LivWell Mix Lesson 6 - Anger Management

• What anger and low mood is.
• Ways we express anger.
• Top tips to control anger

Anger, management, coping, strategies, kind, help, support, care, moods, tired, worried, behaviour, thoughts and control. Experiences, physical activity, drawing, breathing, counting to 10, moods.

• Supports pupils understanding that anger is a normal emotion.
• Supports pupils to discuss this emotion and seek help if they need it.

• Lesson PPT, paper, pen and colours.

• Introduce the session with the lesson objectives.
• Group activity: Select children to explain what anger is. Invite pupils to share their views with the teacher
• Talk and explain what anger and bad behavior is using slides 4 and 5.
• Ask the class if they ever feel low and explain what it means and reinforce the message that it ‘is okay not to be okay’.

• Groups discussion: Ask pupils to explain why they get angry. Initiate a whole class discussion about what makes pupils angry.
• Group Activity: Working in small groups ask pupils to create a list of situations of anger (Slide 10). Children are asked to use either their own experiences or they can make up a situation.
• Group Activity Continued: Ask groups to exchange lists and attempt to write down how it would make them feel and also how they would react to each situation.
• Talk through the top tips to control anger on slide 11.
• Enable opportunities to showcase examples of anger and how children would react to them if they faced anger in their life.

• Remind pupils to be kind to themselves and to never be afraid to ask for help. Talk through who they could ask for help or support.
• Recap the lesson and ask pupils to talk about 3 things they have learnt and what they will do differently from now on.