on developing essential social and emotional skills for healthy interactions and personal growth. Students learn to recognise, express and manage their emotions while practising calming techniques and self-awareness.
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Starter Lessons
Year Overview
Foundation Year
Year F, Lesson 1
Year F, Lesson 2
Unit Overview
In this unit, students will continue to expand their emotional vocabulary and practise calming strategies to manage their feelings.
They will be introduced to positive self-talk as a tool for building emotional regulation and resilience.
Additionally, students will develop social skills through teamwork, respectful interactions, and cooperative play.
They will learn to navigate emotions in various situations while fostering empathy, collaboration, and respect in their interactions with others.
Student Activities
Emotional Regulation Activities
- Rainbow Walk Visualisation
- Positive Self-Talk for Self-Encouragement
Student Activities
- Feeling Charades
- Feeling on faces
- Rainbow Walk Visualisation
- ‘Stop’ Hand Signal
- Explain What Happened
- Emergency or Not?
- Emergency Situations
- Self-Talk = Self-Encouragement
- Empathy Detectives
- Explain Empathy
- Let’s Reach Our Goal Together
Features
- Animations
- Charades
- Posters
- Small Group Activities
- Interactive Digital Illustrations
Lessons and Resources
Lessons
- 9 Week Unit
- Lessons are 20 minutes and delivered once a week for eight weeks.
- Week 1 – Teacher Observation – Completed by teachers.
- Week 9 – Personal Reflection – Completed by students.
- Optional Summative Assessment – The assessment will cover HPE content (weeks 1–8).
Resources
- Lessons x8
- Instructional Teaching Guide
- Student Workbook
- Unit Overview
- Assessments/Progression Indicators
- Poster
- Feeling Flash Cards
- Professional Learning Modules
Year 1 – Year 2
Years 1-2, Lesson 1
Years 1-2, Lesson 2
Unit Overview
In this unit, students will refine their ability to understand and manage their emotions by practising positive self-talk and exploring different ways to feel calm.
Through engaging activities, they will develop their calming techniques and choose their favourite ones to help them in different situations.
Students will develop their communication skills by using kind words and actions to share their feelings and ask for permission from others respectfully.
They will also learn to notice how different situations can bring different feelings and how to respond kindly.
Through teamwork activities, students will practise sharing equipment and ideas, using kind words and actions to ensure everyone feels respected and included.
This unit refines students’ emotional awareness, empathy, and respectful communication.
Student Activities
Emotional Regulation Activities
- Positive Self-Talk for Self-Encouragement
- The 5,4,3,2,1 Calming Technique
- The Shake It Off Movement
Student Activities
- Self-Talk Sentences Wheel
- The 5,4,3,2,1 Calming Technique
- Swap It to Kindness Activity
- Paired Deny Permission Sentences
- Choose the Smart Choice Scenarios
- Using the Shake It Off Movements
- Give Up a Little, Get a Little Phrases
- Chair Conflict Activity
Features
- Animations
- Small Group Activities
- Interactive Digital Illustrations
Lessons and Resources
Lessons
- 9 Week Unit
- Lessons are 20 minutes and delivered once a week for eight weeks.
- Week 1 – Teacher Observation – Completed by teachers.
- Week 9 – Personal Reflection – Completed by students.
- Optional Summative Assessment – The assessment will cover HPE content (weeks 1–8).
Resources
- Lessons x8
- Instructional Teaching GuideUnit Overview
- Assessments/Progression Indicators
- Professional Learning Modules
Year 3 – Year 4
Years 3-4, Lesson 1
Years 3-4, Lesson 2
Unit Overview
In Unit 3, students will deepen their social and emotional learning by focusing on the importance of teamwork and understanding emotions.
They will enhance their self-awareness by becoming “feelings detectives,” exploring their emotions and recognising how different moods influence their thoughts and actions.
Through mindfulness practice, students will learn to manage their feelings and remain calm in challenging situations.
Student Activities
Emotional Regulation Activities
- Mindful Breathing
- Mindful Listening
- Deep Breathing
Student Activities
- Using Feeling Clues
- Mindfulness Activities
- Showing Kindness to Others
- Tower Teamwork Challenge
- Mood Reflection
- Practising Deep Breathing Strategies
- Reading the Room Roleplay
- Mystery Image Team Challenge
Features
- Animations
- Roleplay
- Posters
- Small Group Activities
- Interactive Digital Illustrations
Lessons and Resources
Lessons
- 9 Week Unit
- Lessons are 20 minutes and delivered once a week for eight weeks.
- Week 1 – Teacher Observation – Completed by teachers.
- Week 9 – Personal Reflection – Completed by students.
- Optional Summative Assessment – The assessment will cover HPE content (weeks 1–8).
Resources
- Lessons x8
- Instructional Teaching Guide
- Student Workbook
- Unit Overview
- Assessments/Progression Indicators
- Poster
- Feeling Flash Cards
- Professional Learning Modules
Year 5 – Year 6
Years 5-6, Lesson 1
Years 5-6, Lesson 2
Unit Overview
In Unit 3, students will expand their emotional vocabulary, develop self-awareness and enhance their ability to work effectively with others.
They will explore how emotions guide decision-making, learn calming techniques like visualisation and positive self-talk and practise strategies for navigating uncomfortable situations.
This unit also highlights the importance of addressing unfair treatment, fostering inclusion and respecting others’ boundaries.
By building skills in assertive communication and teamwork, students gain confidence in managing emotions, valuing diversity and creating a supportive environment for themselves and their peers.
Through interactive lessons, they take meaningful steps toward emotional awareness and collaborative success.
Student Activities
Emotional Regulation Activities
- Guided Visualisation
- Deep Breathing
- Positive Self-Talk for Self-Encouragement
Student Activities
- Good Choice or Bad Choice?
- Two Points of View
- Speaking Up
- Helpful or Unhelpful Responses
- Flipping Your Thoughts
- Including Others
- Asking Permission, Giving Permission, and Saying No
Features
- Animations
- Charades
- Posters
- Small Group Activities
- Interactive Digital Illustrations
Lessons and Resources
Lessons
- 9 Week Unit
- Lessons are 20 minutes and delivered once a week for eight weeks.
- Week 1 – Teacher Observation – Completed by teachers.
- Week 9 – Personal Reflection – Completed by students.
- Optional Summative Assessment – The assessment will cover HPE content (weeks 1–8).
Resources
- Lessons x8
- Instructional Teaching Guide
- Student Workbook
- Unit Overview
- Assessments/Progression Indicators
- Poster
- Feeling Flash Cards
- Professional Learning Modules