PIES Badge Based Curriculum
The Emotional area focuses on understanding and managing emotions, developing resilience and building a positive sense of self. It helps children develop self-awareness, emotional intelligence, empathy, gratitude, confidence and wellbeing. Through reflection and experience, children learn how to navigate challenges, build healthy emotional habits and develop the skills needed for lifelong personal growth.
🏅 PIES Summary Badge
Area: Emotional
Badge: Emotional Summary Badge
Purpose of This Badge
This Summary Badge provides an opportunity to celebrate everything your child has explored, practised and developed within the Emotional area.
By looking back over completed badges, you can recognise progress, identify strengths and celebrate achievements that may otherwise go unnoticed.
This badge is designed to help you appreciate how far your child has come while looking forward to future growth and development.
Completed Badges Review
Review the badges your child has completed within the Emotional area.
✅ Self Awareness
✅ Emotional Intelligence
✅ Emotional Regulation – Recognition
✅ Emotional Regulation – Strategies
✅ Mindfulness
✅ Empathy – Understanding Others
✅ Empathy – Responding to Others
✅ Gratitude & Positive Thinking – Awareness
✅ Gratitude & Positive Thinking – Practice
✅ Resilience – Coping Skills
✅ Self Esteem
✅ Self Confidence
Consider revisiting completed Evidence Records, Journey Journal entries, discussions, projects and experiences that contributed to each badge.
Looking Back
Use the completed badges, Evidence Records and Journey Journal entries to reflect on your child's development.
Consider:
Which experiences did they enjoy most?
Which skills showed the greatest improvement?
Which activities generated the most enthusiasm?
Which areas would benefit from further development?
What emotional growth have you noticed over time?
Which moments demonstrated resilience, kindness or self-awareness?
There are no right or wrong answers.
The purpose of this reflection is to help you recognise growth that may not always be obvious when viewed day by day.
Progress Through the PIES Stages
Reflect on your child's current stage.
🌱 Early Years (0–4)
Learning to recognise feelings, build relationships and develop emotional security.
🔍 Discovery Years (5–7)
Developing emotional awareness, empathy and confidence in expressing feelings.
🚀 Exploration Years (8–11)
Building emotional understanding, resilience and growing independence.
🌟 Independence Years (12–15)
Developing self-management, emotional responsibility and deeper self-understanding.
🎓 Young Adult Years (16–18)
Applying emotional skills confidently within relationships, responsibilities, future goals and everyday life.
Consider how your child is developing within their current stage and whether they are demonstrating increasing confidence, independence and capability.
Knowledge Developed
Throughout this area, your child has had opportunities to develop knowledge of:
Emotions, feelings and emotional responses
Personal strengths, values and identity
Empathy, kindness and healthy relationships
Gratitude, resilience and wellbeing
Strategies that support emotional self-management
These examples may help when completing your PIES Evidence Record.
Skills Practised
Throughout this area, your child has had opportunities to practise:
Recognising and expressing emotions
Reflecting on thoughts, feelings and experiences
Managing emotional responses
Showing empathy and kindness towards others
Building confidence, resilience and positive habits
These examples may help when completing your PIES Evidence Record.
Understanding Gained
Throughout this area, your child has had opportunities to develop understanding of:
How emotions influence thoughts, behaviour and relationships
Why emotional wellbeing is important
How empathy helps people connect with others
That challenges can contribute to growth and resilience
The value of self-awareness, self-worth and self-belief
These examples may help when completing your PIES Evidence Record.
Celebrating Achievement
Reflect on the achievements that stand out most during this area.
Consider:
🌟 What has your child achieved that makes you proud?
💪 What challenges have they overcome?
🚀 What new interests have emerged?
😊 Which badges or experiences did they enjoy most?
❤️ Which moments demonstrated emotional growth, kindness or resilience?
Remember that achievement is not measured by never feeling upset, worried or challenged.
Achievement is often seen in growing self-awareness, emotional understanding, perseverance, empathy and confidence.
⭐ Emerging Strengths
Throughout this area, your child may have demonstrated particular strengths.
Consider:
Which skills appear most naturally?
Which activities were completed with enthusiasm?
Which experiences were repeatedly chosen?
Which achievements stand out most?
Which areas showed the greatest confidence?
Which experiences generated curiosity or excitement?
Which skills would your child happily practise again?
These observations may help identify future interests, talents and areas for further exploration.
Remember that strengths do not need to be exceptional to be valuable.
Small interests often grow into lifelong passions when they are recognised and nurtured.
Learning Summary
Using your completed Evidence Records, write a summary of your child's development within this area.
Example:
Throughout this year, my child developed increasing awareness of their emotions, strengths and relationships. They explored a variety of strategies for managing feelings, demonstrated growing empathy towards others and built confidence in expressing themselves. Through meaningful experiences, discussions and reflection, they showed increasing resilience when facing challenges and developed a stronger understanding of themselves and the people around them. Their emotional growth contributed positively to their wellbeing, relationships and confidence.
Looking Ahead
Consider what you would like to explore next year.
You might think about:
new interests
new experiences
further challenges
developing confidence
increasing independence
strengthening relationships
building on emerging strengths
Remember that development is a journey rather than a destination.
The aim is not to avoid all challenges, but to continue developing the emotional skills, understanding and resilience needed to navigate life with confidence and compassion.
Parent Reassurance
Every child develops differently. This Summary Badge is an opportunity to celebrate progress, not perfection.
By reflecting on your child's experiences and achievements, you are creating a valuable record of their educational journey and recognising learning that has taken place throughout everyday life.
The goal is not to compare your child to others. The goal is to recognise, record and celebrate growth.