Makes someone a good friend
Understand what makes someone a good friend — being kind, honest, reliable, and including others — and recognise behaviours that are not friendly, such as being bossy, leaving people out, or saying mean things
Lesson
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“Makes someone a good friend means naming friendly traits and spotting unfriendly behaviours. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Friend / Not friendly sorting cards
- Four trait cards: kind, honest, reliable, including
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Worked example. Sharing a turn is friendly. Leaving someone out on purpose is not friendly.
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What to notice. Keep one parent note: sorts; include example; support used. This session samples friendship traits, not mastery of every relationship.
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Makes someone a good friend means naming friendly traits and spotting unfriendly behaviours. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes sorting friendly vs not-friendly actions, then checking a fresh example.
Name four friendship qualities and use fictional actions to distinguish friendly behaviour from exclusion.
Name four friendship qualities and use fictional actions to distinguish friendly behaviour from exclusion.
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Spot friendly traits and unfriendly behaviours.
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Peer Pressure
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Peer Pressure supports Makes someone a good friend. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- List at least four qualities of a good friend
- Identify unfriendly behaviour in a story or real situation
- Reflect on a time they were a good friend and explain what they did
“Can your child describe what makes a good friend and recognise when someone — including themselves — isn't being a good friend?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Friendship & Cooperation
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
Standards