Year 4 PSHE: Spring 2 worksheet

“My Wellbeing Toolkit” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 PSHE unit “PSHE: Spring 2”, 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 19 to 24 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

My Wellbeing Toolkit

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

Today I can sort everyday actions into the Five Ways to Wellbeing and plan one small step.

A Look back3 min

1.
Feelings can be like weather. Circle the word for a very strong, upset feeling.
sunnybreezystormycloudy
2.
The clock shows a bedtime. Sort these habits into the table: which ones help your body and mood, and which can make you feel worse?
A regular bedtimeGoing out for a walkStaying up on a screen all nightSkipping meals all day
Helps my body and mood Can make me feel worse
3.
Anger is running hot, like this thermometer. Circle the step that helps first.
Shout at a friendTake three slow breathsSay something unkind to a siblingPretend the feeling is not there

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ria wants to feel well this week. On Saturday she plans to go swimming at the pool.

Watch me

Ria’s toolbox has five sections, one for each Way.

Swimming moves her body. That is Be Active.

She writes swimming on Saturday in her Be Active section.

Now you

1.
Mo helps his little brother tidy up his bricks without being asked. Circle the Way this is.
ConnectBe ActiveTake NoticeKeep LearningGive

C Your turn6 min

Read each story. Circle the Way it shows. Ben is in every story.

An empty school playground with a climbing frame and a football on the grass

1.
Ben rides his bike round the park after school. Circle the Way this is.
ConnectBe ActiveTake NoticeKeep LearningGive
2.
Ben rings his nan to tell her about his week. Circle the Way this is.
ConnectBe ActiveTake NoticeKeep LearningGive
3.
Ben lies on the grass and listens for five different birds. Circle the Way this is.
ConnectBe ActiveTake NoticeKeep LearningGive
4.
Ben makes a card for a neighbour who has been poorly and leaves it on their step. Circle the Way this is.
ConnectBe ActiveTake NoticeKeep LearningGive

Say it out loud: Which words in each story told you the Way? Say them out loud to your grown-up.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A quiet park bench under a tree beside a gravel path

Jay says: “A wellbeing action only counts if it costs money, like buying a new game.”

1.
Why is Jay wrong? Write your answer below.

E Think deeper4 min

A kitchen table with a jigsaw, a cup of tea and rain on the window

1.
Which Way would you most like to grow this week, and why? Then write your commitment, starting: This week I will

How did it feel?

Think about the toolkit you started. Which Way do you feel good at? Which one feels harder? Talk about it with your grown-up.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

My Wellbeing Toolkit · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. stormy If your child picks cloudy, ask: is that a quiet, low feeling or a big, strong one? Strong feelings often need a calm step first.

2. Can make me feel worse: Staying up on a screen all night, Skipping meals all day · Helps my body and mood: A regular bedtime, Going out for a walk If your child puts a regular bedtime in the worse column, ask what sleep does for the body and mind. Sleep helps us feel calm and ready.

3. Take three slow breaths If your child picks shouting, ask what the feeling is asking for. A slow breath cools the body down so the next choice is easier.

B

1. Give If your child circles Connect, ask: did Mo make a new friend or talk for a long time? He did something kind for someone else, which is Give.

C

1. Be Active If your child circles Take Notice, ask: is Ben paying attention to his body moving, or to the sky? Here the body is moving.

2. Connect If your child circles Give, ask: did Ben do something for his nan without getting anything back? He spent time with her, which is Connect.

3. Take Notice If your child circles Keep Learning, ask: is Ben learning a new skill, or just noticing what is around him right now? Noticing is Take Notice.

4. Give If your child circles Connect, ask: did Ben spend time with the neighbour? He left the card without staying, so he gave something kind.

D

1. Look for: Says Jay is wrong because many of the Five Ways are free, such as talking, walking, helping or noticing, so money is not needed. If your child agrees with Jay, ask which of the five needs money. Most of them need only time, care and other people.

E

1. Look for: Names one of the Five Ways, gives a reason, and writes a commitment with one specific action and a day, such as a walk on Tuesday. If your child writes something vague, like be nicer, ask: what exactly will you do, and on which day? A clear plan is easier to check.

Words to use

Say“Which Way is that action? Which one would you like to grow this week, and what day will you try it?”

Instead of“Tell them they should be happier or try harder at being well.”

After the sheet

Set out five cups or bowls on the kitchen table, each with a name for one of the Ways written on a scrap of paper. Each day your child puts a dried bean in the cup for any Way they practised, then talks about it together. For a child or grown-up who wants to talk, Childline is 0800 1111 and the NSPCC helpline 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:

Bouncing back, step by step(with a plan)
Income, wealth and saving(with a plan)
Planning a Trip on a Budget(with a plan)
Borrowing and Interest(with a plan)
Advert Detectives(with a plan)

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