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 "Me and the People Around Me," and it fits into the unit "Communities: Who Is in My Community?" I'm really excited to teach you today's lesson, so let's make a start.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to describe the different ways that you interact with the people around you.

But before we get started, we need to go over some ground rules.

So 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.

So this means that if someone else is speaking, we are not going to interrupt them.

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

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

So this means that if someone chooses to share a feeling, a story, or an experience, we're not going to judge them for it.

And finally, our friend Izzy says that we can choose our level of participation, and this means that it's up to us how much we want to join in.

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

I'm going to say the keyword first, and then when I do this, I would love if you could repeat the keyword back to me.

So let's make a start.

Our first keyword is "relationship." Well done.

Next, we have "community." Well done.

And finally, we have "interact." Great job.

Now we're going to learn what each of these keywords means.

So, first of all, "relationship." This is the connection between people.

"Community." This is a group of people who live, work, or spend time in the same place.

And finally, "interact." This is the way that we talk, play, and spend time with other people.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for these keywords, and when you spot them, see if you can remember what they mean.

Today's lesson is split into two learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called: "What types of relationships do I have with others?" And our second learning cycle is called: "How do people interact with each other?" Let's make a start on our first learning cycle: "What types of relationships do I have with others?" We have different relationships with different people.

Ms. Walsh tells us that a relationship is a connection between people.

We form many different relationships with different people throughout our lives.

We have close relationships with people in our family.

Our family can include the people that we live with or the people that we are related to.

So maybe this is our grandparents, our aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Ms. Walsh says that when we have a close relationship with someone, it means that we spend a lot of time with them.

We trust them, and they help us to feel safe and loved.

And this is really important.

Chen says, "I live with my dad, mum, and two sisters.

I have a close relationship with them all." Alex says, "I have a close relationship with my granddad.

He spends lots of time in Australia, so I don't always see him, but we're still really close." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle so far.

Can you fill in the missing word in this sentence? "We have close relationships with people in our 'blank.

'" Which word is missing? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Have a think to yourself.

Or maybe you want to tell me.

Well done if you said that "family" was the missing word.

So, "We have close relationships with people in our family." Well done if you got this right.

We also have relationships with our friends.

So, our friends are the people that we choose to spend time with, for example, at school or at a club.

We might play with them and talk to them because we enjoy being around them.

Here we have Laura, Jacob, Izzy, and Andeep.

They're all friends.

We might feel closer to some friends more than others, and that's okay.

Izzy says, "I have lots of friends at Oak National Academy, but I feel closer to Jacob, as we spend lots of time playing together." Maybe you want to have a think about who your friends are.

We can form relationships with friends at school and outside of school as well.

Andeep says, "I have lots of friends at school, but I've also formed close relationships with my friends at my karate club." Let's do another check for understanding to see how you are doing.

Is this statement true or false? "We might feel closer to some friends more than others." What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Have a think to yourself.

Or maybe you want to tell me.

Well done if you said that this is true.

It's okay to feel closer to some friends more than others.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We also have relationships with our teachers and with other school staff too.

So this is the other people that work at school.

Our teachers are very important people in our lives because they teach us new things every day.

Laura says, "I have a close relationship with Ms. Walsh because she keeps me safe at school, and she helps me when I'm stuck with my learning." Our relationships with teachers and school staff are a bit different to the relationships that we have with our friends.

So Jacob says, "I love working with my teaching assistant, but I always make sure to listen and to follow his instructions.

But with my friends, we can be more silly, and we have fun together when we play outside." This shows how our relationship with school staff, for example, with the teaching assistant, is different than the relationships that we have with our friends.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Why are our relationships with our teachers important? Can you remember? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me, or have a think to yourself.

You might have said something like, "Our relationships with our teachers are important because they teach us new things, and they keep us safe at school." Well done if your answer was something similar to this.

We also have relationships with the people in our wider community.

For example, Police Officer Paula, Nurse Daniel, and Lollipop Person Lola.

These people all have roles in our community.

Maybe you want to have a think about the people that you know that have these roles in your community.

We might not have close relationships with the people in our wider community, but they still play a really important role in our communities.

Izzy says, "I don't know my local shopkeeper very well, but I always say 'hello' and 'thank you' when she gives the shopping receipt to my daddy at the till." Jacob says, "I see my barber every few months, so I know him a little bit.

He does a great job cutting my hair, and he always makes me laugh." Andeep says, "I get on the same bus every day to get to school with my mum.

We see the same bus driver, and I always say 'good morning' to him." Let's do another check for understanding.

Who might we have relationships with in our wider community? A, our close friends? B, our local shopkeeper? Or C, our doctor? Who might we have relationships with in our wider community? Have a think.

Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Have a think to yourself.

Or maybe you want to tell me.

Well done if you said that B and C are correct.

We could have relationships in our wider community with our local shopkeeper and with our doctor.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We're now going to move on to your first practice task in today's lesson.

For this task, I'd like you to draw and label a picture of two different people that we have relationships with.

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

Okay.

Your pictures and labels could look a little bit like this.

Maybe you've drawn a picture of your family, and you might have said, "I have a close relationship with my family." Maybe you've drawn some pictures of your friends, and maybe you've said, "I have relationships with my friends." Maybe you've drawn a picture of your teacher, and maybe you've said, "I have an important relationship with my teacher." Or maybe you've drawn some people in our wider community.

For example, a police officer, a nurse, or a lollipop person.

