Looking After Our Bodies and Minds
Primary PSHE | Year 1 | 12 Fully Editable Lessons
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Overview**
This engaging Year 1 PSHE unit supports children to understand how to look after both their physical and emotional health. From learning about balanced diets and road safety to exploring big feelings and building self-esteem, this term gives children the language, knowledge, and strategies they need to thrive. Every lesson is fully editable, statutory-aligned, and crafted with care by Cre8tive Resources — a not-for-profit social enterprise specialising in high-quality personal development education.

What’s Covered
• Physical health — understanding what it means to look after our bodies
• Balanced diet — exploring healthy food choices and what our bodies need
• Road safety — knowing how to stay safe near roads and in traffic
• Emotions and feelings — building an emotional vocabulary and understanding
• Exploring big feelings — strategies for managing strong emotions
• Change and loss — age-appropriate support for dealing with difficult times
• Self-esteem — understanding our own worth and building positive self-talk
• Make me feel good — identifying activities and people who support our wellbeing
• Sun safety — practical guidance for keeping safe in the sun

What’s Included
• 12 fully editable PowerPoint lessons with videos, tasks, and discussion activities
• Clear learning objectives aligned to DfE guidance
• Teacher guidance notes and safeguarding signposting
• Literacy key term links throughout
• Over 45 minutes of activities per lesson
• Medium Term Planning document
• Parent Information letters
• Long Term Planning (Y1–Y6) and statutory alignment document

Curriculum Mapping
• DfE Statutory Health Education guidance (July 2025)
• PSHE Association core themes
• SMSC and British Values
• KCSIE safeguarding requirements
• Ofsted Personal Development framework

Ideal For
Year 1 class teachers and PSHE leads who want a complete, no-prep unit that genuinely supports children’s emotional literacy and physical health knowledge from an early age.

Suggested Tags
Year 1 PSHE Health, KS1 Emotional Literacy, KS1 Wellbeing, Physical Health Year 1, Road Safety PSHE, Self-Esteem KS1, Feelings and Emotions Year 1, Primary PSHE Statutory 2026, Cre8tive Resources, Mental Health KS1