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

Today's lesson is called "Including people," and it fits into the unit, "Healthy relationships: Are all friends the same?" During this lesson, we're going to be talking a little bit about discrimination and some other sensitive topics.

For this reason, 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 explain how to create an inclusive environment.

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

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

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

We are now going to go through the keywords for today's lesson.

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

Unique.

This means being one of a kind or different from others.

Excluded.

This is when someone or something is left out of a group or situation.

Included.

This is when someone or something is invited and welcomed into a group or situation.

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, "How does it feel to be excluded?" And our second learning cycle is called, "How can we include everyone?" Let's make a start on our first learning cycle.

How does it feel to be excluded? Everyone is unique with lots of different traits, ideas, and experiences.

No one is exactly the same, and this is a wonderful thing.

People can have different skin colours, genders, ages.

Can you think of any others, and maybe you want to use the illustrations to help you.

Unfortunately, people can be excluded because they're different from someone else.

They might be left out of a friendship, a game, or a conversation, because they're different to the people involved.

For example, here, Aisha is being excluded.

Aisha's a girl whilst Jacob, Jun, and Alex are boys.

People can also feel excluded if their ideas and their opinions aren't listened to.

Lucas says, "I use a powered wheelchair, and sometimes people don't listen to the games I suggest.

This makes me feel really sad and left out, and it makes me think that those people don't really care about including me." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing so far.

Which are two examples of someone being excluded? Is it A, someone being left out of a game, B, asking someone to join in with a game, or C, someone's ideas being ignored? What do you think? Which are two examples of someone being excluded? 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.

Someone being left out of a game and someone's ideas being ignored are examples of someone being excluded.

Asking someone to join in with a game would be an example of including someone.

Well done if you got this right.

When someone feels excluded, they can feel upset, lonely, left out, unwanted, and they can also feel bad about who they are or worry that being different is a bad thing.

We should never make someone feel that being different from us is a bad thing.

Everyone is different.

It can really affect someone if they feel excluded all the time.

Aisha wants to share her story.

She says, "I used to always ask the boys at my youth club if I could join in with their football game, but they always said no because I'm a girl.

I started to think that girls can't play football, and that I was silly for asking.

This made me feel like I wasn't important." How we act towards others can affect how others see themselves.

Andeep wants to share his story, "When I was around people who excluded me, they said my ideas and opinions were wrong.

Sometimes they laughed at me.

After a while, I stopped thinking that my ideas were valuable and I doubted the way I saw things.

I even stopped sharing my ideas for a while, even if I knew the answer." Being excluded has really affected Andeep, to the point where he doesn't want to share his ideas anymore.

This is why including people is really important.

Let's do another check for understanding.

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

It's okay if someone feels excluded because it won't affect how they feel.

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 may have said something like, "When someone is excluded, they can feel upset, lonely, left out, and unwanted.

It can also cause people to lose confidence in themselves and their ideas." Remember Andeep's story, when he felt excluded, he didn't want to share his ideas anymore and he didn't think that they were valuable enough to share.

This shows the impact that exclusion can have on people.

We are now moving on to your first practise task and you've done a brilliant job so far.

Well done.

Sofia has a cochlear implant which helps her to hear.

She's been excluded from a game in the playground because sometimes she needs the rules of the game repeated.

What are two emotions that Sofia could feel? Pause the video and we'll go through some potential answers in a few minutes.

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

You might have said that Sofia could feel sad, upset, lonely, left out, or unwanted.

If she's left out of a game in the playground, she could also feel bad about her cochlear implant and she could feel like being different is a bad thing.

Remember that we should never make anyone feel bad for being different to us.

Everyone is different in lots of different ways.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

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

Well done for your hard work so far, you're doing a brilliant job.

Our next learning cycle is called, "How can we include everyone?" Celebrating and including people makes them feel good.

They can feel happy, cared for, welcome, respected, and appreciated.

They can also feel loved.

We can make sure that everyone feels included by listening to everyone's ideas and opinions, including everyone in our games and activities, even if this means making some changes, asking others how they feel at how they like to be included.

