Understanding Relationships Mental Health PSHE Lesson

An engaging lesson which develops children’s understanding of relationships. A 27 slide PowerPoint leads you through 7 key teaching points for KS2 PSHE. Lots of interactive activities, high level thinking questions, key vocabulary, case studies, real life scenarios and a video link.

Complete lesson structure included to warm up, accelerate and cool down the learning.

• Starter
• Input discussions
• Small paired and group activities
• Reflection time
• A writing activity
• Mini assessment
• Plenary

Most children will leave the lessons knowing how to describe healthy and unhealthy relationships online and in the real world and what to do when you feel unhappy in a relationship. Ideal for a KS2 class, easily adaptable for KS1.

Teaching Points:

1. • explaining what relationships are,
2. • describing healthy relationships,
3. • exploring why it is important to be accepting in relationships
4. • understanding giving and taking in relationships
5. • identifying unhealthy relationships
6. • solving small problems in relationships
7. • being safe in online relationships

All the activities inspire high quality dialogue, reflection and progress in class. Designed to engage the children with talking about mental health and provide them with strategies to enhance their understanding of their relationships and emotions and therefore safeguard their mental health.

A range of mental health support options are offered if children feel they need to follow up/delve deeper with anything covered in class.

All reviews welcome.

You might also be interested in my other mental health lessons covering:

• Self Esteem
• Dreams and Aspirations
• Understanding Emotions

Or why not check out my mental health awareness week resources:

• KS1 Mental Health Bundle
• KS2 Mental Health Bundle