Learning about loss and bereavement Lesson resource for
Learning about loss and bereavement Lesson resource for Key Stage 3 Lesson 2 of 2 Developed in conjunction with Brighton & Hove City Council PSHE Team
Where to go for help Online chat and crisis messenger You can access bereavement support via online chat on the Winston’s Wish website. winstonswish. org Online chat is designed to help you talk about your grief and manage your grief when you do feel like you need help. If you want to speak to someone urgently, please contact the Winston’s Wish Crisis Messenger: text WW to 85258
Ground rules • Understand that we might all have different reactions, experiences and beliefs about death. • Listen actively and attentively. • Ask for clarification if you are confused. • Ensure everyone has their chance to speak and avoid comments that may be harmful to others. • Try to take part in each activity and try your best. • Be respectful both in the lesson and also outside of this lesson, especially to anyone who has shared thoughts and feelings. • Right to pass on an activity.
Learning outcomes Today we are continuing to explore bereavement, the ways in which we can remember someone who has died and some ways to handle grief and loss. So that. . • I can describe a number of strategies that might help someone manage grief and loss. • I can support someone to get help.
Questions answered Last lesson you asked some questions you had about death, grief and loss.
Coping with grief Look at Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ and using your knowledge of how to manage with grief, write down all the ideas you have about how to handle the feelings of grief. Grief Banksy’s Girl with Balloon is an “iconic piece representing both loss and hope”, said Dr Selman
Days that might be difficult Can you think of any particular days that might be difficult when a young person is grieving? Add these to your mind map.
Coping with grief
Ways to support grief
How to make a memory box www. winstonswish. org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Memory-Box-Winstons-Wish. pdf
Things to do dominoes • Reviewing our learning. On one half of a domino, write down an emotion someone might experience when bereaved (Lesson 1 Grief Wheel) and on the other half think of something they can do to help them handle the feeling. There may be a variety of strategies that match the same feelings. Remember that with dominoes you match one end of the card with an end of another card Anger Listen to some loud music Miserable Go boxing to let out the feeling
Things to do dominoes With your group or partner, try matching one end of a domino showing an emotion on to one end of another domino with a strategy that might be helpful. Go boxing Remember that with dominoes you match one end of the card with an end of another card ANGRY to let out the feeling Talk to someone WORRIED SAD
Task options – you choose how you can best show your skills and knowledge about dealing with grief • Design a leaflet on bereavement - subheadings might be what is bereavement / top tips to manage grief / selfcare ideas / ways to remember loved ones. • Write instructions on (or draw and label) how to create a memory box and give suggestions on what to put in it. Worksheet available. • Write a letter to a friend who has lost someone and in it offer some advice and suggest ways they could reach out and get support. • What can help with grief worksheet - Worksheet available.
What can help with grief Things someone could do to look after themselves Things someone could do to remember someone who has died Things someone could do to support a friend who has been bereaved Things school could do to support someone who has been bereaved
In your work can you evidence some or all of these learning outcomes? • I can explain one thing about the nature of grief. • I can identify a variety of emotions someone might experience when someone close dies. • I can describe a number of strategies that might help someone manage grief and loss. • I can explain where someone can go to get help after a bereavement.
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Where to go for help Online chat and crisis messenger You can access bereavement support via our online chat on the Winston’s Wish website. winstonswish. org Our online chat is designed to help you talk about your grief and manage your grief when you do feel like you need help. If you want to speak to someone urgently, please contact the Winston’s Wish Crisis Messenger: text WW to 85258
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