Knowing when, who and how to ask for help in all different sorts of situations is the focus of these five ready-to-teach KS1 PSHE lessons.

To begin with, children will explore when they should ask for help, and the possible consequences of not asking for help when it is needed. They will identify people who they can ask for help in a variety of different scenarios, including online safety as well as emergency situations, and will learn how to make a 999 call. Finally, children will look at how to ask for help with any worries they may have.

Each of the lessons in this Asking for Help Year 2 PSHE pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a set of engaging slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

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 be interested in our other Year 2 PSHE scheme, 'Safe Spaces and Boundaries'.

When and how to ask for help

In this first Asking for Help KS1 lesson, children will begin to discuss when, how and who they can ask for help.

Through the story of a boy called Hayden, children look at the consequences of not asking for help when it is needed. In their independent activities, they will explore when, how and who Hayden could have asked for help. In the FSD? activity, children are challenged to act out opposing scenarios where Hayden does, and doesn't, ask for help. Finally, children discuss Hayden's reluctance to ask for help.

This first Asking for Help KS1 lesson pack includes everything you need: a detailed plan, an engaging set of slides for the teaching input (which includes Hayden's story), and differentiated, printable resources.

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People who can help us and keep us safe

This Asking for Help KS1 lesson helps children to identify a range of people who can help them and keep them safe in a variety of different situations.

After working as a class to list and discuss a range of people whose job it is to help us and keep us safe, children will then demonstrate their understanding of this in their independent activities. They will be challenged to match scenarios to appropriate people who could help, or write sentences explaining how and when these people could help them or keep them safe. In the FSD? activity, children are tasked to create posters to put around the classroom or school showing how different people can help us.

Everything you need to teach this KS1 Asking for Help lesson is included within the pack: an easy-to-follow plan, an engaging slideshow, and differentiated, printable resources.

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Getting help in an emergency

This KS1 Asking for Help lesson begins with children defining what an emergency is (and what it is not) before looking at who can help us in an emergency situation.

Together, children will look at a given situation where the emergency services were needed, and explore the 999 call between the operator, call-handler and the caller. In their independent activities, children are challenged to role-play a 999 call, based on different given scenarios. In the alternative activity, children create a poster giving information on how to make an emergency call.

A detailed plan, an informative set of slides for the teaching input, as well as printable resources are all included in this KS1 Asking for Help lesson pack.

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Keeping safe online

Children begin this Online Safety KS1 PSHE lesson by exploring what being 'online' means, and discussing the types of things they do when they are online.

As a class, children will first look at some important 'dos' and 'don'ts' for keeping safe online, and then use this knowledge to discuss what they would do in different given scenarios. In their independent activities, children show what they know through a sorting task, taking a quiz or offering advice to characters in different situations. In the alternative activity, children create a 'Dos and Don'ts' online safety booklet.

This Online Safety KS1 PSHE lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a set of informative slides, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

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Getting for help with worries

In this final KS1 PSHE lesson, children look at exactly what being 'worried' means, how it can make us feel, and how we can ask for help with this feeling.

Together as a class, they then read The Huge Bag of Worries by Virginia Ironside. Children talk through the events of the book, and how the main character felt when she finally shared her worries with someone. In their independent activities, children are asked to think about what they do with their worries, who they could share them with, and how other people can help them.

Included in this KS1 lesson pack are an easy-to-follow plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, and differentiated, printable worksheets.

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This Year 2 PSHE Knowledge Organiser has been created to complement our PSHE Decision Making and Risks 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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