Hello, my name is Miss Willow, and I'm going to be guiding you through today's learning.

Today's lesson is called The Rules for Friendship Online, and it fits into our unit called Our Online Lives.

How can I be kind and happy online? During this lesson, we're going to be talking about some tricky topics.

For this reason, we recommend that you have an adult with you for the duration of this lesson.

If at any point you do feel upset or uncomfortable, it's really important that you close the screen and that you go and speak to a trusted adult.

Okay, let's make a start on today's learning.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to explain how to be a good friend online.

Before we get started with today's lesson, we need to go over some ground rules.

These help to make sure that everyone stays safe and comfortable throughout today's lesson.

Laura says that we need to listen to others.

That means we're not going to interrupt other people if they're speaking.

Jacob says, we need to not have any judgement.

That means we're not going to judge other people for what they feel, what they think, or what they've experienced.

Andeep says, we need to respect each other's privacy.

That means we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

And Izzy says that we can choose our level of participation.

That means it's up to us how much we want to join in.

We are now going to go through the keywords for today's lesson.

These are going to pop up multiple times throughout the lesson, so it's really important that we have a good understanding of what each word means.

First of all, we have the word online.

This means using the internet.

Risk, this is something that could be dangerous.

Pretend, this is to say that something is true when it isn't.

And behave, this is the things that someone does and says.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for these keywords and see if you can remember what they mean.

Today's lesson is split into three learning cycles.

The first learning cycle is called Who should we chat with online? The second learning cycle is called How can online friendships go wrong? And our final learning cycle is called What are good tips for good online friendships? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle.

Who should we chat with online? Many people go online to chat with other people.

We can use lots of different digital devices to chat with other people.

We can use smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

Chatting with people online can be lots of fun.

It's important to only chat to people online that we also know offline.

Izzy says, see you tomorrow to Jun, and Jun says, definitely.

Maybe we can chat online later too? We should only be friends with people that we know offline, and this helps to keep us safe.

Izzy and Jun are friends as they go to Oak National Academy together.

It would be safe for them to message each other online with their trusted adult's permission because they know each other offline.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing so far.

If Andeep and Alex do not know each other offline, should they be online friends? What do you think? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that no, they should not be online friends.

If they don't know each other offline, they shouldn't be online friends because this wouldn't be safe.

We should only be friends with people that we know offline.

With a trusted adult's permission, we could chat online with family members or friends that we don't see very often.

Chatting online can strengthen our relationships with people that we already know offline.

Alex and his sister keep in touch by video calling.

This is a safe way to chat to someone online because they know each other offline and it helps to strengthen their relationship too.

Before we chat to someone online, we should always check with a trusted adult to make sure that it's safe.

They can check that the person that we want to chat with is being honest about who they are and that they're a safe person to chat with online.

We should always tell a trusted adult if someone tries to chat to us online.

If they're an online stranger, our trusted adult can block and report the account to keep us safe, but if they're an offline friend, our trusted adult can check that they're being honest about who they are and that it's safe to talk to them.

Let us do another check for understanding to see how you're doing.

What should we do if someone messages us online? Should we A, reply back to ask who they are, B, tell a trusted adult, or C, ask if they want to be friends.

What do you think? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that B is correct.

If someone messages us online, even if we think that we know who they are, we should always tell a trusted adult.

Well done if you got this right.

Let's put your learning from this learning cycle into practise.

You're doing a fantastic job so far, so keep it up.

I'd like you to circle the examples of people that it's usually safe to talk to online.

A trusted adult, a family member, someone that we only know from an online game, a friend from school, or someone who says that they're a friend.

For the first part of this task, I'd like you to circle the people that it would usually be safe to talk to online.

Pause the video and we'll go through the answers in a couple of minutes.

Okay, let's see what you should have circled.

You should have circled a trusted adult, a family member, and a friend from school.

These people would usually be safe to talk to if we have a trusted adult's permission and they've checked to make sure that they are who they say they are.

For the second part of this task, I'd like you to explain that for the examples of people that it wouldn't be safe to talk to, I'd like you to explain why we shouldn't chat to them online.

Pause the video and we'll go through the answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's have a look and see what you might have said.

Someone that we only know from an online game isn't safe to talk to online because we don't know them offline.

With someone who says that they are a friend, we need to remember that they might not be being honest about who they are, so we should always check with a trusted adult before we chat to them online.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

We're now moving on to our second learning cycle.

How can online friendships go wrong? One risk of online friendships is that people may say things online that are hurtful or that come across as being unkind.

When we talk to people offline, our facial expressions and the way that we speak can help people to understand what we mean.

When we talk online, people only have our words and this can make it quite hard for people to always know exactly what we mean.

This risks people thinking that we're being unkind even if that wasn't what we meant.

Because of this, it's especially important to think carefully before we post or share something online, especially if we're feeling upset or angry.

If this happens, we risk posting something that hurts someone's feelings or that we regret later on.

To regret something means that we feel badly about it and wish that it hadn't happened.

Being online also makes it easy for people to pretend to be someone that they're not.

People online can hide who they are or pretend to be a different person.

This anonymous person says, "Being online allows me to use a fake name, age, and location." Without anyone else realising that they're not telling the truth.