Farah says, "Everyone is unique, so it's okay to ask questions if we are not sure how best to make someone feel included.

We can also ask trusted adults for help." Sometimes we might need to make compromises to make sure that everyone is included.

A compromise is an agreement where everyone is happy.

Alex says, "I make sure that everyone feels included by asking my friends what they want to play at lunchtime.

If everyone wants to play something different, we try to make sure we play a game that everyone enjoys so that no one feels left out." Well done, Alex.

This is a brilliant idea.

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

Who is making an effort to make everyone feel included? Jun says, "When we had to get into groups in class, I noticed that there was someone without a group.

I asked them to join our group so that they weren't on their own." Laura says, "When we had to get into groups in class, my teacher asked for someone else to join our group because they hadn't got a group.

I said no because they're not my friend." Who's making an effort to make everyone feel included? Tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that Jun is making an effort to make everyone feel included.

He noticed that someone was on their own, and he asked them to join his group so that they weren't on their own.

This is a brilliant way of making someone feel included.

Well done, Jun.

Some people incorrectly think that inclusion happens automatically when people choose to not be unkind to someone, but this isn't true.

Henry says, "It's important to actively choose to include people by changing the way that we behave.

Not being unkind to people who are different to us is one step towards inclusion, but we do need to make sure that we do more than that to make everyone feel welcome and that they belong.

It takes care and effort to include everyone, and to make sure that everyone feels welcome and celebrated for their differences.

Alex says, "Sometimes we need to change games slightly to make sure that everyone feels included, and if I'm going to plan a party and I want Lucas to come, I need to make sure that I choose an activity that he can be included in." By celebrating everyone's differences, we also make a positive impact on other people.

Izzy sharing her story.

Izzy says, "I really like when Sofia plays games with us, because when the rules are repeated, it helps everyone to be confident in playing the game.

Everyone has a unique contribution to offer, and everyone benefits when everyone is included." Not everyone always understands why it's so important to include everyone, or how hurtful it can be when someone's excluded.

Remember that if someone feels excluded, they could feel upset, worried, or uncared for.

They might need some extra help to know how to include people and to know why this is important.

Farah tells us that if we see someone being excluded, we should always do our best to include them and we can explain why excluding someone isn't okay.

We can also tell a trusted adult.

They can help to tell the person who's excluding someone else why what they're doing isn't okay, and how they can be inclusive instead.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Which words are missing? Some people incorrectly think that inclusion happens automatically when people choose not to be, blank, to someone, but this isn't true.

It takes care and, blank, to include everyone and to make sure that everyone feels welcome and, blank, for the things that make them, blank.

Can you decide which words should go in the gaps? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Okay, we are now going to go through the missing words.

Our first missing word was unkind.

Next we had effort, celebrated, and unique.

Now we're going to read our complete paragraph.

Some people incorrectly think that inclusion happens automatically when people choose not to be unkind to someone, but this isn't true.

It takes care and effort to include everyone, and to make sure that everyone feels welcome and celebrated for the things that make them unique.

Well done if you had the words in the right place.

It's time to move on to our final practise task, and you've done a brilliant job in today's lesson.

Well done.

In this scenario, Andeep has been asked to create the text for a poster which tells pupils at his school ways to include everyone.

Can you provide him with three suggestions that he can use on his poster? Pause the video and we'll go through some potential answers in a few minutes.

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

On Andeep's poster, he could say that you need to listen to everyone's ideas and opinions.

It's important to include everyone in your games and activities, even if this means making some changes.

It's important to ask others how they feel and how they like to be included.

Remember, we can also ask a trusted adult if we are not sure or we can ask the person directly.

We can also make compromises to make sure that everyone is included.

Well done if you have this or something similar.

We're now going to summarise the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we've learned that everyone is unique, and this is a wonderful thing.

Unfortunately, some people make others feel excluded if they see them as different.

It's important to celebrate our differences and make everyone feel included.

It takes care and effort to make sure that everyone feels included and to stop people from being excluded.

And finally, an inclusive environment isn't just one where people who are seen as different are not treated unkindly, but it's one where everyone makes the effort to include everyone and to make them feel welcome.

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 organisations 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.