Friendship and bullying

KS1-4
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These KS1-2 and KS3-4 lesson packs will help your pupils to make and maintain respectful friendships, manage any friendship challenges that arise, and identify and safely respond to bullying incidents. 

At key stage 1 (three lessons), pupils learn about making friends, kindness, how to manage falling out, and what to do if they witness unkind behaviour.

At key stage 2 (six lessons), pupils learn about: the value of friendships, overcoming challenges and how to respond to bullying behaviour, in Year 3/4. And about: including others, communicating respectfully, the impact of bullying and how to seek support, in Year 5/6.

At key stage 3 (four lessons), pupils learn how to maintain positive friendships, develop empathy, and prevent or challenge bullying. They also explore friendship challenges and ways to resolve them; and learn about similarities and differences between people.

At key stage 4 (two lessons), pupils learn: how to recognise and challenge bullying in a range of contexts; about challenging unhealthy attitudes towards bullying; and, where to seek support.

 Each lesson pack includes:

  • Lesson plans (available as both PDFs and PowerPoints)
  • Engaging pupil-facing materials
  • Teacher guidance on how to teach these topics safely and effectively