icon-background-square
New
New
Year 5

Pressure to look a certain way

I can identify the pressures that we may feel about our appearance.

icon-background-square
New
New
Year 5

Pressure to look a certain way

I can identify the pressures that we may feel about our appearance.

warning

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. We can feel pressure to look a certain way.
  2. There are beauty standards for everyone about how they should look.
  3. Everyone's body is different.
  4. It can negatively affect our mental health if we compare ourselves to others.
  5. We can get help from a trusted adult if we feel pressure to look a certain way.

Keywords

  • Pressure - when people try to persuade or force you to do something

  • Beauty standard - expectations of how someone should look

  • Genetics - the traits we inherit from our biological parents

  • Body confident - feeling confident in your body and how it looks

  • Mental health - the health of our minds and emotions

Common misconception

Everyone's body should look the same way.

Everyone's body is unique and this is something we should celebrate.


To help you plan your year 5 rshe (pshe) lesson on: Pressure to look a certain way, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Encourage pupils to think about the amazing things their body allows them to do as opposed to what it looks like.
speech-bubble
Teacher tip
equipment-required

Equipment

content-guidance

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
supervision-level

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

copyright

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

Loading...

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:health,how well your body and mind feel
tick

how well your body and mind feel

Correct Answer:lifestyle,the way that someone lives
tick

the way that someone lives

Correct Answer:exercise,moving our bodies to stay strong and healthy
tick

moving our bodies to stay strong and healthy

Q2.
Nutrients are substances found in that help our body to live and grow.
Correct Answer: food, things we eat
Q3.
Which statements are false?
Health looks different for everyone.
Correct answer: You can tell how healthy someone is just by looking at them.
Everyone eats different foods.
Correct answer: It is always easy for everyone to make healthy choices.
Q4.
Match the behaviour with whether it is healthy or less healthy for our mental health.
Correct Answer:exercising regularly,healthy
tick

healthy

Correct Answer:reducing healthy foods in our diet,less healthy
tick

less healthy

Correct Answer:only sleeping for a few hours,less healthy
tick

less healthy

Correct Answer:doing the things that we enjoy,healthy
tick

healthy

Q5.
We should aim to exercise for around minutes every day.
Correct Answer: 60, sixty
Q6.
Which group of nutrients is missing? Carbohydrates, fibre, , fat, vitamins and minerals.
Correct Answer: protein, proteins

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:pressure,when people try to persuade or force you to do something
tick

when people try to persuade or force you to do something

Correct Answer:body confident ,feeling confident in your body and how it looks
tick

feeling confident in your body and how it looks

Correct Answer:mental health ,the health of our minds and emotions
tick

the health of our minds and emotions

Q2.
A is an expectation of how someone should look.
Correct Answer: beauty standard
Q3.
are the traits we inherit from our biological parents.
Correct Answer: Genetics
Q4.
Which statements are true?
Correct answer: We can feel pressure to look a certain way.
Everyone's body should look the same way.
There are only beauty standards for women.
Correct answer: Everyone's body is unique and this is something we should celebrate.
Q5.
What should we do if we feel pressure to look a certain way?
try to change how we look
Correct answer: tell a trusted adult
Correct answer: notice what we like about ourselves
make less healthy choices
Q6.
It can negatively affect our mental health if we ourselves to others.
Correct Answer: compare