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Year 1 PSHE

Year 1 PSHE runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 5 to 6 in Key Stage 1. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes identity, quality, self-esteem, feelings, emotion, body clues, privates, trusted adult, PANTS rules, empathy, listening, on purpose.

We wrote these lessons ourselves. Oak does not publish PSHE, so the sequence, the content and the checks are all ours.

Every Year 1 PSHE lesson

In the order they are taught. 36 lessons.

  1. Who Am I? Exploring Personal Identity Through Strengths and Qualities
  2. Feelings Have Names: Identifying and Labelling Basic Emotions
  3. My Body Belongs to Me: Understanding Personal Boundaries and the NSPCC's PANTS Rules
  4. Kindness in Action: What Does Being a Good Friend Look Like?
  5. Solving Falling-Out: Strategies for Resolving Conflicts With Friends
  6. Is It Fair? Exploring Rules, Fairness, and Why Communities Need Them
  7. Families Come in Many Forms: Understanding Different Family Structures in the UK
  8. Growing and Changing: How Bodies and Skills Develop From Baby to Child
  9. Healthy Eating Habits: The Eatwell Guide and What Our Bodies Need
  10. Moving Our Bodies: Why Physical Activity Matters for Health and Happiness
  11. Sleep, Rest, and Why Our Brains Need to Switch Off Each Night
  12. Germs, Hygiene, and the Science of Handwashing With Soap
  13. Medicines and Safety: Who Can Give Us Medicine and Why It Matters
  14. Online or Offline? Understanding the Difference Between the Real and Digital World
  15. Screen Time Choices: Deciding When Technology Helps or Hurts Us
  16. Keeping Safe Online: Recognising Unkind Behaviour and Who to Tell
  17. Feeling Worried: Understanding Anxiety and Strategies to Feel Calmer
  18. When Feelings Get Big: Recognising Anger and Choosing Helpful Responses
  19. What Makes a Community? Exploring Our Local Area and Its People
  20. How People Help Each Other: Mapping Community Roles and Services
  21. Caring for Our Environment: Why Litter, Recycling, and Green Spaces Matter
  22. Money Makes Sense: Understanding Coins, Notes, and the Idea of Exchange
  23. Needs vs Wants: Making Simple Spending Decisions With Limited Money
  24. Saving and Spending: Practising the Skill of Delayed Gratification
  25. Similarities and Differences: Celebrating Diversity in Our Classroom and Country
  26. Stereotypes and Assumptions: Why Judging People Before You Know Them Can Go Wrong
  27. People With Disabilities: Understanding Barriers and How Society Can Help Remove Them
  28. Standing Up for What's Right: What Is Bullying and How Can Bystanders Help?
  29. Gratitude and Appreciation: Noticing What Is Good in Our Daily Lives
  30. Rights and Responsibilities: What Every Child Deserves
  31. Being a Responsible Citizen: Ways Children Can Contribute to Their School Community
  32. Stop, Think, Go: Making Good Choices
  33. Transition and Change: Preparing Emotionally for Moving to Year 2
  34. My Dreams and Goals: Setting a Simple Personal Challenge and Planning Steps to Reach It
  35. Looking After My Mental Health Every Day: Building a Wellbeing Toolkit
  36. Year 1 PSHE Synthesis: Revisiting Who I Am, How I Relate, and How I Contribute

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Common questions

What does Year 1 PSHE cover?
Year 1 PSHE runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, covering identity, quality, self-esteem, feelings, emotion, body clues and more.
How many PSHE lessons are in Year 1?
36 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 1?
Children in Year 1 are 5 to 6 years old during the school year in England and Wales.