Building Self-Esteem

Resources to encourage pupils to evaluate their self-esteem and practical ways to improve it.

Summary

This Building Self-Esteem resource empowers pupils to explore what self-esteem is and helps them to build it in a variety of scenarios. 

Pupils will be encouraged to consider what factors can impact self-esteem and learn some key tools to improve it, such as accepting mistakes and positive self-talk.

“Self-esteem is becoming quite a problem in primary school so having a resource linked to the Premier League and everything that this represents acts as an excellent starting point to engage pupils.” - KS2 PSHE teacher

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Pupils will be able to:

  • explain what self-esteem is​
  • understand why self-esteem is important ​
  • identify different tools to improve self-esteem.

Curriculum links

England: PSHE (Key Stage 2)

Health and Wellbeing

Health Education

Wales: Health and Well-being (Progression Steps 2 and 3)

Pack resources

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Building Self-Esteem presentation

This lesson empowers pupils to explore what self-esteem is and ways to build their self-esteem and resilience.

Self-Esteem Bingo worksheet

Pupils will explore a variety of scenarios which showcase the six tools to build self-esteem.

Film: Theo Walcott and Jill Scott

A film featuring professional footballers Theo Walcott and Jill Scott talking about the importance of positive self-esteem.

Film: Building Self-Esteem

This youth voice film explores how pupils can build their own self-esteem as well as how they can support others.

Flip the Script worksheet

Pupils will use what they've learnt to turn negative self-talk into positive self-talk.

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