All topics

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Use a wider vocabulary of emotion words beyond the basics — including frustrated, worried, anxious, embarrassed, jealous, proud, disappointed, grateful, and…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand the connection between emotions and the body — recognising physical signals like butterflies in the stomach (nervous), clenched fists (angry), racing…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that emotions come in different intensities — from mild to strong — and that the same emotion can feel very different depending on how intense it is…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Recognise that people sometimes hide or mask their true feelings — smiling when they're actually sad, or saying 'I'm fine' when they're not — and understand why…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Reflect on their own emotional patterns over time — noticing recurring triggers, understanding their typical responses, and recognising how their emotional…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand how emotions influence thinking and decision-making — that strong feelings can cloud judgement, that we often make different choices when calm versus…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that emotional responses are shaped by personal experiences, culture, and context — the same situation triggers different emotions in different…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that people can experience mixed or conflicting emotions at the same time — feeling excited and nervous about starting a new school, or happy for a…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Know and use the key vocabulary for understanding others — empathy, perspective, kind, fair, community, similar, different, and care — and understand that these…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Practise perspective-taking by imagining how someone else might feel in a given situation — using prompts like 'How would you feel if that happened to you?' and…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Know and use the vocabulary of social awareness — including stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, equality, equity, bias, compassion, and fairness — and…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Understand that people's lives and experiences can be very different from their own — that some children face challenges like disability, poverty, family…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Understand what fairness means and why it matters — recognising that fair doesn't always mean equal (everyone getting the same) but can mean equitable (everyone…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Reflect on their own assumptions and biases — recognising that everyone carries unconscious assumptions about others, and that actively questioning these…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Understand the impact of prejudice and discrimination on individuals and communities — that treating people unfairly because of their identity causes real harm…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Recognise stereotypes — oversimplified beliefs about groups of people based on gender, race, age, or other characteristics — and understand that stereotypes are…

Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Understand that the world contains many cultures, traditions, and belief systems, and that learning about others' perspectives enriches our own understanding…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Know and use the vocabulary of working with others — cooperate, share, take turns, team, listen, agree, disagree respectfully, and include — and understand that…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Resolve simple disagreements with peers by talking it through — explaining how they feel, listening to the other person's side, and finding a compromise or…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Understand that friendships change over time — that it's normal for friends to drift apart or for new friendships to form — and develop strategies for making…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Work effectively as part of a small group — contributing their own ideas, listening to others' ideas, taking on a fair share of the work, and supporting the…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Know and use the vocabulary of healthy communication and conflict — assertive, passive, aggressive, compromise, conflict, resolution, mediate, bystander…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Understand different roles people play in groups — leader, supporter, mediator, idea-generator — and recognise that effective groups need a mix of roles, not…

Personal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation

Reflect on their own role and behaviour in relationships — recognising patterns in how they interact with others, understanding what they contribute to…