Year 1 and Year 2 Lesson 1 What

Year 1 and Year 2 Lesson 1

What is the same and what is different about each other? What makes me feel happy and proud? How can we make others feel cared for and important?

Let’s find out what’s the same and what’s different about us. Talk to someone at home and • Find out 3 things that are the same. • Find out 3 things that are different.

Let’s listen to this story! https: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=Z 4 Na. Cqpg_o. A

How did the child describe their knees? Lovely, brown, strong, charming , mighty How could we describe our knees?

How would you describe your skin colour? sandy? reddish brown? deep brown? yellowy- white? golden ? pinky white? beige? yellowy - brown? pinky brown? earthy? pale pink?

is… – noticing and celebrating how we are the same and different - being careful of the feelings of other people smiling sharing giving space taking turns looking including answering asking encouraging listening helping waiting friendly voice

• Sometimes children choose to be mean and disrespectful to each other because they look different, sound different, or come from a different sort of family. • What can you safely do if someone is mean to you or someone you know, about how you look, who is in your family or what you like doing?

Stop! I don’t like it when. . I am going to tell an adult. What can you safely SAY or DO if someone says something mean about the way you look, or if you hear this happen to somebody else? Who is on your helping hand?

ALL SKIN COLOUR IS BEAUTIFUL. NO SKIN COLOUR IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER. • We need to choose the words to describe our own skin colour. • It’s not ok for other children to use words to be mean about another person’s skin colour.

Mean or disrespectful behaviour is never ok.

We all have the right to feel safe all the time. We can talk with someone about anything, even if it seems awful or small. Who is on your helping hand?

Listen to this story: Happy In Our Skin by Fran Manushkin https: //www. youtube. com/wat ch? v=G 8 Wr. Sc. DZVes