And you might have said, "I have relationships with the people in my wider community." Well done if your answers were anything like this.

It's now time to move on to our second learning cycle, and you are doing a brilliant job so far.

Well done.

Our next learning cycle is called: "How do people interact with each other?" We interact with all the people that we have relationships with.

Ms. Walsh says that "To interact with someone means the way that we talk, play, and spend time with them.

The way that we interact with people will depend on the relationship that we have with them." People interact with their families in lots of different ways.

So they might talk to each other, share their feelings with each other, listen to each other, play together, and help each other at home.

They could also hug or cuddle each other.

Chen says, "I love playing with my sisters.

Sometimes my youngest sister struggles to share, so I have to teach her to take turns." Nyla says, "I share my feelings with my family, especially when I'm feeling worried or sad.

They cheer me up, and they help me to feel better." Jacob says, "I interact with my family at home by asking them questions about their day.

We share silly jokes together and build forts in our living room." Andeep says, "I help my family at home by making my bed each day and laying the table for dinner.

My parents give me a cuddle before I go to sleep." Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle.

How might families interact with each other? What do you think? A, they might help each other? B, they might ignore each other? Or C, they might play together? How do you think families might interact with each other? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me, or have a think to yourself.

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

Families might interact with each other by helping each other and playing together.

Well done if you said the same thing.

People sometimes interact with their friends in a similar way to how they interact with their family.

So, for example, they might talk to each other, share their feelings with each other, listen to each other, play together, and work together too.

However, there are some times when people interact with their friends in a different way to how they interact with their family.

And Laura says, "I can be loud and excited when I'm playing with my friends in the playground, but I use a quieter voice when I talk to my family at home." This shows how Laura interacts with her friends differently to with her family.

Izzy says, "I feel more comfortable to share my feelings with my family compared to my friends.

With my friends, I like to play and have fun, but if I need help, I will tell my parents instead." Let's do another check for understanding.

How might we interact differently with our friends compared to our family? Can you remember? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Let's have a look and see what you might have said.

You might have said that we interact differently with our friends compared to our family by perhaps being more loud and excited when playing with our friends compared to how we are with our family at home, or the other way around.

We might feel more comfortable talking about our feelings with our family compared to with our friends, or the other way around.

Well done if your answers were anything like this.

When people interact with their teachers and school staff, they might ask questions.

They might listen carefully.

They might follow the instructions that they give them.

They might be polite and respectful, for example, saying "please" and "thank you." Laura says, "I know it's important to respect my teachers at school, so I make sure to hold the door open when they walk past in the corridor." And Jacob says, "During lessons, I put my hand up when I want to share something or ask a question.

However, I wouldn't do this when interacting with friends in the playground or family at home." This shows how we interact differently with our teachers and staff members at school compared to our friends and family.

If we don't know someone well in our wider community, we might interact with them by smiling or waving when we see them.

We might say "hello" or "goodbye." And we could be polite, for example, saying "please" and "thank you," perhaps to our lollipop person who's helping us to cross the road.

Laura says, "I always say good morning to our lollipop person, Lola.

She helps everyone in our community cross the road safely, so I think it's important to be kind and polite to her." And Jacob says, "Even though I don't know our bin collectors very well, I always smile and wave to them in the morning." It's really important to be kind and to be polite to the people in our wider community, just like Laura and Jacob are being.

Ms. Walsh says, "Even though we interact with people differently depending on our relationship with them, we should always be kind, respectful, and polite to everyone in our community." Even if we don't know them very well, for example, a lollipop person or a police officer.

Let's do another check for understanding.

I'd like you to answer this question: How might we interact with people that we don't know well in our wider community? A, we might play with them? B, we might be polite? Or C, we might smile or wave? Which answers do you think are correct? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that B and C are correct.

We could interact with people that we don't know very well in our wider community by being polite, for example, saying "please" and "thank you," and we might smile or wave when we see them.

Well done if you got this right.

It's now time to move on to our final practice task, and well done for your hard work already.

For this task, for each person shown on the next two slides, I'd like you to describe one way that you might interact with them.

So, on our first slide, we have your close family member and your friend.

What's one way that you might interact with them? On our next slide, we have your teacher and your community police officer.

What's one way that you might interact with them? Pause the video, and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay.

Let's see what your sentences could have looked like.

For your family, you might have said that "I might interact with my close family member by talking to them about my feelings." For your friends, you might have said, "I might interact with my friend by playing with them loudly or excitedly, for example, in a playground." You might have said that you might interact with your teacher by putting your hand up to ask them a question.

And for your local police officer, you might have said that you interact with them by waving and saying hello.

And you might have said that you could be polite too.

Well done if your answers were anything like this.

It's now time to summarize the key learning from today's lesson.

So in today's lesson, we've learned that we have many different relationships with lots of different people in our lives.

So, for example, our family, our friends, teachers, and other school staff, and people in our wider community.

For example, community police officers, nurses and doctors, and lollipop people.

We interact with people in different ways depending on what our relationship is with them.

So, for example, we might feel more comfortable sharing our feelings with our family, whereas we might act more silly with our friends.

At school, we might put our hand up to speak to our teacher, whereas for people in our wider community, we might just smile or wave.

No matter what our relationship is with someone, it's important to always be kind, respectful, and polite to them, too.

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

During today's lesson, you may have found that you've got some worries or some questions, and if you do, it's really important that you share these with a trusted adult.

There's also some resources on the screen that are there to help you too.

Well done for your hard work today.

I hope to see you in the lesson soon.