The Peak Academy - Home LearningGroup:Everest & Serenity

Date:w/c 29th June 2020

Subject:Emotional Literacy – Feeling Stressed

Learning Outcome:I will be able to recognise that feeling stressed is when you feel tense and unable to cope with your life and the things that are happening to you.Learning Task:People feel stressed for many different reasons. Which situation do you think is most stressful and which is least stressful. Cut out these statements and place them in rank order (most stressful first and least stressful last). Then compare your rankings with a family member and discuss any similarities and differences.

You have to take a maths test.

You have to visit your very ill grandmother who is dying.

You lost your money.

You start a new school.

Your best friend has gone off with someone else.

Your computer has broken down.

Your Mum/Dad/Carers keep arguing.

Your parents/carers are getting a divorce/splitting up.

You have to move house.

You are going on holiday.

Your Brother keeps bullying you.

Your pet has died.

Draw it out!

This is me when I am feeling STRESSED!

Now try to complete the following sentence starters:

I felt stressed because

I wanted to

It made me feel

It made me think

I acted like

I did/did not ask for help from

People may have noticed because

I tried to calm down by

If I feel this way again then I will try the following strategies:

Stress Busters!!

Which stress busters would you use? Which would help now and perhaps help you in the future? Tick against each one and discuss with a family member.

Do you agree? Do you both find the same strategies useful or do you find different strategies helpful?

Key questions:What does being stressed mean to you?

Links to useful websites/ video clips:Ways you can feedback:Email the writing or take a photo of your work and send to me fmiller@thepeakacademy.org