Year 4 PSHE: Autumn 1 worksheet

“Who am I now?” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 PSHE unit “PSHE: Autumn 1”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 21 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 1 to 6 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Who am I now?

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · PSHE · about 21 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can describe a strength I have shown and how I have grown since Year 3.

A Look back3 min

1.
Ali's team loses a match. He feels upset. Circle the word that fits best.
disappointedexcitedbored
2.
Write each card in the right column. Think about how the other person would feel.
Shares a pencilSays thank youLaughs at someone's mistakePushes in the line
Helps a friend feel sunny Makes a friend feel stormy
3.
Zara broke a cup and told her mum straight away. Which value did Zara show? Circle it. Then tell your grown-up one way you show it.
HonestyKindnessFairness

B Watch me, then you4 min

Mia wrote 'I am kind' on her Year 3 portrait. This year she wants a sentence that shows what she does.

A school corridor with coat pegs and a door propped open to the playground

Watch me

'I am kind' is a label. It sounds fixed.

'I showed kindness when I held the gate for Priya.' names a real action.

Actions can be practised again, so they can grow.

Now you

1.
Change 'I am brave' into a sentence that shows a brave action you took.
2.
Change 'I am fair' into a sentence that shows a fair thing you did this week.

C Your turn6 min

Circle the sentence that fits the question. Read all the sentences out loud first.

A school playground at break time with a bench and a football on the grass

1.
Circle the sentence that describes an action you can practise.
I am curious.I asked three questions in science today.
2.
Circle the sentence that gives a recent example.
I am always caring.I helped my brother find his shoe on Monday.
3.
Circle the sentence that shows growth since Year 3.
I am a fast runner.I can now swim a length, which I could not do last year.I like cats.
4.
Circle the sentence that names a strength and a real moment.
I am generous.I shared my apple with Zara at break, though I was hungry.I have brown hair.

Say it out loud: Which sentences said 'I am' and which said 'I did'? What changed when the sentence named an action?

D Spot the mistake3 min

An empty bench beside a school wall with a sunny patch of ground

Kit says: “I am kind, so I never need to practise being kind.”

1.
What is wrong with Kit's idea? Write one sentence.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Write one sentence about how you have grown since Year 3. Use 'I used to' and 'now I'.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Who am I now? · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. disappointed If your child circles 'excited', ask: how would Ali feel straight after losing? Point to the scale and talk about where that feeling sits.

2. Helps a friend feel sunny: Shares a pencil, Says thank you · Makes a friend feel stormy: Laughs at someone's mistake, Pushes in the line If a card is in the wrong column, ask your child how the other person would feel afterwards, then move the card together.

3. Honesty If your child circles Kindness or Fairness, ask: did Zara hide the cup or tell the truth? Which value is about telling the truth?

B

1. Look for: A sentence that names a real brave action the child took, not a label like 'I am brave'. If your child writes 'I am brave' again, say: that is a label. Ask what they did, then help them write it as an action.

2. Look for: A sentence that names a fair action from the child's recent life, not a label like 'I am fair'.

C

1. I asked three questions in science today. If your child circles 'I am curious', ask: what did you do today that showed curiosity? Turn that into the sentence.

2. I helped my brother find his shoe on Monday.

3. I can now swim a length, which I could not do last year.

4. I shared my apple with Zara at break, though I was hungry.

D

1. Look for: Says that kindness is something you do, so you keep practising and can get better, and a label does not stop change. If your child says 'Kit is right', ask: when might a kind person still need to practise, for example when they are tired or upset?

E

1. Look for: A sentence with 'used to' or 'before' and 'now' that describes a real change in what the child can do or feels.

Words to use

Say“Tell me what you did, not just what you are. Show me a time you were brave or fair.”

Instead of“You are so kind, you are always good.”

After the sheet

Make an 'I showed' jar: fold scraps of paper, write one kind or brave thing you did each day, and read them together on Friday. (If your child wants to talk about something worrying, Childline is 0800 1111 and the NSPCC helpline for grown-ups is 0808 800 5000.)

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Feelings Send Messages(with a plan)
Calm steps for big feelings(with a plan)
What Respect Really Looks Like(with a plan)
Honest feedback that helps(with a plan)
Including Someone Out Loud(with a plan)

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