THEME 2

Getting on and falling out

October - December

Getting on and Falling out

This theme focuses on developing children's knowledge, understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning:

• Managing feelings (with a focus on anger)

• Empathy• Social skills

Getting on and Falling out

The theme is structured around the following key strands:

• Friendship• Working together in groups/co-operation• Seeing things from another point of view• Understanding and managing feelings-

anger• Resolving conflict

Friendship• I can play with other

children and say sorry when I’ve been unkind

• I can make someone feel good by giving them a compliment

• I can be a good listener and tell you lots of ways to give friendship tokens

Assembly - Friendship

Friendship

Token

Discord – “I will be your friend”

Working together/co-operation

• I can work in a group with other children

• I can discuss in a group how well we are working together

• I can explain to people why I agree/don’t agree with them

Seeing things from another point of view – developing empathy

Understanding and managing feelings - anger

I know when I am starting to feel angry (triggers)

I know how our bodies change when we start to get angry

I know some ways to calm down

Resolving conflict

• I know how to make up with a friend when we have fallen out

• I can use peaceful problem solving to sort out difficulties

• I can say and do things that are likely to make a difficult situation better