Lesson video

Hello, my name's Miss Willow, and I'm going to be your teacher for today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called "We Are All Equal" and it fits into the unit "Communities: Who am I? Who are you?" During this lesson, we are going to be talking about some sensitive content that might make some people feel a little bit worried or sad.

So for this reason, we recommend that you have an adult with you.

If at any point you do feel worried or uncomfortable, it's really important that you stop the video and that you speak to a trusted adult.

Okay, let's make a start on today's lesson.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to describe the ways in which you are the same as those around you.

Before we get started with today's lesson, we need to go over some ground rules.

These help to make sure that everyone feels safe and comfortable during today's lesson.

First of all, our friend, Laura, says that we need to listen to others.

This means that if someone else is speaking, we are not going to talk over them.

Next, Andeep says that we need to respect each other's privacy, and this means that we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

Next, Jacob says we need to not have any judgment.

This means that if someone chooses to share a feeling, a story, or an experience, we are not going to judge them for it.

And finally, our friend, Izzy, reminds us that we can choose our level of participation.

That means that in this lesson, it's up to us how much we want to join in.

We are now going to take a look at the keywords for today's lesson.

Before we talk about what each keyword means, we're going to practice saying them out loud.

When I do this, I would love for you to repeat the keyword back to me.

Are you ready? First of all, our first keyword is "kind." Good job.

Next we have "important." Brilliant.

Next we have "welcome." Fantastic.

Now, we're going to learn what these keywords mean.

"Kind" means treating other people well and thinking about their feelings.

Something that is important is something that matters a lot.

And "welcome." To welcome someone is to happily invite them in and make them feel comfortable and as if they belong.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for these keywords, and when you spot them, I'd love if you could try to remember what these keywords mean.

Today's lesson is split into three learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called how am I the same as other people? Our second learning cycle is called, why is it important to help people feel welcome? And finally, our last learning cycle is called, how can I help other people to feel welcome? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle.

How am I the same as other people? We are all human beings, even if we look different.

this means that we have lots in common.

Ms. Walsh tells us that having things in common means we like or feel the same things as someone else.

Laura says, I like to play outside and have fun.

It makes me feel happy.

And Andeep says, me too.

I love playing at the park with my brother.

Both Laura and Andeep love playing outside.

This is something that they have in common.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle so far.

What do Jacob and Andeep have in common? Andeep says, I like going to school and trying my best.

And Jacob says, me too.

I love learning new things.

What do Jacob and Andeep have in common? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that both Andy and Jacob both like going to school, trying their best and learning new things.

We all have feelings, and everyone feels happy or excited just like you do.

Izzy says, I feel happy when my friends are kind to me.

And Jacob says, me too.

I feel happy when my friends include me in games.

It makes me feel warm inside.

We all feel sad or angry at times too.

Sofia says, I get sad if people are unkind to me at school.

And Lucas says, I'm the same as Sofia.

I get upset if people leave me out of games.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Can you complete the sentence? We all have, A, pets, B, feelings, or C, siblings.

Can you complete the sentence? Talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that B is correct.

We all have feelings.

As Ms. Walsh says, remember, lots of people might have pets and lots of people might have siblings, but not everyone does.

However, everybody does have feelings.

We all want to be included and cared for.

Everyone likes being treated kindly and feeling safe with other people.

Ms. Walsh says that just like how you might want a hug when you are sad or to have someone to play with at school, other people might want that too.

Ms. Walsh says that we all like to know that someone cares about us, whether that's a friend, a teacher, or someone in our family.

When people show that they care by listening to us, helping us, or spending time with us, it makes us feel happy and important.

It's like having a warm feeling in your heart that tells you that you're special to someone.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Can you fill in the missing words in the sentence? We all want to feel included and blank for.

Where I've said the word blank, can you decide which word fits? Pause the video, talk to the people around you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that the missing word is cared.

We all want to feel included and cared for.

Well done if you said the same thing.

It's time to move on to your first practice task, and you can put all of your learning so far into practice.

For this task, I'd like you to tell your partner two things that you might have in common with them.

Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

You might have said that we all have feelings.

Everyone feels happy, excited, sad, or angry at times.

And you might have said that we all want to feel included and cared for.

Everyone likes being treated kindly and feeling safe with others.

Well done if your answers were anything like this.

It's now time to move on to our second learning cycle.

And well done for your hard work so far.

In this learning cycle, we're going to answer the question, why is it important to help people feel welcome? It's important to welcome others at school as it helps people to feel happy and cared for.

To welcome other means being friendly and making people feel included.

We should be kind to everyone at school.

Welcoming others is one way that we can be kind to others.

Jacob says, Laura is always kind to me.

She makes me feel welcomed by asking if I want to play with her at lunchtime, let's do another check for understanding.

I'd like you to answer this question.

How might people feel when we welcome them? Might they feel angry, worried, or happy? How might people feel when we welcome them? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that people feel happy when we welcome them.

Welcoming others helps people to make friends.

When we welcome someone, especially if they're new to our school, it helps them to join in and to make friends with different people.

Amara says, when I started my new school, it was easy to make friends because the other children in my class were kind and welcoming.

Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're doing.

When we welcome others at school, what does it help them do? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that when we welcome others at school, it helps them to join in and to make friends.

Well done if you got this right.

Welcoming others helps people to feel safe.

Ms. Walsh says that if someone is left out, they might feel sad or worried, but when we welcome others, it helps them to feel safe and happy because they know that someone cares about them.

Even small things like sharing your toys with someone or sitting next to someone who looks lonely, maybe they're sat by themselves, can make them feel like they belong, and this helps them to feel safe.

Izzy says, when I joined my football team, my coach talked to me and asked my name.

This made me feel welcomed and safe because I knew that she would take care of me.

She also introduced me to some of the other kids.

When someone takes time to help you feel comfortable in a new place, it shows that they want you to be part of the group.

Jacob wants to share his story too.

Jacob says, when I started my new class, my teacher showed me where to put my things and help me to find a friend.

This made me feel welcomed and safe because I knew that he was there to help me.

He also told me that it was okay to ask questions if I didn't understand something, and this helps me to feel more comfortable and made my new class feel less scary.

Let's do another check for understanding.

This time, I'd like you to fill in the missing words in the sentence.

When we blank others, it helps them to feel blank and happy because they know that someone cares about them.

Where I've said the word blank, can you decide, from what we've learned so far, which word is missing? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Okay, let's have a look and see what you might have said.

Our first missing word was "welcome." Our second missing word was "safe." Our complete sentence now says, when we welcome others, it helps them to feel safe and happy because they know someone cares about them.

Well done if you got this right.

Let's move on to our second practice task.

And in this task, I'd like you to read the scenario.

Tell your partner two reasons why it was important that Josiah was welcomed into his school.

Josiah says, when I started my new school, the other children in my class asked me to play with them, and my teacher showed me where to hang my coat and lunch bag.

She said I could always talk to her if I needed help.

What are two reasons why it was important that Josiah was welcomed into his school? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

You might have said that it was important that Josiah was welcomed into his school because it helps Josiah to join in and to make friends.

And it also made him feel safe because he knew his teacher and knew friends cared about him and wanted to be there.

Well done if your answers were similar to this.

We're now moving on to our final learning cycle.

And well done for your brilliant hard work already.

In this learning cycle, we're going to answer the question, how can I help other people to feel welcome? People are important no matter what they look like or who they are.

Ms. Walsh says that this means that everyone deserves to feel welcomed and included.

We all have a special part to play so that we can help people to feel welcomed in school.

But Ms. Walsh says that, sadly, not everyone feels welcomed at school.

Some people need more support to feel welcomed and included.

Can you think of any ways that we can help people feel welcome? Maybe you want to pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Can you think of any ways that we can help people feel welcome? Maybe you said that we can introduce ourselves to people and we could invite them to join in with our games.

Well done if you came up with ways that we could help someone to feel welcome.

It's now time to move on to another check for understanding.

And this time I'd like you to decide if this statement is true or false.

