MODULE 1

Emotions

Session 0 Beginning the adventure

Session 1 Valuing our differences and similarities
Session 2 Understanding and expressing
our emotions
Session 3 Recognising other people’s feelings

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Goal
Introduction
• To stimulate
• Explain that we will soon start a new activity called Passport. It will be a bit children’s interest
different to other lessons and will help us learn how to cope with difficult in participating in
situations. Passport: Skills for
Life programme
• Say that every week we will read a new comic strip about two children called activities
Milo and Olya. Ask the children whether they would like to read the first comic
strip now, before the programme starts.
You need
10m
• Comic strip 0 - The
Comic strip and discussion Meeting
• A folder for each child
• Give each child a copy of Comic Strip 0 - The Meeting, and ask them to read it
individually.
• Once they have done this, ask them to summarise the story.
• Ask what they think will happen next – but don’t reveal what actually happens!
• Say that we will continue the adventures of Milo and Olya over the next few
weeks. We will find out what happens in the next comic as soon as we start the
programme. We will also take part in different activities and talk about how to
deal with all sorts of difficult situations.
• Tell the children that they can keep the comic strips and colour them in their
own time.
10m
Folders

• Give out a folder to each child and explain that these are special folders for
Passport, for them to keep the comic strips and other programme materials in.
• Tell them to write their name on the folder.
• If there is time, the children can decorate their folders, or they can do this at
home.
Introduction
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Strange Creatures
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Goal Introduction

To help children • Tell the children that today we will be starting a new activity called Passport:
identify, appreciate Skills for Life.
and value their
differences and • Ask the children what they remember from the introductory session. Listen to
similarities. several answers.
• Remind them that we have already met the main characters of the story.
• Tell them that today we will find out what happened on the other side of the
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• Comic strip 1- Strange 10m
Creatures
• Characters sheet Comic strip and discussion
• Passports

• Give each child a copy of Comic Strip 1 - Strange Creatures, and a copy of the
• My Reaction
Characters sheet.
worksheet (optional)
• Information for • Ask them to read the comic individually, and explain that if they don’t recognise
Parents sheets a character they can refer to the sheet.
• When they have all read the comic, ask them to summarise the story.
• Point out that in the story the children and the dragon noticed that they were
very different from each other, and that many of the creatures in the village
were also different from each other.
• Say that today we are going to talk about what defines us and what makes each
of us unique.
20m
Activity 1: My Passport

• Ask the children to list things that describe us or make us special – things that
make each person unique.
• Write their answers on the board or a large sheet of paper.
If the children do not have any ideas, you can suggest one or two of these
examples:
- Our physical features
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- Our personalities
- The things we like
- Our hobbies and activities
- Our family members
- The communities we live in
- Our friends
- Our school
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- The place where we were born

After giving one or two suggestions, ask the children again for more ideas.

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• Give each child a Passport. Explain that these Passports belong to them and will
help them record what they learn from each activity. Because their Passport
represents them, they can personalise it.
• Say that we are going to discover things that make us special and show who we
are.
• Ask the children to open their Passports to the first page and fill out the I.D.
page. Tell them that they can write more than one thing on each line.
Children should answer as well as they can and do not need to finish all of
the sentences.

If you like, you can fill in your own Passport before the session and show it
 to the children to get them started.
• Tell the children that they can add a photo of themselves to the I.D. page, if
they wish.
• Move around the classroom to offer help completing the I.D. page.
15m
Activity 2: Sharing our differences and similarities

• Ask the children to move around the classroom and have fun sharing with each
other what they have written on their I.D. page.
If some children don't want to share their personal information with their
 classmates, they don't have to.
• Tell the children to:
- Find children with whom they have something in common.
- Find children who are different from them.
Respecting other people and their differences is essential.
 
• Once back in a group, ask some children to share the similarities and
differences that they discovered with their classmates. Point out that even if
we are different, we can all be friends. For example, Jack likes to swim, but Kim
prefers playing basketball. Even so, they are still good friends.
5m
Feedback and conclusion

• Thank the children for participating.
• Ask some of them to say what they liked and what they learned from the
activities. Focus on what they learned from the activity, instead of what
happened in the story.
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KEY MESSAGE: Remind the children that each of us has many

characteristics which make us who we are and make us different and
special. In our class, the differences between us are a source of strength
and we can bring all our talents together.
• Ask the children to fill out the My Reaction worksheet (optional).
• Ask them to write one of the sentences from their I.D. page on the front cover
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of their Passport – something that makes them special or different from other
children.
• Give each child a copy of the Information for Families sheet, and ask them to
take it home to share with a family member.

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