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Change (as something to be managed) and Resilience (the skills, strategies and ‘inner resources’ we can draw on when faced with challenging changes or circumstances).

Change and Resilience

Singing Out: You’re the One Who Sees Me There and I Need To Talk To You

End of Key Stage 2 objectives:• They can express their views

confidently and listen to and show respect for the views of others.

• They can identify some factors that affect emotional health and well-being.

• They can identify positive ways to face new challenges.

Essential skills promoted in the session:• Self-reflection• Resilience (including self-

motivation, adaptability, constructively managing change including setbacks and stress)

• Active listening• Communication

Begin by singing You’re the One Who Sees Me There or I Need To Talk To You Settling in: Provide pairs with a ‘feelings list’ and encourage them to share with their partner when they’ve felt some of them (excited/nervous/proud/disappointed). Display images of various scenarios and in pairs children can discuss the emotions they think might be present, encouraging empathy/understanding of the feelings of others e.g. an image of: a child sitting in an exam/people waiting to shout ‘surprise’ at a surprise party/a child caring for an unwell adult/ a child waiting by a window.Stimulus: Choose one of the images or a new one that has particular relevance to your class at the time (Exam time? Transition time? Friendship issues?)Key Question: How is this person feeling? Why?Key Question: What could they do to begin to deal with how they are feeling?Time for reflection: Key Question: Why is it sometimes difficult to ‘open up’ about how we are feeling? Positive conclusion: Display images of families/friends/places of worship/clubs and explain that feeling alone can make the emotions we feel even harder to deal with. Explain that sharing how we feel and talking to those we trust can really help.

Continue the learning:Set up an ideas board where children can ‘pin’ advice cards about how they’ve positively dealt with a given emotion. Model a few for the children and to get the board started.

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KS2 Circle Time Session