All feelings are OK
Everyone has feelings — even grown-ups, even your teachers, even kings and queens.
There are no "bad" feelings. Even feeling angry, sad, jealous or scared is OK. What matters is what you DO with the feeling.
Today we'll learn how to spot a feeling, what to do when one gets really big, and who to talk to when you need help.
Where do you feel feelings?
Feelings live in your body as well as your head. See if you can guess where:
😠 Angry — hot face, clenched hands
😨 Scared — fast heart, dry mouth
😊 Happy — light, smiley, fizzy
😢 Sad — heavy, tired, watery eyes
Noticing the feeling in your body is the FIRST clue that you're feeling it.
When a feeling gets too big
Sometimes a feeling gets SO BIG it feels like it's going to burst out. Here's a magic trick grown-ups use too:
2. Now pretend you're blowing out a candle, slowly — 6 seconds 🕯️
3. Do that 3 times in a row.
Your heart slows down. Your tummy loosens. The big feeling shrinks a bit.
Try it now! Smell the flower — blow the candle — three times.
Trusted grown-ups
A trusted grown-up is a grown-up who:
✓ Listens when you talk
✓ Helps when you're hurt or scared
✓ Keeps you safe
Trusted grown-ups can be: parents, grandparents, aunties or uncles, teachers, teaching assistants, doctors, the police, lunch supervisors. You can have LOTS of them — that's a good thing.
Secrets vs surprises
This is REALLY important.
· makes you feel worried, scared or yucky
· involves someone touching you in a way you don't like
· involves something a grown-up tells you "don't tell your mum/dad"
TELL A TRUSTED GROWN-UP. ALWAYS.
You will never be in trouble for telling. Even if the secret is about a grown-up. Even if they told you not to.
Staying safe online
The internet has wonderful things on it. It also has things that aren't for children. So we have FOUR online rules:
2. Keep secrets: never share your full name, school, address or pictures.
3. If something makes you feel yucky — close the screen and TELL.
4. Don't talk to strangers — even ones who say they're kids.
Some apps and games are not for under-7s. That's a grown-up's job to manage — not yours.
My help hand 🤚
Hold up your hand. You have five fingers — and you need five trusted grown-ups to tell if something is wrong.
☝️ Pointer: Another grown-up at home (grandparent, auntie)
🖕 Middle: A teacher you trust
💍 Ring: Another grown-up at school (TA, head, school nurse)
🤙 Little finger: Childline — 0800 1111 (free, secret, 24/7)
Write or draw your five on the activity book page when you're ready.
If you are in danger right now and there's no grown-up nearby, dial 999.
Well done!
You finished this lesson. You worked hard and learned something new today. 🎉
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