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Learning objective
- To evaluate healthy and unhealthy friendships.
Success criteria
- I can explain why healthy friendships are important.
- I
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Statutory guidance
RSE and Health
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Cross-curricular links
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Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Optional: remind the children of the PSHE agreement created in the Introductory lesson: Creating an agreement for PSHE and recap the rules they agreed on. If required, upload an image of the agreement to the Presentation: PSHE agreement.
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Adaptive teaching
People needing extra support:
- Could use the Knowledge organiser or key vocabulary to support their understanding.
- Could write healthy or unhealthy on a whiteboard to respond to the Presentation: Healthy or unhealthy rather than moving around the room.
Pupils working at greater depth:
- Should justify where they choose to stand when responding to the Presentation: Healthy and unhealthy friendships.
- Should suggest ways scenarios that they think are unhealthy could be resolved or improved.
- Should generate their own examples to illustrate different types of unhealthy friendships and explain why these behaviours make a friendship unbalanced or unsafe.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding can:
- Explain why healthy friendships matter for wellbeing.
- Identify features
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Vocabulary definitions
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controlling
Making someone do things your way.
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disrespectful
Not being thoughtful in the way we think, speak or act.
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In this unit
Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: Why are healthy relationships important?
Lesson 1: What makes me who I am?
Lesson 2 : How do families show commitment to each other?
Lesson 3: How can families support and protect each other?
Lesson 4: What helps us make and maintain healthy friendships?
Lesson 5: How can we manage challenges in friendships?
Lesson 6: How can I be assertive and respectful?
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 27th February, 2026
