In this PSHE unit on Safe Spaces and Boundaries, your Year 2 class will explore what makes them feel comfortable and safe. Throughout this important scheme, there is a focus on children reflecting on what they themselves would do in different situations, and on equipping children with the language and confidence to ask for help if they need it.

Children will first recognise that what makes people feel comfortable and safe can be different for everyone. They will discuss who their trusted adults are and will look at how to ask for help if they find themselves in a situation that makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe. Children will also learn what is meant by peer pressure. They will again practise how to ask for help if they find themselves experiencing peer pressure, and will look at strategies to resist peer pressure. Finally, children will explore the difference between safe and unsafe secrets and the importance of not keeping an unsafe secret.

This Year 2 PSHE unit on Safe Spaces and Boundaries contains everything you need to teach these important life lessons to your class. Each lesson comes with a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, an engaging slideshow created by an experienced teacher and all the high-quality printable resources required.

A Knowledge Organiser is available to support the learning in this scheme. It is included in the Complete Series download or can be purchased individually.

You might also want to take a look at our Year 2 PSHE scheme, 'Asking for Help'.

Feeling comfortable and safe

In this lesson, children will think about what makes them feel comfortable and safe. They will explore how this is different for everyone, and the importance of not invading other people’s personal space.

Children will describe the difference between how their body feels when they are comfortable and safe compared to when they are feeling unsafe or worried. At the end of the lesson, children will practise some relaxation techniques.

Everything you need to teach this important lesson about feeling comfortable and safe is included in the pack. There is a comprehensive lesson plan with differentiated activities, an engaging slideshow and all the printable resources needed.

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Trusted adults

In this lesson, children will learn who could be a trusted adult. They will think about who their five trusted adults are and will explore how they could start a difficult conversation with them.

Your class will then either make a poster of their trusted adults or play a game in which they explore the qualities a trusted adult might have. At the end of the lesson, children will use their understanding to decide whether statements about trusted adults are true or false.

Everything you need to teach this important lesson about trusted adults and asking for help is included in the pack. There is a comprehensive lesson plan with differentiated activities, an engaging slideshow and all the printable resources needed.

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Asking for help

In this lesson, children begin by using drama to explore the thought of a child feeling nervous about her first day at a new school. They will practise how to ask for help and explain how they feel in their role as the girl.

Children then look at other similar scenarios that they will be able to relate to and will practise using sentence starters to ask for help. Children then look at other similar scenarios, including those involving personal space and boundaries. At the end of the lesson, children will explore whether situations that make us feel uncomfortable should just be avoided or not.

This pack contains everything you need to teach this lesson about asking for help including a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, an interactive slideshow and all the printable resources required.

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Peer pressure

Peer pressure is the focus of this lesson. Children will explore what it is and how to ask for help if they experience it.

Your class will practise asking for help using sentence starters provided. They will look at a range of different examples of children experiencing peer pressure and will discuss what the child could do in each. At the end of the lesson, children will look at why it is important to keep asking for help if at first they don’t succeed in getting the help they need.

Everything you need to teach this important lesson about peer pressure is included in the pack. There is a comprehensive lesson plan with differentiated activities, an engaging slideshow and all the printable resources needed.

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Safe and unsafe secrets

Children will learn about what safe and unsafe secrets are. They will look at examples of each, and think of other examples of their own.

Your class will then take part in a fun scavenger hunt to decide whether different scenarios represent safe or unsafe secrets. Alternatively, they will create a poster to show their understanding of the difference between these two types of secrets. At the end of the lesson, children will explore what to do if they are asked to keep an unsafe secret.

This pack contains everything you need to teach this lesson about safe and unsafe secrets including a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, an interactive slideshow and all the printable resources required.

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This Year 2 PSHE Knowledge Organiser has been created to complement our PSHE Social Awareness strand. It is designed to support your children’s understanding of key vocabulary linked to this scheme of work. A thinking question and a big idea have been included to encourage your children to think deeply about this topic.

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