Uniquely Me! (Y1 PSHE)

This confidence-boosting year 1 PSHE lesson is designed to help children recognise what makes them special, inside and out. Pupils learn to describe at least three personal qualities, practise respectful language, and celebrate differences in a way that strengthens mental wellbeing, belonging, and kind classroom relationships.

Learning Objective: To be able to describe at least three personal qualities that make you unique.

Statutory links: 
Explicit link: Mental Wellbeing
Foundation building: Kind Relationships
Subtle link: Equality and Inclusion

What’s included:

• PDF lesson presentation (includes access to an editable, interactive Canva template)
• Activity 1 handout with quality visuals to support pupil reflection and discussion

What the lesson covers

• A fun starter and discussion flow that helps children talk about themselves safely and positively
• Child-friendly key vocabulary to support confident self-expression
• Activities that guide pupils to identify and share three personal qualities
• Cross-curricular extension ideas to embed learning beyond PSHE (e.g. reading, art, writing, drama, PE, computing)

Why teachers love it:

• Low-prep and classroom-ready, with a clear slide-by-slide structure
• Inclusive by design, with visuals and scaffolds that support EAL, SEND, and emerging writers
• Builds emotional literacy by giving children language for strengths and qualities
• Promotes kind relationships through respectful noticing, listening, and sharing
• Reinforces equality and inclusion by normalising difference and strengthening belonging
• Includes an editable, interactive Canva version so you can adapt quickly for your class

About The Ripple Project

The Ripple Project is more than a PSHE curriculum. It’s a mission.

A mission to help children grow into emotionally literate, self-regulated, and informed young people, with the knowledge and skills they need for personal, social, health, and economic life.

Here at RevEd, we believe children deserve more than surface-level lessons that rush through big topics. Our lessons are designed to go deeper, revisit themes over time through spiral learning, and help learners practise real-life skills in creative, practical ways that actually stick.

How the scheme is organised

The Ripple Project is divided into three units that learners return to year after year:

• Me: Learners build a picture of who they are, including their interests, strengths, needs, goals, motivators, and values.
• You: Learners explore how they connect to others, including safety, healthy relationships, boundaries, diversity, tolerance, and more.
• Us: Our optional Citizenship unit helps learners connect ideas from Me and You to society and the wider world, encouraging responsibility, justice, and meaningful contribution.