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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Recognise how their words, tone and behaviour show respect in different places and situations.
- Use positive self-talk to stay calm, build confidence and manage frustration.
- Explain what trust looks like in friendships and how to strengthen or repair it when problems arise.
- Set and respect personal boundaries and respond assertively when something feels unfair or unsafe.
- Practise resolving disagreements fairly, including through compromise.
- Understand what a bystander is and describe safe, appropriate ways to act if they witness or experience bullying.
- Learn what stereotypes are and how they can be unfair.
Prior learning
Teacher video: Connecting with others overview
Lessons
Lesson 1: How can I show self-respect?
Lesson 2: How can I show respect to others?
Lesson 3: How can I build trusting friendships?
Lesson 4: How can we solve friendship challenges?
Lesson 5: How should I respond to bullying?
Lesson 6: What is a stereotype?
Key skills
Key skills
- Beginning to recognise unhealthy or unhappy friendships.
- Taking ownership of their actions and explaining how they have acted impulsively or unkindly.
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Key knowledge
- Within families, just like in all relationships, violence is not an acceptable way to deal with problems.
- They do not have to be friends with everyone and others do not have to be friends with them, but everyone has the right to be treated with respect and kindness.
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Key vocabulary
assertive (Y3/4)
bullying (Y1/2)
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Wonder box ×1
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Each pair: 6 -
×15 -
×5
The equipment below is optional
- Sticky notes
- Mirrors ×30
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – PSHE: How can we respect each other?
Aimed at pupils, a page providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'How can we respect each other?'
Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y4: How can we respect each other?
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'How can we respect each other?'
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language.
British values: Individual liberty; Mutual respect.
