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Lesson 5: Friendship problems

Pupils develop their understanding that friendships can have problems but that these can be overcome.
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Two children sat on opposite ends of a bench in a park. They look very angry and one child won't look at the other

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Based on what the children learnt about working with others in the previous lesson, ask them to think of a question to quiz their classmates and write down the answer to their question too.

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In this unit

Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y1: Families and relationshipsLesson 1: What is family?Lesson 2: What are friendships?Lesson 3: Recognising other people’s emotionsLesson 4: Working with others
Lesson 5: Friendship problems
Lesson 6: Healthy friendshipsLesson 7: Gender stereotypes
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 17 April 2026

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Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y1: Families and relationships
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