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Use this lesson to encourage the children to think about friendship. Use the activities to think about what qualities make a good friend and how being a good friend makes others feel.

Use the mind map to think about what it means to be a good friend. Encourage the children to work in pairs or small groups to fill the whole sheet with ideas and pictures.

Use the template for the children to think about one of their friends. Encourage them to think of 3 reasons why that person is a good friend to them and how they make them feel.

Use this template to think about the top 5 qualities that make a good friend. Encourage the children to think about what is important to them. This may be different for each child - there is no right or wrong answer.

This presentation outlines what makes a good friend. Highlighting the skills and qualities you need to be a kind and loving friend. Use this presentation to deliver the friendship hands challenge as well as the friendship brainstorming.

You will need to decide as a team how you will sort the cards, giving reasons for your decisions and labelling the categories.

Bobby and his mum Betty find their school has been damaged by the farmers’ machinery cutting back the hedgerow. Betty is a teacher at the school and she asked Bobby to help her find a place for the new bee school. Bobby is keen to help and he thinks about the most important features for a new school. He ventures away from the hive out into the countryside to find the perfect spot – he wants to make his mum, Betty, proud. When he returns, he shares stories of his adventures with the whole hive. Bobby inspires the other bees to be determined, problem solvers and feels that the whole adventure was very rewarding.  

Bobby and his mum Betty find their school has been damaged by the farmers’ machinery cutting back the hedgerow. Betty is a teacher at the school, and she asks Bobby to help her find a place for a new bee school. Bobby is keen to help, and he thinks about the most important features needed for a new school. He ventures away from the hive out into the countryside to find the perfect spot – he wants to make his mum proud. Did he find the perfect spot? When he returns, he shares stories of his adventures with the whole hive.