1. I can talk about changes I am looking forward to
Year 6 – Life changes and transitions
I can talk about changes I am looking forward to
Pairs/ groups to match emojis to different life changes.
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2. Learning outcomes Knowledge Skills
I can learn that major life changes can be fun and exciting, at the same time as being daunting for some
I can talk about moving on to secondary school
I can recognise and respond appropriately to a wider range of feelings in others
I can identify something that motivates me to keep going when things are difficult
I can help someone else to do this 2

3. How we will work together
Can you remember the ground rules we have already talked about, let’s take a minute to think about them.
Teacher notes
Read these through with the children. Hopefully the ground rules will be displayed in the classroom already. 3

4. What do we already know? Team work Support Communication
Play the ‘Belonging game’ and/ or ‘Line up’ circle time game. Discuss feelings associated with the belonging game/ change. How did you/ could you support others? How did you show team work skills/ communicate? What motivated you when you were finding it difficult? (encouragement from others, sharing ideas., etc.). How did you help others to keep going?
‘Belonging game’ – Each child has one card - 3 or 4 with each number from 1-5, then one of each number 6,7,8. Children must not talk, but must find the others in their groups, when they find a fellow number, they must act very pleased to see them and continue walking as if a group, when all members are found sit down. If someone with a different number tries to join, act as if they are not welcome. Talk about the feelings of belonging, how it felt to be left out, how it felt to reject others.
‘Line up’ game - Without help, the children need to line up quickly in: register order, birthday month order, house number order. 4

5. Let’s get started Close friend moving away Moving to a new school
Talk partners
Moving to a new country
Right click on ‘Video link’ hyperlink and click ‘open hyperlink’ to access video. Watch clip. Stop at (0:38). Discuss: What change is the main character facing? How do you think he is feeling? Why? Link to what we know about the character so far but also to what we can see, the environment, etc. Is it welcoming? How might this add to his anxieties? 5

6. Meet Shonny… Watch the video clip Copyright BBC Newsround 2015
Introduce Shonny. What major change do you think she is facing? How do you think she might be feeling? Note down key ideas offered on post its/ thought bubbles.
Right click on ‘Video link’ hyperlink and click ‘open hyperlink’ to access video. Watch video clip. Talk partners to share ideas about what they have seen on the video clip.
Watch the video clip
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7. Meet Shonny… What major change do you think she is facing?
How do you think she might be feeling?
What major change do you think she is facing? How do you think she might be feeling? Note down key ideas offered on post its/ thought bubbles. 7

8. Starting secondary school
Right click on ‘Video link’ hyperlink and click ‘open hyperlink’ to access video. Watch second video clip. Discuss why Shonny might have chosen the emojis she did. Do the children think they would have picked the same emojis? Why? Why not?
Watch the video
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9. Starting secondary school
Can you create your own set of emojis to…
What might have motivated Shonny when she was finding the move to secondary school difficult?
What kind of words and phrases might you use to encourage someone / motivate someone to keep going when they are finding things difficult?
Represent how you feel about moving on to secondary school?
Individuals/ pairs (as appropriate) to design their own set of emojis to represent how they feel about moving on to secondary school. Encourage the children to think about all of the emotions/ elements represented in the video clip – nerves, excitement, uncertainty, new responsibilities, etc. What might have motivated Shonny when she was finding moving to secondary school difficult? In pairs, practise the words and phrases you might use to encourage someone/ motivate someone to keep going when they are finding things difficult? Record phrases on speech bubbles/ post-it notes and display for future reference. 9

10. How has our learning progressed?
What were the differences between people’s ideas?
What motivates you to keep going when things are difficult?
How might you help someone else when things are difficult?
What kind of emotions were common across the group?
Why might this be?
Talk partners
Re-cap LOs and discuss. Discuss: What were the differences between different people’s ideas? What kind of emotions were common across the group? Why might this be? Discuss with the children what motivates them to keep going when things are difficult. How might you help someone else when things are difficult? 10

11. Taking the learning away
You could talk to your friends and people you trust about your worries and what you are looking forward to about starting secondary school 11

12. Additional resources and help
Talk to your teacher or an adult in school
Talk to your Mum, Dad or someone you trust at home about how you are feeling
If you have them: – Write your worry down and post it in the class worry box – Talk to a peer mediator in your school – Write your worry down on the worry wall on the school’s website
Contact:
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Where can I go for help? 12