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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 // Emotional Literacy

Use a wider vocabulary of emotion words beyond the basics — including frustrated, worried, anxious, embarrassed, jealous, proud, disappointed, grateful, and…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand the connection between emotions and the body — recognising physical signals like butterflies in the stomach (nervous), clenched fists (angry), racing…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that emotions come in different intensities — from mild to strong — and that the same emotion can feel very different depending on how intense it is…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Recognise that people sometimes hide or mask their true feelings — smiling when they're actually sad, or saying 'I'm fine' when they're not — and understand why…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Reflect on their own emotional patterns over time — noticing recurring triggers, understanding their typical responses, and recognising how their emotional…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand how emotions influence thinking and decision-making — that strong feelings can cloud judgement, that we often make different choices when calm versus…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that emotional responses are shaped by personal experiences, culture, and context — the same situation triggers different emotions in different…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that people can experience mixed or conflicting emotions at the same time — feeling excited and nervous about starting a new school, or happy for a…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand how the amygdala triggers emotional responses and how the prefrontal cortex (still developing in adolescence) regulates them; explain why stress…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that adolescence involves active construction of identity, leading to emotional complexity around questions of 'who am I?'; explore the emotional…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Introduce Goleman's emotional intelligence model (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills); develop vocabulary for complex emotional…

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 // Empathy & Social Awareness

Practise perspective-taking by imagining how someone else might feel in a given situation — using prompts like 'How would you feel if that happened to you?' and…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Know and use the vocabulary of social awareness — including stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, equality, equity, bias, compassion, and fairness — and…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Understand that people's lives and experiences can be very different from their own — that some children face challenges like disability, poverty, family…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Understand what fairness means and why it matters — recognising that fair doesn't always mean equal (everyone getting the same) but can mean equitable (everyone…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Reflect on their own assumptions and biases — recognising that everyone carries unconscious assumptions about others, and that actively questioning these…