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Puzzle 1: Being Me in My World - Foundation 2 - Autumn 1 Piece 2 - How Am I Feeling Today?

PSED Learning Objectives Success Criteria

Making relationshipsD4 - To be able to express their own feelingsD4 - To respond to the feelings and wishes of others D4 - Begin to show an increasing ability to distract themselves when upsetD5 - To usually be able to adapt behaviour to different events, social situations and changes to routine Self-confidence and self-awarenessD6 -Tobeconfidenttotalktoothersaboutownneeds,wants,interestsandopinionsELG-Theyareconfidenttotrynewactivities,andsaywhytheylikesomeactivities more than others

Managing feelings and behaviourD4 - I can say how I feelD4 - I can see how others feel and react appropriatelyD4 - I can distract myself when I am feeling upsetD5 - I can change how I am feeling and behaving depending on the situationSelf-confidence and self-awarenessD6 - I can tell others about the things I want and need to help meELG-Theyareconfidenttotrynewactivities

Child-initiated Assessment opportunities/ Cross-curricular links

Home-learning/family links

4 hoops made available for sorting pictures independently

Bubble-ups during ‘Interest Me’ and ‘Help Me Learn’Crosscurricularlinks-maths,Understandingtheworld, Literacy, Communication and language

I feel happy when.../I feel sad when... Children todrawandattempttowrite(mark/makerecognisable letters/applying phonics) what makesthemhappy/sad

Adult-led/directed activities Resources Display ideas Outside Learning

With a group of children, encourage childrentotakephotosofeachotherwiththeir biggest smile

Jigsaw Song sheet: Colours of Friendship Jigsaw Jenie4 hoops Emotion photos

In the shared area/classroom display the children’s photos with a “Welcome to …” sign

Mirrors outside for children to explore makingthedifferentemotionsontheirfaces

Foundation 2 Main session (length 15 mins max)

Interest Me:SingtheJigsawSong:‘TheColoursofFriendship’.(Wholeclass)Assortmentofphotosonfloorwith4emotions.Happy,sad,crossandexcited.Childrentoworktogethertosortthemintohoops.Help Me Learn:Allthesechildrenhavejuststartedschoolfortheveryfirsttime.Lookatthephotosandencouragechildrentonametheemotion that they are feeling. Re-introduce Jigsaw Jenie and recap rules of holding it. Pass Jigsaw Jenie round and children to share “I was happy when...” I was cross when...” etc.Questions:Whydoyouthinkthesechildrenarefeelinghappy/cross/excited/sad,etc?Let’s Think:Ifyouarefeelingsad/crosswhatcouldyoudotofeelbetter?Discussstrategieswithclass.Explainthatweallhaveajobaspartofthe__________classtobekindfriends.Introducethephrase,“Ifyouseesomeonewithoutasmile,givethemoneofyours.”Playagameof ‘Pass the smile’ around the circle.

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