Mapping our boundaries

RSHE (PSHE)

Being an inclusive friend

Respecting boundaries in friendships

Pressure to change boundaries

This unit teaches the importance of establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries in relationships. Pupils learn about being inclusive friends, respecting boundaries in friendships, resisting pressure to change boundaries and mapping their own personal boundaries across different relationships.

Healthy relationships: How can we have healthy boundaries?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

'I won't lend money to people' is an example of a {{}} boundary.

Match the boundary with whether it is online, emotional or physical.

Everyone else should know my boundaries without me having to tell them.

If we don't know what our boundaries, we don't have any.

Our boundaries should only be about things that happen to us.

'No, I don't feel comfortable doing that.'

Which of these are ways in which we can say 'no' respectfully?

It’s important to be kind but {{}} when we say ‘no’ to others.

putting in effort to keep a relationship healthy and working

treating everyone the same and giving them the same opportunities

making someone feel like they belong and are welcome

persuading or forcing someone to do something they don’t want to do

To repair friendships, we might need to admit fault and apologise.

It is never ok to walk away from a friendship.

Match the sentence with its missing word.

Friends should never {{}} based on the protected characteristics.

A {{}} is an agreement where both people are happy.

Mapping our boundaries

Lesson outcome

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