🧠 WALT: We Are Learning To

Today we are learning to:

Identify different emotions and recognise how the brain processes them
Express emotions appropriately using role-play and emotion cards
Understand the physical responses linked to feelings
Discuss how emotions influence daily life

🎯 Success Criteria - I Can:

Name and describe a range of emotions

Explain that emotions are processed in the brain

Identify physical responses I experience when feeling emotions

Express emotions through role-play respectfully

Share how emotions affect me in daily activities

😊 Part 1: Identifying Emotions

1. Circle the emotions you have felt this week:

Happy

Sad

Angry

Scared

Surprised

Calm

Excited

Nervous

2. Where do emotions start in our body?

In our stomach

In our brain

In our heart

In our hands

3. Match the emotion to how your body might feel:

When I feel scared, my heart beats ___________.

When I feel happy, I might ___________.

When I feel nervous, I get ___________ in my stomach.

Word bank: butterflies, smile, fast

4. Draw or write about a time you felt really excited:

🎭 Part 2: Expressing Emotions

5. Choose one emotion and describe what happens to your body when you feel it:

The emotion I chose: _______________

6. Role-play scenario: Your friend forgot to invite you to their birthday party. How would you feel and what would you do?

I would feel: _______________

I would handle this by:

7. Why is it important to recognise and express our emotions? (Draw or write your answer)

8. How do emotions affect what you do every day at school or home? Give one example:

🌟 Extension Activities (Advanced Learners)

Extension 1: Research the brain parts that help process emotions. Write about one part:

Extension 2: Create your own "emotion wheel" by drawing different emotions and situations that trigger them:

Extension 3: Write a short diary entry about a day when you experienced mixed feelings:

🏠 Home Reflection

Tonight, notice one feeling you have and how your body reacts. Write or draw about it tomorrow:

Emotions and Expression Worksheet

Emotions and Expression Worksheet

🧠 WALT: We Are Learning To

🎯 Success Criteria - I Can:

😊 Part 1: Identifying Emotions

🎭 Part 2: Expressing Emotions

🌟 Extension Activities (Advanced Learners)

🏠 Home Reflection

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