Curriculum

These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.

• partial: Use simple calming strategies when feeling upset or overwhelmed — such as taking deep breaths, counting to ten, or going to a quiet space — and understand that these help the body and mind settle down

  Bounded objective and prepared task only; all examples, universal claims and real-world behaviour are not established. Do not provoke upset, force breathing, delay comfort, require private feelings or score calm appearance. A genuine independently chosen action during real upset is conditional, never staged.

• partial: Demonstrate at least two calming strategies when prompted

  Optional demonstration provides an opportunity only if learner chooses it.

• partial: Choose to use a calming strategy independently during a real upset

  Real upset and independent choice are not created or observed here.

• partial: Explain in simple terms why calming down helps them think better

  Prompt offers a simple possible reason, not a physiological or therapeutic claim.

• partial: When {{name}} gets really upset — say they lose a game or argue with a sibling — can they use a strategy like deep breaths to calm themselves down rather than staying in meltdown mode?

  Prepared adapted check is not a complete equivalent to all source contexts, images or genuine independent habits. Do not provoke upset, force breathing, delay comfort, require private feelings or score calm appearance. A genuine independently chosen action during real upset is conditional, never staged.

• Do not provoke upset, force breathing, delay comfort, require private feelings or score calm appearance. A genuine independently chosen action during real upset is conditional, never staged.