Positive boundaries for year 3 - Stay Safe Partnership

Positive boundaries workshop will cover key aspects of the key stage 2 currciulum (statutory guidance for: relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education) such as;

• pupils should be taught:
  •  how to take turns
  • how to treat each other with kindness, consideration and respect
  • the importance of honesty and truthfulness
  • permission seeking and giving
  • the concept of personal privacy (relationships education: primary - 55)
• establishing personal space and boundaries, showing respect and understanding the differences between appropriate and inappropriate or unsafe physical, and other contact (relationships education: primary – 55)
• respect for others should be taught in an age-appropriate way, in terms of understanding one’s own and others’ boundaries in play, in negotiations about space, toys, books, resources and so on (relationships education: primary - 56)
• through relationships education (and RSE), schools should teach pupils the knowledge they need to recognise and to report abuse, including emotional, physical and sexual abuse. In primary schools, this can be delivered by focusing on boundaries and privacy, ensuring young people understand that they have rights over their own bodies. This should also include understanding boundaries in friendships with peers and also in families and with others, in all contexts, including online (relationships education: primary - 62)

This free workshop is available for all year 3 children in Lincolnshire. It is part of the Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership healthy relationships programme.

Through the session students will understand what boundaries are, both physical and emotional, and how to communicate their boundaries. They will:

• develop an understanding of unhealthy boundaries in relationships
• discover how to recognise and respect each others' boundaries

By the end of the session, students will be able to identify unhealthy boundaries such as: 

• having trouble accepting ‘no’ from others
• compromising personal values, beliefs and opinions to satisfy others, when it might upset you - in order to develop their emotional intelligence to form healthy relationships in the future

Students will explore their ‘circle of trust’, and real-life scenarios. They will discuss who they would share certain traits and behaviours with. Students will then learn how to know if boundaries have been crossed. Students will be taught to use the following tools regarding empathy for others:

• sunglasses - ‘look into the future’ and realise that their actions have consequences
• crocs - ‘walk in someone else's shoes’ develop empathy and understanding around what others might feel as a result of their actions
• hula hoop - 'set boundaries' importance of setting our own boundaries and communicating with others what makes us feel happy or uncomfortable

Students will use an emotional scale using red, blue, yellow and green zones. This will identify why certain people feel certain ways when boundaries are crossed.

Finally, students will be signposted where to access support if required, with regards to unhealthy relationships at home, or at school.

Available for free for all year 3 classes across Lincolnshire.

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