Teacher guide · Confidence Lab · Medium · about 30 min

🛡️ Stand Your Ground

Pupils practise confidence and real life thinking through "Stand Your Ground": Saying no, respectfully, with a reason.

Lesson guide

1. 1. Hook · 5 min

   Show the 🛡️ mission title and read the opening: "The situation.". Take three quick guesses.

2. 2. Model · 5 min

   Think aloud through the first step together. Use Echo the Parrot's line as your prompt: "Say it clearly — I'm listening."

3. 3. Do · 10 min

   Pairs work through the 3 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"

4. 4. Discuss · 10 min

   Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.

5. 5. Reflect · 5 min

   Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used confidence today.

Discussion questions

• What was the hardest choice in "Stand Your Ground", and why?
• Write your 'no' — include one reason — explain your reasoning to a partner.
• They push again. What now — explain your reasoning to a partner.
• Where could you use confidence outside school this week?
• If you did this again, what would you change?

Adapting it

Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.

Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.

Curriculum links

• National Curriculum: English: spoken language — articulate and justify answers
• PSHE: Relationships: communicating feelings and listening to others
• PSHE: Health & wellbeing: resilience and managing setbacks