Everyone feels welcomed in school.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is false.

But why? You might have said that, unfortunately, not everyone feels welcomed at school.

Some people need more support to feel welcomed and included, and this is okay.

Well done if you said something like this.

Let's have a look at some of the ways that we can help other people to feel welcome so we can smile and say hello to help others feel welcomed.

We can see in this picture that Alex is saying, hello, Lucas.

And Lucas is replying by saying, hey, Alex.

By smiling and saying hello to people, we're helping them to feel welcomed.

This shows that people that you are friendly and you are happy to see them.

We can also ask people to play with us.

Inviting someone to join your game helps them to feel welcomed.

In this scenario, Laura is saying to Jacob, would you like to play with me, Jacob? Jacob says, yes, please, by inviting someone to join in our games or helping them to feel welcomed.

let's do another check for understanding.

How can we help others feel welcomed? Can you remember? A, by asking them to play with us, B, by ignoring them, or C, by smiling and saying hello.

How can we help others to feel welcomed? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done, if you said that A and C are correct.

We can help others to feel welcomed by asking them to play with us and by smiling and saying, hello.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We can show new people around our school to help them feel welcomed.

Ms. Walsh says that we can help new children find where things are, like the toilets or the coat pegs, which they might need.

When we help someone new learn how things work at our school, it makes them feel like they have a friend who cares about them and wants them to be happy there.

Amara says, when I started my new school, the children showed me where to put my lunchbox and where to line up for assembly.

This helped me to feel welcomed and included.

It's important to be kind and patient.

Ms. Walsh says that when new people join our school, they might feel a bit shy or worried sometimes.

They might seem quiet at first.

If we are kind to them, it can help them to feel welcomed, safe, and happy.

And soon they will feel more comfortable and ready to talk and play with us.

Josiah says, I felt worried when I first joined my new school.

Everyone was kind and patient though, they didn't rush me or get crossed when I didn't know where things were in my classroom.

This made me feel less nervous.

Let's do another check for understanding.

What should we do if someone new feels worried or shy? Can you remember? Should we A, laugh at them, B, be kind, or C, be patient.

What should we do if someone new feels worried or shy? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that the correct answers were B and C.

If someone new feels worried or shy, this is okay.

We can help them and support them by being kind and being patient.

Well done If you said the same thing.

It's now time to move on to our final practice task.

Well done For all your hard work already.

For this task, I'd like you to draw and label a picture to show how we can help others to feel welcome.

Pause the video and we'll go through some potential answers in a few minutes.

Maybe you drew Alex, Lucas, and Laura.

And Lucas might be saying, hello, Lucas.

And Lucas might be saying, hey, Alex.

Your label might have said that we can smile and say hello to help others feel welcomed.

Or maybe you have something like this.

Maybe you had drawn Laura and Jacob playing together, and Laura saying, would you like to play with me, Jacob? And Jacob saying, yes, please, because to help new people feel welcomed, we can ask them to join in and play with us.

Or maybe you had something like this.

Maybe you had Alex, Lucas, and Laura, and maybe you had Lucas saying that, this is our lunch hall, and saying, let us know if you need help finding anything else, because we can show new people around our school to help them feel welcomed.

In this picture, Lucas is showing Alex and Laura around the school.

Well done, if your pictures were anything like this or had some of the ideas that we've learned in today's lesson about how we can help other people to feel welcome.

We are now going to summarize the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we've learned that we're all human beings and we have lots of things in common.

For example, we all have feelings and we want to be included.

It's important to welcome others as it can help people to feel happy and cared for.

Welcoming others helps people to make friends and to feel safe, but unfortunately, not everyone feels welcomed in school.

Some people need more support to feel welcomed and included.

And finally, we've learned that we can welcome others by smiling and saying hello, asking them to play with us, and by showing new people around.

In today's lesson, you might have found that you've got some worries or some questions.

And if you do, it's really important you share these with a trusted adult, like a teacher or a parent or carer.

There's also a resource on the screen to help you too.

Well done for your fantastic hard work in today's lesson.

I'm so proud of you and I hope to see you again soon.