Year 6 – PDHPE Goes Inside Out!

Earlier this term, the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) Department took Year 6 to the movies to watch Inside Out 2! The original, Inside Out 1, has formed an integral part of the learning and assessment for this unit over the past few years so the PDHPE Staff were very excited that Inside Out 2 was released just in time for our unit of learning this year! The students had a fantastic time in a private theatre, enjoying the movie, taking notes (eating lollies!) and paying close attention to the emotions and their roles in our lives. Some Year 6 reflections on their experience are below:

What did you enjoy and what did you learn?

Although this part in the movie was a bit sad, I found the part where Riley had an anxiety attack interesting and relatable. I could easily see myself in a similar situation which made me happy to see that even though I feel as if I can’t handle my emotions well, it is common for adolescents like me. I have been in situations where I have been panicking from stress and it makes me feel happy to see that I’m not alone. I never really noticed that new emotions have come into my life but by watching this movie I have realised that I now do have more sophisticated emotions than years before. My ‘original emotions’ like anger have also started to be exaggerated like Riley’s. I have now learned that new emotions really have come into my life, and that there are better ways to deal with them instead of letting it all out at once.

Going to Inside Out 2 was an amazing and super important experience. I really enjoyed the whole movie, and one of the most memorable parts of the entire film for me was when Ennui (Boredom) took control of the console, and made Riley say something sarcastic. Ennui/Riley’s sarcastic comment caused a sarcasm. Any words said through the sarcasm, adopt sarcastic tones, making any sentence sound sarcastic. The movie taught me that every emotion is so important and helpful, and you need to have a balance of sadness, joy, anger, feat, anxiety, boredom, embarrassement, and envy to help you be yourself. No emotion should be bottled up and your sense of self does not have to be completely perfect and positive. I think that this movie has such an amazing message that lots of kids around my age need to hear.

– Claire White
Teacher