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  • Year 2

Helping others to feel welcome at school

I can describe how to make our school welcoming and inclusive for everyone.

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Helping others to feel welcome at school

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Key learning points

  1. We should try to make school more inclusive.
  2. When school is inclusive, everyone can join in.
  3. To make someone feel welcome, we should listen, be kind, ask questions and invite them to play with us.
  4. We should celebrate everyone in our school.

Keywords

  • Welcome - to welcome someone is to happily invite them in and make them feel comfortable and as if they belong

  • Inclusive - making everyone feel welcome and part of the group, no matter who they are

  • Celebrate - to praise someone for who they are or something they have done

Common misconception

We only have to include people who are our best friends.

It is ok to have best friends and it is ok to like some people more than others. However, we should still work to create inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome and can be part of what's going on, as long as they are kind.


To help you plan your year 2 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: Helping others to feel welcome at school, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Make a plan as a class for how to include everyone within your school. Encourage pupils to agree to this plan and apply it to others in the class and to anyone who might join the school.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means treating others kindly and valuing their feelings, ideas and boundaries?

Correct Answer: respect

Q2.
What do basic needs include?

the latest toys
Correct answer: clothes
Correct answer: food
holidays

Q3.
Our basic needs are to the things we want.

Correct Answer: different

Q4.
Which statements are true?

Correct answer: Different people will need different things.
We all need the same things to do well at school.
When we have everything we want, we can do well at school.
Correct answer: When all of our needs are met, we can do well at school.

Q5.
Your friend says they need to eat their lunch first before playing because they feel dizzy when they're hungry. What should you do?

Tell them to hurry up and eat faster.
Correct answer: Listen to what they need and wait for them to finish eating.
Say they're being silly and should play now.
Eat their lunch for them so they can play quicker.

Q6.
How are plants and people similar?

They both like to play games.
They can both walk around.
They both wear clothes.
Correct answer: They both need water, food and care.

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words to the definitions.

Correct Answer:inclusive,making everyone feel welcome and part of the group

making everyone feel welcome and part of the group

Correct Answer:welcome,to happily invite someone in and make them feel comfortable

to happily invite someone in and make them feel comfortable

Correct Answer:celebrate,to praise someone for who they are or something they have done

to praise someone for who they are or something they have done

Q2.
Why is including people a good thing?

because it helps everyone get what they want
Correct answer: because it helps people to feel happy and cared for
Correct answer: because we can learn new things from other people
because it makes things boring

Q3.
We should try to make our school and classroom more ...

Correct Answer: inclusive, welcoming

Q4.
How can we make others feel welcome?

Correct answer: by inviting them to play with us
by ignoring other people
Correct answer: by asking them questions
by using unkind words

Q5.
Which statements are true?

We should only include people who are our best friends.
Correct answer: We should include everyone in our school.
Correct answer: When school is inclusive, everyone can join in and do their best.
When is school is inclusive, only some people can join in.

Q6.
When you see a new pupil at school, what is a good thing to do?

Correct answer: Say hello and smile.
Ignore them.
Hide from them.
Stare at them.