Building strong friendships
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe how to build strong friendships.
Key learning points
- Strong friendships have certain positive traits, known as green flags.
- Good friends accept and celebrate each other.
- Differences among friends are a positive thing.
- Building and maintaining strong friendships requires care and effort.
- We need to listen to friends to maintain a friendship.
Keywords
Green flag - a sign that a relationship is healthy
Respect - treating others kindly and valuing their feelings, ideas and boundaries; for example, listening carefully and being polite, even if you disagree
Celebrate - to praise someone for who they are or something they have done
Maintain - in this context, putting in effort to keep a relationship healthy and working
Common misconception
A good friendship requires no effort.
We all need to put in work to build and maintain friendships. Connecting with other people takes time, curiosity and acceptance of differences.
Teacher tip
Create opportunities for pupils to connect with each other in a meaningful way, such as by working as a team or sharing an experience.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words with their definition.
to provide help and encouragement to others
when people disagree and give reasons why they think they are correct
an imaginary line separating what we will and won't allow
Q2.What does it mean to be unique?
Q3.Which of these statements are true?
Q4.We can relationships after arguments if both people in the friendship try.
Q5.Match the behaviour with whether it relates to being a good friend or a bad friend.
good friend
bad friend
good friend
bad friend
Q6. could take the form of physical, emotional or discriminatory unkindness.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words to their definition.
treating others kindly, valuing their feelings, ideas and boundaries
to praise someone for who they are or something they have done
putting in effort to keep a relationship healthy and working
Q2.Which of these are green flags in a friendship?
Q3.Which of these statements are true?
Q4.We need to to learn how our friends think and feel.
Q5.Match the fact with whether it's true or false.
true
false
true
false
Q6.Building and maintaining strong friendships requires care and ...
To help you plan your 5 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: Building strong friendships, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 5 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: Building strong friendships, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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