treating others kindly and valuing their feelings, ideas and boundaries; for example, listening carefully and being polite, even if you disagree

to praise someone for who they are or something they have done

in this context, putting in effort to keep a relationship healthy and working

Building strong friendships

RSHE (PSHE)

Repairing damaged friendships

Maintaining friendships

Changing and ending friendships

This unit focuses on qualities and behaviours that contribute to strong, supportive friendships. Pupils learn how to build new friendships, repair damaged relationships, maintain healthy friendships over time and recognise when friendships need to change or end, developing practical skills.

Healthy relationships: How can I be a great friend?

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

treating others kindly, valuing their feelings, ideas and boundaries

putting in effort to keep a relationship healthy and working

experiencing pressure to change who you are

Which of these are green flags in a friendship?

Differences among friends is a positive thing.

In a friendship, only one friend needs to put in the effort.

We need to {{}} to learn how our friends think and feel.

Match the fact with whether it's true or false.

Building and maintaining strong friendships requires care and ...

to provide help and encouragement to others

when people disagree and give reasons why they think they are correct

an imaginary line separating what we will and won't allow

to be one of a kind or different from others

People can be excluded because they are different.

We need to make an effort to include everyone.

We can {{}} relationships after arguments if both people in the friendship try.

Match the behaviour with whether it relates to being a good friend or a bad friend.

{{}} could take the form of physical, emotional or discriminatory unkindness.

Building strong friendships

Lesson outcome

Content guidance