Lesson 5 - Positivity

• To understand the meaning of positivity.
• Recognise positive qualities.
• Top tips to keep positive.

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

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

• Lesson PPT, Print bookmarks from PPT. paper, card, pen and colours.

• Introduce the session with the lesson objectives along with the key words pupils will hear.
• Explain what positivity means using slide 3.
• Class discussion: Ask the class what it feels like to be happy and the types of things they do when they are feeling happy. Explain what happiness is using slide 5.
• My happy head: Ask pupils to draw a happy head on a piece of paper and to write all the things that make them feel happy and positive on it.

• Sharing stories: Ask pupils to tell a partner about all the happy and positive people they know and to write down what makes them positive people.
• Talk and explain some of the things that positive people do using slide 8.
• Positive qualities group activity: Explain what a positive quality is and ask pupils to work in small groups and chat about positive qualities they each have. Pupils can write their positive quality on a post-it note and stick it on the board explaining it to the class.
• Individual activity: Ask pupils to complete the task on slide 11 about how they are a positive person.
• Role play activity: Working in a small group, pupils must create a positive story as a role play. They can use their ‘Being a positive person’ answers to help them with ideas.

• Positive thinking card: Pupils can design a positive thinking card that they could send to someone else to cheer them up.
• Positive thoughts: Ask pupils to create their own bookmark with 3 key questions on it.
• Recap on the lesson with the class about what they have learnt and talk through the top tips to staying positive.