Activity

In small mixed ability groups children will be tasked with the challenge of reading some friendship scenarios and discussing possible solutions to the problems giving ideas where they might have done something different to show what it is to be a good friend.

Using the watering can templates the children can write all the qualities they feel would make a great friend.

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.

Print off a hand template for each pupil. The children should work in small groups passing the hands around the table. By the end each pupil will have a hand template full of positive things about them. This is a great reminder that they are amazing in lots of different ways.

Print off the Word Mat to give the children suggestions. By the end each pupil will have a hand template full of positive things about them. This is a great reminder that they are amazing in lots of different ways.

The lego cards challenge the children to build a range of objects while trying to beat the clock. They need to work together as a team.