Year 4 PSHE: Spring 1 worksheet

“Screens and my week” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 PSHE unit “PSHE: Spring 1”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 22 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 13 to 18 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Screens and my week

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · PSHE · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can decide whether screen time is pushing out sleep, movement or people, and write one if-then rule.

A Look back3 min

1.
On this feelings scale, which word shows an upset, hard feeling? Circle one.
sunnystormy
2.
The last box is empty. What should you do before you share a strange picture? Write one step.
3.
Join each feeling to what it can tell us. Draw a line from each word on the left to one on the right.
FrustratedLonelyProud
I did something wellI want something to changeI need company

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali's bedtime is 8 o'clock. His game keeps going until 8:30. Does the game push out sleep?

A park bench in the sun with a football and a skipping rope on the grass

Watch me

Bedtime is 8 o'clock, shown on the clock.

The game is still on at 8:30, after bedtime.

The game is pushing out sleep, so the answer is yes.

Now you

1.
Nia's bedtime is 8 o'clock. Her video ends at 9 o'clock. Does the video push out sleep? Circle yes or no.
yesno

C Your turn8 min

Each row changes one thing. Read it, look at the clock, then circle your answer.

1.
Maya's bedtime is 8 o'clock. She watches a video at 7 o'clock and is in bed by 8. Does the video push out sleep? Circle yes or no.
yesno
2.
Maya's bedtime is 8 o'clock. Now her video starts at 8 o'clock and runs to 8:30. Does it push out sleep? Circle yes or no.
yesno
3.
Sam skips football practice at 6 o'clock to play a game. What does the game push out?
sleepmovementnothing important
4.
Ruby watches a show on the sofa at 5 o'clock while her family eats dinner in the kitchen. What does the show push out?
sleepmovementtime with peoplenothing important

Say it out loud: What one thing changed from the row before? Did the answer change with it, and why?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “One hour of screens a day is always too much, so I should use no screens.”

1.
Why is Kit wrong? Write one reason.

E Think deeper4 min

Think about your own screens this week. Your rule should be small, specific and yours.

A shelf with one closed book, a phone charger and a small alarm clock.

1.
Write one if-then rule that belongs to you. Start with If, and name a time or place.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Screens and my week · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. stormy your child picked the calm end. Ask where a very upset feeling would sit, then point to the storm end of the scale.

2. Look for: Says to check the picture in another trusted place, or to ask a trusted grown-up before sharing it. If your child writes share it, explain that sharing before checking can spread a fake picture. Ask what could be checked first.

3. Frustrated → I want something to change; Lonely → I need company; Proud → I did something well If the lines are crossed, ask your child what the feeling is asking for. Every feeling carries a message about a need.

B

1. yes If your child circles no, ask what time Nia goes to bed and what the video is doing at that time.

C

1. no If your child circles yes, ask whether the video is still playing when Maya's bedtime comes.

2. yes If your child circles no, ask what Maya is doing at 8 o'clock. If she should be asleep, the video is taking that time.

3. movement If your child picks sleep, ask what time it is. Then ask what Sam would have been doing if he went to practice.

4. time with people If your child picks nothing important, ask who Ruby is missing out on being with at dinner.

D

1. Look for: Says the minutes alone do not decide it. What matters is whether screens stop sleep, moving or family time. If your child agrees with Kit, ask: does an hour of screens after school stop Kit sleeping, moving or seeing family? Then ask whether the rule should be about minutes or about what screens replace.

E

1. Look for: An if-then rule that starts with If, names a time or place, and gives one small action linked to a real screen habit.

Words to use

Say“Which of your screen habits pushes something out? Which small rule would protect that one thing?”

Instead of“Screens are bad for you, so use them less.”

After the sheet

Ask them to list what they watched or played yesterday on the back of an envelope. Then they tick each one that came before bed, took the place of moving, or took the place of time with someone. Write one if-then rule for the first ticked thing. Nothing needs to be shared with anyone outside the family.

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:

Sleep, food and feelings(with a plan)
Vapes, Alcohol and Facts(with a plan)
Saying no with skill(with a plan)
Mental health is for everyone(with a plan)
Sad Days and Depression(with a plan)

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