Keeping calm

Think about what helps people to stay calm. Plan how you will keep calm and be kind to yourself and others.

Learning objectives

Learn to identify some feelings experienced in a first aid situation
Learn to identify and explain kind actions and things that help people cope
Practise and share learning by creating a plan to help learners stay calm and kind

Watch Ekam help Jonjo with a broken bone in this film.

Ekam has fallen off his bike and hurt his arm. Mae Ekam wedi disgyn oddi ar ei feic ac wedi brifo ei fraich.

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Jonjo reassures Ekam. Mae Jonjo yn cysuro Ekam.

How did Jonjo and Ekam’s feelings change during their time in the park?

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An outline of a thermometer. Amlinelliad o thermomedr.

Now look at the feelings thermometer.

Imagine positive and happy feelings at the bottom. When were Ekam and Jonjo feeling like this in the film?

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Now imagine worried or upset feelings at the top of the thermometer. When were Ekam and Jonjo feeling like this in the film?

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Draw a thermometer.

At the bottom, colour it in with a colour you think is happy and positive. At the top, a colour you think is worried or upset.

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Think about ways to calm down when you feel worried or upset. You can write or draw these ideas around your thermometer.

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Now think about how Jonjo coped – what did he do to stay calm?

What could people do to stay calm if someone needed their help?

Click on the link below to read the video transcript.

Broken bone video transcript

Learn

This activity helps children to learn how to keep calm when someone needs help and to think through the emotions they might experience to help them feel prepared.