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Subject: Social and Emotional Aspects
of Learning
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Theme: Getting
on and Falling out |
Curriculum links: Literacy, Music,
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3 |
Key qualities of being a friend
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P1(i)
encounter activities
P1(ii)
appear ready to focus on a person
P2(i)
show interest in events
P2(ii)cooperate
with shared exploration
P3(i)
participate in shared activities
P3(ii)
greet known people
P4
take part in activities with support
P5
respond appropriately to simple questions
P6
show an awareness of their own actions
P7
communicate ideas in simple phrases
P8show
basic understanding of what is right and wrong |
Start with a ‘warm-up’ game. – passing objects to friends.
Sing the song ‘The more we get together’ and explain the song
Talk about how they know that someone is their friend.
Read and sign and discuss the poem With a Friend.
Sort out and discuss the symbolled sentences about friends
Look at photos of children who are friends – what is the common
things about them all
Take photos of the children with their friends, showing how they
are friends.
Finish by playing the tune to You’ve got a friend by James
Taylor
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P1(i)
have their photo taken with a friend who is helping them in some
way
P1(ii)
briefly look at another child who is helping them do something
P2(i)
watch other children when they are helping them in an activity
P2(ii)
explore objects with another class member as a friend
P3(i)
give a friend the bean bag / ball with full support
P3(ii)
communicate with a friend to say hello in their way
P4
send the ball / bean bag to a friend with a little adult support
P5
sign ‘friend’ (with a little support)
when with a friend
P6
sign / say friends name when asked which friend he has sent the
bean bag to
P7
say that friends play and help, and read the symbolled
sentences
P8
explain some things that friends should do and some that they
should not do. |
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Resources:
Ball / bean bag, ‘The more we get together’
song
and
words,
the poem
With a
Friend, symbolled sentences, photos of children who are friends,
digital camera, Friendship tokens,
music for You’ve got a friend, and
the
words,
(click on words underlined to go to that resource or lesson
plan) |
Points to note:
Always make sure that all the children are included in having or
working with a friend – the adults where possible should support
rather than be ‘the’ friend. |