KS2 · Physical education · Year 4
Use mime to explore positive and negative emotions
Health and wellbeing: mindfulness, meditative balances and relaxation techniques
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Your learning goal
I can explore how to manage positive and negative emotions using mime.
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Use mime to explore positive and negative emotions: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can explore how to manage positive and negative emotions using mime.
Key learning points
- Move: using deep breathing techniques when experiencing negative emotions supports relaxation.
- Move: we can use gestures, expressions and movement to show positive and negative emotions.
- Think: re-focusing our minds to consider the positive things in our lives can help us manage our emotions.
- Feel: staying focused when applying relaxation techniques to control and explore emotions shows self-motivation.
- Connect: evaluating the performances of others and communicating ways to improve helps everyone to develop.
Words to know
- mime
- acting without words, using only gesture, expression and movement
- positive emotions
- feelings that promote well-being, happiness and a sense of fulfilment
- negative emotions
- feelings that can cause discomfort, stress or unhappiness
Common mistakes
Pupils think that mime only refers to illustrating physical objects, e.g. a plate or a glass of water etc., and don't consider how mime can represent emotional responses too.
Explain to pupils that mime is a powerful tool we can use to help us to understand and manage our emotions.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Play calm music to support pupils' creativity.