Because people can pretend to be someone that they're not online, it's important to only be friends with people online that we also know offline.

This also means checking with a trusted adult before we speak to someone online, even if we think that we know who they are.

By doing this, we're keeping ourselves safe.

We're now going to do another check for understanding.

Is this statement true or false? Everyone online has to be honest about who they are.

Is this true or false? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said false, but why? It's easy for people online to pretend to be someone that they're not.

People online can hide who they are or pretend to be someone else.

Well done if you got this right.

People can also behave differently online to how they would offline.

When people go online, they can feel as though what they say or do won't have any consequences.

A consequence is what happens as a result of how someone behaves.

If someone's unkind to a friend offline, it would hurt the other person's feelings and they might get into trouble.

They might say something like, I don't like your hair in real life, and someone could then say, that's made me upset.

Some people incorrectly think that they won't get into trouble if they're unkind online or that it won't hurt someone's feelings.

If someone's unkind online, we should always tell a trusted adult so that they can help us just as we would do if they were unkind offline.

We can also block and report them with a trusted adult's help and this stops the unkind person from contacting us again.

Sometimes a website or app will remove someone's account if they're being unkind to others online.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Is this statement true or false? There can be consequences for how we behave online, especially if we're unkind to others.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is true.

You're doing a brilliant job so far, so well done.

We're now going to put your learning from this learning cycle into practise.

For this task, I'd like you to fill in the blanks to show your understanding of online friendships.

Have a read through the paragraph and see if you can fit the words at the bottom of the screen in the word bank in the correct gaps.

In a few minutes, we'll go through the correct answers.

Pause the video, and I look forward to seeing the answers that come up with.

Okay, let's have a look and see what you should have said.

Your completed paragraph should say, there can be risks from being friends with people online.

We should be careful when sharing online, especially if we're upset or angry.

People can pretend to be someone that they're not online or hide who they really are.

We should only be friends with people online who we also know offline.

While done, if you also spotted that the words online and happy don't fit into our paragraph.

We're now moving on to our final learning cycle.

What are top tips for good online friendships? It's possible to have positive and meaningful online friendships when we know each other offline.

This means that friendships can make us happy and the people that we're friends with online are safe for us to be friends with.

Many people have friendships both online and offline.

For example, they might have friends that they see at clubs and they play games with them online too.

Good online friendships are with people that we know offline.

They've been checked by our trusted adults to make sure that they are who they say they are.

They make us feel happy and safe.

Friends may upset us occasionally, but they shouldn't be on purpose or happen lots of times.

This suggests that it might not be a very good friendship.

Good friends should also always apologise for upsetting us and they should try their best not to do it again.

Online friendship is similar to offline friendship, but there are some extra steps to keeping friendship healthy online.

Jacob says that we should choose our words carefully when messaging and Luca says, if we feel upset or angry, we should speak to people offline about how we feel.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Is this statement true or false? Online friendships are not meaningful friendships.

What do you think? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is false, but why? You might have said that online friendships can make us happy if we choose safe people to have online friendships with, for example, people that we know offline, like family members and friends from school or clubs.

We can be a good friend to others online by being kind and encouraging others to stay safe online.

We can encourage our friend to tell a trusted adult if something or someone has upset them online or if they have received a message from an online stranger.

We can also tell our trusted adults if we're worried about a friend, especially if we're worried about them staying safe online.

Our trusted adult could be an adult that we feel safe with at home like a parent or carer, or it could be a trusted adult at school like a teacher or another member of staff.

We can also remember that not everyone enjoys being online and they don't always enjoy doing the same things as us online.

We should never pressure anyone to be online or do something that they don't want to do.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Who is correct? Andeep says that being friends with an online stranger is not a risk as long as they're kind and you've told your trusted adults, but Alex says, online friends should be people that we know, people who are kind and who our trusted adults have checked to make sure that are safe.

Who do you think is correct? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that Alex is correct.

We should only be online friends with people that we also know offline.

Well done if you got this right.

We are now moving on to our final practise task.

You've done a fantastic job today, so keep it up.

For this task, I'd like you to describe three ways in which we can be a good friend online.

Pause the video and we'll go through some potential answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

You might have said to be a good friend online, we can be kind and choose our words carefully when we are online.

We can encourage a friend to tell a trusted adult if they're worried about something online.

We can tell a trusted adult if we're worried about a friend online, and we can remember that not everyone enjoys being online, so we shouldn't pressure anyone into doing anything online.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

We're now going to summarise the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we've learned that we should only be friends online with people that we also know offline.

We should be careful about what we post online, especially if we feel upset or angry.

People online can pretend to be someone they're not and hide who they really are, so being friends with someone that we don't know online is a risk.

People can behave differently online to how they would offline, for example, they could be unkind.

And there are some extra steps to take when keeping an online friendship healthy.

For example, telling a trusted adult if we're worried about a friend online and never pressure anyone into doing anything online.

In today's lesson, we've talked about some tricky topics.

If you have any questions or concerns about anything from today's lesson or about anything to do with going online, it's really important that you speak to a trusted adult so that they can help you.

There are also some organisations on the screen who are there to support you.

Well done for your fantastic hard work today.

I'm really proud of you and I hope to see you again soon.