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Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Name and recognise basic emotions — happy, sad, angry, scared, excited, and surprised — in themselves and in others by looking at facial expressions and body…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that everyone has feelings, that feelings change throughout the day, and that the same event can make different people feel different things

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that feelings have causes — something happens (a trigger) and that makes us feel a certain way — and begin to identify what triggers their own…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Express their own feelings appropriately using words rather than actions — saying 'I feel angry because...' instead of hitting, shouting, or withdrawing

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Know and use the key vocabulary for understanding others — empathy, perspective, kind, fair, community, similar, different, and care — and understand that these…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Understand that other people have their own feelings and thoughts, and that these might be different from your own — a foundational awareness that not everyone…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Show kindness and care towards others in simple everyday ways — comforting a friend who is upset, helping someone who has dropped their things, sharing without…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Notice and appreciate ways that people are similar to and different from each other — including appearance, family structures, languages spoken, foods eaten…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Know and use the vocabulary of working with others — cooperate, share, take turns, team, listen, agree, disagree respectfully, and include — and understand that…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Listen to others when they are speaking — looking at the speaker, waiting until they finish, and showing they have heard by responding to what was said rather…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Understand what makes someone a good friend — being kind, honest, reliable, and including others — and recognise behaviours that are not friendly, such as being…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Take turns, share materials, and play cooperatively with others — understanding that group activities work better when everyone gets a fair go and that waiting…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Ask for help when they need it — from a friend, teacher, or family member — and understand that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness

Personal & Social Development // Responsible Decision-Making

Know and use the vocabulary of making decisions and keeping safe — choice, consequence, rule, safe, fair, honest, trusted adult, and right and wrong — and…

Personal & Social Development // Responsible Decision-Making

Understand that actions have consequences — that what you choose to do affects both yourself and other people — and begin to think about what might happen…

Personal & Social Development // Responsible Decision-Making

Know the difference between right and wrong in familiar everyday situations — understanding basic rules about honesty, not hurting others, respecting others'…

Personal & Social Development // Responsible Decision-Making

Understand why rules and agreements exist — that they help keep people safe, make things fair, and help groups work well together — and follow agreed rules…

Personal & Social Development // Responsible Decision-Making

Keep themselves safe in everyday situations — knowing basic safety rules about roads, strangers, water, and the internet — and understanding who their trusted…

Personal & Social Development // Self-Awareness

Notice what you are feeling and put a name to it — being able to label an emotion is the first step to understanding and managing it

Personal & Social Development // Self-Awareness

Know and use the vocabulary of self-reflection — self-awareness, reflect, pattern, trigger, assumption, impact, perspective, and notice — and understand that…

Personal & Social Development // Self-Regulation & Resilience

Know and use the key words for managing big feelings — calm, strategy, cope, settle, patience, overwhelmed, and breathe — and understand that having words for…

Personal & Social Development // Self-Regulation & Resilience

Use simple calming strategies when feeling upset or overwhelmed — such as taking deep breaths, counting to ten, or going to a quiet space — and understand that…

Personal & Social Development // Self-Regulation & Resilience

Understand that making mistakes is a normal part of learning and that everyone — including adults — makes mistakes, and begin to see mistakes as opportunities…

Personal & Social Development // Self-Regulation & Resilience

Understand that change is a normal part of life — such as starting school, getting a new teacher, a new baby arriving, or moving house — and identify simple…