Hello! My name is Miss Willow and I'm so excited to be your teacher today.

Today's lesson is called Making others feel welcome and it fits into the unit Healthy relationships: How can we stop bullying? During this lesson, we're going to be talking a little bit about bullying, so we recommend that you have an adult with you for the duration of this lesson.

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

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

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to make other people feel welcome and included.

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

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

Laura says that we need to listen to others.

This means we're not going to interrupt other people if they're speaking.

Andeep says respect each other's privacy.

This means we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions, as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

Jacob says, "No judgement !" This means if someone chooses to share a story, an experience, or a feeling, we're not going to judge them for it.

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

This means it's up to us how much we want to join in.

We're now going to go through the keywords for today's learning.

These are gonna come up quite a few times in today's lesson, so it's important that we have a good understanding of what each word means.

First of all, we have the word friend.

A friend is someone who cares for you, helps you, and makes you feel happy.

Include.

This means to invite or welcome someone or something into a group or situation.

Lonely.

This is sadness from feeling like you're alone or that you don't belong.

And finally, 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, see if you can remember what they mean.

Today's lesson is split into two learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called Why is having good friends important? And our second learning cycle is called How do we help everyone feel welcome? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle, Why is having good friends important? Good friends help us to feel happy.

How do your friends make you feel happy? You might want to pause the video and have a think or tell the people around you.

Your friends might make you feel happy by making you laugh, caring about you, wanting to do things together, and they might include you in games and conversations.

Good friends can help us and encourage us to try new things.

Aisha says, "My friends help me to make healthy choices and I feel like they really understand me." And Jun says, "I've tried lots of different activities because of my friends!" When we have good friends, we feel like we're part of something really special.

Good friends can make us feel like we're part of something important, and this can help us to feel happy and loved.

Alex says, "Everyone deserves to have good friends because this can make us happy." Groups of friends should feel like a team.

Some groups of friends might enjoy doing the same thing together, for example, playing a sport.

And here in the photo you can see a group of friends playing football.

And other friends might just enjoy spending time with each other and spending time talking, like these two friends here.

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

How might a good friend make us feel? Can they make us feel A, happy; B, sad; or C, loved? What do you think? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you or have a think to yourself.

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

A good friend should help us to feel happy and loved.

A good friend shouldn't make us feel sad, or they shouldn't make us feel sad on purpose.

A good friend should also not make us feel sad very often.

Well done if you said the same thing.

People without good friends can feel lonely, and remember, this was one of our keywords too.

When we feel lonely, we might feel like we have no one to talk to or no one to play with.

No one deserves to feel lonely.

Everyone deserves to have good friends that make them feel happy and make them feel like they're welcome.

Anyone can feel lonely and we can't always tell if someone's feeling lonely.

However, someone who feels lonely might spend a lot of time alone, and they might seem quite sad about this.

They might say that they have no friends and they might be someone who gets left out of games, conversations, or group activities.

Not everyone who's on their own or who spends time on their own is lonely.

Having time alone is a really important part of life and lots of people really enjoy being on their own.

Andeep says, "When we're on our own, we have time to think about things and we can do activities by ourselves.

When I'm on my own, I like to read, watch films, and do some colouring! Afterwards, I feel calm and happy." What do you do when you're on your own? Pause the video.

Have a think to yourself or tell the people around you.

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

You're doing a brilliant job so far.

Keep it up.

I'd like you to decide if this sentence is true or false.

Listen carefully.

If someone is on their own, they must be lonely.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is false, but why? You might have said that not everyone on their own is lonely.

Sometimes, being alone is really important and some people really enjoy spending time on their own.

Well done if you said this or if you said something similar.

It's time to move on to our first practise task, and you've done a brilliant job, well done.

For this task, I'd like you to answer each pupil's questions.

Jacob asks, "How do good friends make us feel?" And Sam asks, "What might happen if someone doesn't have any good friends?" Pause the video and we'll go through some potential answers in a few minutes.

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

To answer Jacob's question, how do good friends make us feel, you might have said that good friends make us feel happy, cared for, and included.

They can also encourage us to try new things and to make healthy choices.

We can feel like we're part of something special and important when we have good friends.

And to answer Sam's question, what might happen if someone doesn't have any good friends, you might have said something like: if someone doesn't have any good friends, they could feel lonely.

When someone feels lonely, they might spend most of their time alone, and this can make them feel sad.

They could also feel left out or like they don't belong.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

We're now all finished with our first learning cycle.

Well done for your hard work.

We're now moving on to our second learning cycle, and we're going to learn, How do we help everyone feel welcome? We can help stop people from being lonely by making everyone feel welcome.

We can make people feel welcome in our class by introducing ourselves to new people, by inviting people to join in with our games, and being kind to everyone around us.

All of this helps people in our class to feel welcome and like they belong.

