Our Class: Materials to support PSHE/RSE education on Caring Friendships

‘Our Class’ will help you teach KS2 pupils about friendship.
The materials are mapped directly to the statutory Relationships Education guidance, under the ‘Caring Friendships’ unit.

There are five lesson plans, all centred around the fictitious Bankwell Primary School. Each lesson is based on an illustrated story featuring a character from the school who has a friendship challenge.

The lessons cover increasingly complex friendship dynamics as pupils progress and there are learning activities throughout to help pupils reflect on the story and how the characters can resolve their friendship dilemmas. These include coping strategies for dealing with arguments and falling out, what ‘being popular’ means, and how ‘new kids on the block’ can fit in.

What’s included?
• 5 new lesson plans
• Teacher guidance
• Accompanying resources, illustrations and videos

The resources are co-developed by by psychology researchers at the University of Northampton and the University of Greenwich, and have been quality assured by the PSHE Association.
Download the materials free here: https://mypad.northampton.ac.uk/ourclassfriendships/