Lesson 5 - Positivity

• To understand the meaning of positivity.
• To demonstrate acts of kindness.
• Top tips to keep positive.

Positive, negative, thoughts, happiness, sad, feelings, kind, polite, attitude, behaviours, fun, enjoyment, relationships, habits, caring, help and support.

• Supports pupils understanding the consequences of their behaviour and actions
• Prepares learners for British modern life (being respectful and responsible citizens).
• Developing pupils’ confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy.

• Lesson PPT.
• Jar, pennies or coins, pebbles, paints, crayons and scissors.

• Introduce the session with the lesson objectives.
• Explain what positivity and happiness means using slides 2 – 4.
• Circle time: Go around the circle and ask the class what it feels like to be happy and the things they do when they’re happy.
• Positive pennies: Explain to the class how they can be positive with the way they behave and act. Place a jar at the front of the class and each time someone says something positive or positive behaviour is demonstrated place a penny in the jar. When the jar is full reward the class with some chocolate or sweets (or similar).

• Positivity rainbow: Print off slide 5 for each child. Ask the children to decorate the rainbow with things that make them happy.
• I am activity: Explain to the children that we need to be positive about ourselves. Read out the ways that we can be positive using 6. Print off slide 7 and ask the children to complete the “I am” sentences and decorate their sheet.
• Sharing positivity with kindness: Divide the children into small groups. Give each group 3 kindness coupons (slides 8 – 11). Ask pupils to make up a role play demonstrating the kindness coupons as a story. Ask children to show their play to the class and then the class can try to guess the 3 ways which they showed kindness to others.

• Positive pebbles: Give each pupil a pebble. Ask pupils to paint their pebble and write on different positive words such as: keep going, be strong, you are amazing, shine bright, have hope, don’t give up.
• Recap on the lesson with the class about what they have learnt and ask pupils to think how they could demonstrate a kindness coupon this week.