KS1 & KS2 RSHE (PSHE) curriculum

At Year 5, pupils are further developing their social skills and navigating more complex friendship dynamics. Building on previous learning about friendship, this unit focuses on practical qualities and behaviours that make a great friend. This is timely as pupils experience deeper friendships and need skills to build, repair, maintain and sometimes end friendships appropriately. By learning these concepts now, pupils develop advanced friendship skills including conflict resolution, communication and setting healthy boundaries.

1. Building strong friendships
2. Repairing damaged friendships
3. Maintaining friendships
4. Changing and ending friendships

• Pupils should know from Key Stage 1 that good friendships are based on kindness, respect, honesty, trust and loyalty and make people feel happy and secure.
• Pupils should understand that friendships have ups and downs, that disagreements are normal and can often be resolved through communication and compromise.
• Pupils should be familiar with the idea that healthy friendships are welcoming and inclusive, do not exclude others and treat everyone with respect.
• Pupils should know from earlier learning qualities of good friends such as being supportive, listening, sharing and being trustworthy.