When we introduce ourselves to new people, we tell them our name, and this shows them that we are friendly and we could be a good friend to them.

Jun says, "Hello, I'm Jun! What's your name," to Sofia.

And Sofia says, "Hi, I'm Sofia! It's nice to meet you, Jun." Both Jun and Sofia have introduced themselves, so they now know each other's names.

This could be the start of a really good friendship.

We can also help people to feel welcome by inviting people to join in with our games or what we're doing, even if we wouldn't normally play with them or if we're not friends with them yet.

Laura says, "Hi Lucas! Would you like to play football with us?" And Lucas says, "Yes please!" Laura has made Lucas feel welcome by inviting him to play football with her and her friends.

Well done, Laura.

It's important to be kind to everyone so that everyone feels welcome.

This can mean getting help if someone's upset or if people are being unkind to someone else.

Izzy wants to share her story.

"Someone in my class was unkind to a new pupil when she first joined our school and they kept leaving her out of games at playtime.

I made sure to include her in my games with my friends, and I told our teacher what happened too." Because Izzy included this new pupil in the games that her friends were playing and she told the teacher what happened too, this shows Izzy making the other pupil feel welcome.

Well done, Izzy.

These are really good choices.

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

Can you remember, how can we make people feel welcome? Should we A, introduce ourselves; B, leave them out of games; or C, be kind? What do you think? 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 make people feel welcome by introducing ourselves and being kind.

Remember, when we introduce ourselves, we're telling someone what our name is, and this helps them to know that we're friendly and that we could be a good friend to them.

Well done if you got this question right.

When we make everyone feel welcome, people feel confident to make new friends.

Here we have a new pupil.

They say, "When I joined a new class, most people were kind and welcoming.

Lots of people told me their name and helped me, especially on my first few days.

They also asked me to play games with them! Because so many people made me feel welcome, I made some great new friends, like Izzy!" It's important to include everyone, including people who are different to us.

Lucas wants to share his story.

"I use a powered wheelchair, but lots of my friends don't.

They include me by playing games that I can get involved in and they never make me feel left out.

Some games like tag are even more fun because I use a powered wheelchair!" Including people makes everyone feel accepted for who they are.

When we accept someone, we don't make them feel bad or feel like they need to change.

Sam says, "By making others feel welcome and accepted for who they are, people can feel confident in themselves, which makes them feel happy." Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're doing.

For this task, I'd like you to decide, is Alex correct? Alex says, "We should only include people who are the same as us." What do you think? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that Alex is incorrect, but why? You might have said that it's important to include everyone, including people who are different to us.

This is important because it helps everyone to feel welcome and accepted, and this helps people to feel happy too.

Well done if you said the same thing.

It's time to move on to our next practise task.

For the first part of this task, I would like you to look at this scenario.

There is a new pupil joining Andeep's class.

What are three ways that he could help the new pupil feel welcome and accepted? What do you think? Pause the video and we'll go through some potential answers in a few minutes.

You might have said that Andeep could help the new pupil in his class feel welcome and accepted by introducing himself to them.

Remember, this means to tell someone our name.

He could include them in his games, conversations, and other activities so that they don't feel left out, and he can also be kind to them too.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

For the next part of this task, I would like you to fill in the speech bubbles with your partner to show a welcoming conversation between Andeep and the new pupil.

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

Okay, let's have a look and see what your answers could have been.

You might have included in your answer Andeep saying, "Hi! My name is Andeep, what's your name?" And the new pupil could say, "Hi, Andeep, my name is Sasha.

Nice to meet you." Andeep now says, "Nice to meet you too! Do you want to play a game with me and my friends?" The new pupil could then say, "Yes that sounds great! Thanks, Andeep." This is an example of a welcoming conversation, because Andeep is introducing himself by telling the new person his name, and he's also inviting them to join in a game with him and his friends.

The new pupil is also introducing themselves.

They've said, "Nice to meet you," and they've thanked Andeep for asking them to be involved.

This is a really good example of a welcoming conversation, so well done if you said this or something similar.

It's time to summarise the key learning from today's lesson, and you've done a brilliant job, well done.

In this lesson, we've learned that good friends are important because they can help us to feel happy, loved, and cared for.

When someone doesn't have any good friends, they can feel lonely.

We've learned that sometimes spending time alone is a really good thing, but it's important to have good friends too.

We can stop people from feeling lonely by making everyone feel welcome and included.

For example, if a new person joins our class or a club that we go to, we can introduce ourselves and we can include them to help them to feel welcome.

Everyone should be included, including people who are different to us.

It's important that everyone feels welcome and accepted for who they are.

In today's lesson, you might have found that you've got some worries or some questions, and 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 fantastic hard work in today's lesson.

I'm really proud of you and I hope to see you in another lesson soon.