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Lesson Plan
Date: Year group: 5/6 Teacher: Learning Outcome: To have a shared list of
qualities we look for in a friend
Subject: Context of Lesson:
Personal, social, health and citizenship education Friendship/Bullying 1 of 4
Objectives: To explore what qualities make a good friend; to reflect on significant friendships in their
life (4c)
Main Teaching Activity
Talk to the person next to you to find out what they think friendship means, swap over. Then share
your partners ideas.
Next in friendship pairs, children can take turns in drawing each other and writing a short list of why
they are a good friend. These will be used for a display.
Group Work
Discuss the qualities a friend has and make a list of the qualities your group most agrees on with
illustrations if time
Plenary
Which qualities came up most frequently other similarities/differences between lists

Resources: drawing paper/crayons etc, flip chart pens and large paper for group task
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Lesson Plan
Date: Year group: 5/6 Teacher: Learning Outcome: A greater understanding
mending/breaking relationships and exploring
forgiveness.
Subject: Context of Lesson:
Personal, social, health and citizenship education Friendship/Bullying 2 of 4
Objectives: reflect upon their relationships with friends, at home and at school (4a, 4c)
Main Teaching Activity
Remind children of Friendship Qualities list, and also think about how we initially choose a friend. Have
group lists from last week for children to refer to. Ask them to choose the three most important to them.
Ask them to sit next to the person they would most like to share a bus seat with. Then ask them to compare
their three chosen qualities. Anything interesting about choice made? Are they the same ones/completely
different?
Do they have similar interests, do they make you laugh. Do you get on well????
Do you consider yourself to be a friend???
Individual Work
Friendship quiz: Go through each question and allow enough time for children (individually) to record their
answer
Plenary
Discuss answers. How do we know how to make friends/keep friends/break friends
Resources: Lists from last week, copy of friendship quiz, paper/books for recording answers
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Lesson Plan
Date: Year group: 5/6 Teacher: Learning Outcome: To have more shared
understanding of what constitutes bullying
Subject: Personal, social, health and citizenship education Context of Lesson: Friendship/Bullying 3 of 4
Objectives: reflect upon anti-social behaviours on individuals and communities. (2c)
Realise the nature and consequences of bullying. (4d)
Main Teaching Activity
Think about these questions: What makes a person become a bully? How does someone become a victim? Give one or two
minutes reflective time for this maybe with music playing.
Begin by charting types of bullying, as a class.
Ask children to add to this list individually and illustrate by drawing where its happening!
Add their ideas to the original class list for all to see.
Paired Work
Independently or in pairs try to categorise the degree of each type of bullying on the shared list by organising them into
1 star to 4 star rating (where 4 star is their worst type of bullying)
Show Carole diagram and ask them to think about the boxes they turn up in most! If confident ask pupils to come and
point to where they best fit. This will depend on the maturity of the group and how used to this style of work they are.
Plenary
In a large community, like a school, is it important for there to be a shared understanding of what bullying actually is?
Agree or disagree and give reasons.
Resources: Method of charting class ideas (interactive/white board, flip chart), Carole diagram
 Have been bullied Have never been
bullied

Have bullied
others

Have never
bullied others
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Lesson Plan
Date: Year group: 5/6 Teacher: Learning Outcome: Children will explore
ways of coping with and tackling bullying in
school and practise strategies of coping
through role-play.
Subject: Context of Lesson:
Personal, social, health and citizenship education Friendship/Bullying 4 of 4
Objectives: How to respond to bullying. How to ask for help. (1b, 1c, 2e, 2f, 4g)
Main Teaching Activity
Put up an OHT of What makes a Bully. Allow about 1 or 2 minutes for reflection. Write up Bullies often
choose places where adults wont see them. Give out a plan of our school and ask children in small groups to
identify where bullying could/does take place. Share suggestions. Are there similarities/differences?
So, if we can recognise why a bully is bullying and where a bully is bullying (move into group task)
Group Work
It is their task now to develop a five-step help or strategy plan, for victims of bullying to use.
In their group come out and role-play a bullying situation, implementing each of the 5 steps as the victim
experiences the bullying. Identify which strategies worked well?
Plenary
Show the schools Bullying Policy and point out what the term Bully refers to and what school will aim to do
with regard to bullying incidents.
Ask if the lesson has been helpful and what they will take away with them.
Resources: OHT What makes a bully, copies of school plan, anti-bullying policy
Boys and
girls can be
bullies they have been
bullied
thems
elves

They dont Bullies feel

know any they have to
good ways be forceful to
of making get what they
friends want

bullies are
frightened and try and hide it by being tough.
What makes a Bully?