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Lesson 2: Friendship skills

Exploring friendships and possible solutions to problems; learning that friendships can be stronger after an issue as happened.
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1. Recap and recall

Ask the children to write down everything they learnt in the last lesson on maintaining positive friendships.

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In this unit

Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: Families and relationshipsLesson 1: Build a friend
Lesson 2: Friendship skills
Lesson 3: MarriageLesson 4: Respecting myselfLesson 5: Family lifeLesson 6: BullyingLesson 7: Stereotyping: GenderLesson 8: Stereotypes: Race and religion
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