Lesson video

Hello, I'm Ms. Rivers, and I'm looking forward to working with you today.

I'm glad you've chosen this lesson.

We're gonna have a good time learning together, so let's get started.

Today's lesson is from the unit Caring.

How do stories inspire actions? This lesson is called "Thought Experiment, the Idea of Care." And we'll be learning about how different people care for others.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to explain that caring is looking after others, and that religion or beliefs may inspire people to care.

We're going to focus on learning about different ways to care for others, and we'll find out how some people's beliefs inspire them to show care and kindness to others.

I wonder what you already know about different religions and beliefs.

Do you already know some special places and special books? If you do, that might help in today's lesson, but if not, that's fine too.

Some of the learning will be new for all of us.

We're going to work really hard together, and I'm here to help so that we can learn.

The key words we'll be using in today's lesson are: caring, that means looking after other people.

Kindness, being helpful to others, and suffering, experiences such as pain or hurt.

You might already know these words, but let's practise saying them together.

I'll say the word and you say it back to me.

Caring.

Kindness.

Suffering.

We'll be exploring these words all the way through the lesson, so listen carefully.

See if you can listen out for them.

In the first part of the lesson, we'll be thinking about caring.

What is caring? Look at these pictures, what are these people doing? How are they showing care and kindness? Can you see the girls sharing a book together? And look at that boy being kind by feeding the goats.

Another little boy is helping his mom to do some cooking in the kitchen.

Can you think of any examples when you show care and kindness? Pause the video and have a think for a few minutes.

(silence) Caring is all about looking after something or someone.

It means showing kindness by being helpful to people.

Have a look at this picture.

How can you tell that these people are caring for each other? Can you see that the nurse is looking kind, and she's helping that lady read a book by holding the book for her? Izzy is thinking all about how she cares for people.

She says, "We should be caring to our family and friends.

I think we can care for everyone by being friendly and using kind words to everyone, even if they're not in your family." Do you agree with Izzy? Pause the video and have a think.

(silence) What did you think about? Did you remember sometimes when you used kind words or maybe someone else used kind words to you? When they're suffering or hurt, people need extra care.

Maybe they're in pain because they hurt themselves, or maybe they're feeling sad and hurt inside.

When someone is suffering, they need other people to look after them.

Maybe you've been kind to one of your friends when they were feeling sad.

Perhaps you helped someone who got hurt in the playground.

Has anyone ever looked after you when you were suffering and needed someone to care for you? Alex and Andeep are talking about how they helped when someone else was suffering.

Andeep says, "When my friend fell over in the playground, I took him to the first aider.

She put a plaster on his sore knee." Andy was being kind to his friend, wasn't he? And Alex said, "When my gran was feeling lonely, I stayed in to have a chat with her." Alex was being kind to his gran, wasn't he? She wasn't hurt on the outside, but she was feeling sad on the inside and she needed someone to be kind.

Can you think of another example? Pause the video and have a think.

(silence) Did you have some good ideas? Did you think of sometimes when you were kind to somebody else, or maybe they were kind to you? Maybe you are really good at cheering people up when they feel sad.

Or maybe you have a friend who's really good at cheering you up and making you laugh.

So, what have we learned? It's time to see what we can remember.

This is a true or false, so you need thumbs up if you think this is true, and thumbs down if you think it is false.

We only show caring and kindness with friends and family.

Is that true or false? Have a think.

That's right, it's false.

Caring happens everywhere.

We can show caring and kindness to everyone, not just our friends and family.

Well done, if you got that right.

Okay, now it's your turn to do some thinking and writing all about caring.

Here's Laura and she has a problem.

She says, "We have a new boy in our class.

He looks sad.

I think I should help, but I don't know him so I'm not sure what to do." Oh, dear, what do you think Laura could do to help? Can you think of a way that she could show care and kindness? Write a sentence to tell Laura what she could do.

Give a reason for your idea.

Pause the video while you do your work, and I'll look forward to hearing all about what you have written.

(silence) Well done, you've worked really hard today.

I wonder what you wrote about.

Maybe you said something like this.

Laura could talk to the boy in a kind way, and ask him to join in with a game.

We should be kind and caring to everyone, not just our friends.

Well done for working so hard on your writing.

I'm sure you had some really good ideas.

In the second part of our lesson, we're gonna think about why some people choose to care for others.

I'd like you to meet David.

Can you tell from the picture what job he does? Yes, that's right.

He works in a hospital.

He's a nurse, so he spends his day looking after people who are ill.

It's his job to care for people who are suffering.

David says, "I enjoy caring for people and helping them to feel better.

I might give them their medicine, or help them to get comfortable in their bed or their chair." David is also a Christian.

His religion is an important part of his life.

He goes to church every Sunday, and he tries hard to follow the teachings of Jesus every day at work and at home.

Next to David's church, there is a hostel for homeless people.

This is a place where people who don't have a home can come for help.

They might come to the hostel to have a shower, or find a warm place to sleep.

Can you see the people in the picture having a drink in the cafe? This cafe is in church.

Anyone can come here to share a meal, and have a chat and a drink.

The people from the homeless hostel can come.

The people from the church, the people from the community, everyone is welcome.

As well as doing his job at the hospital, David volunteers to help at the hostel for homeless people in his spare time.

He helps because he wants to follow Jesus's teaching, to love our neighbours.

As a Christian, he wants to care for everyone, especially people who are suffering like homeless people, who have nowhere to live.

David says, "I think homeless people should be treated with kindness.

I don't get paid to help at the hostel.

I volunteer because I think it is important to put my Christian beliefs into practise." Why do you think David helps at the homeless hospital? Can you choose the best reason to explain why he helps? Is it A, David helps because he is a nurse, or B, David helps because he believes Christians should try to be caring.

Or C, David helps because some people do not have a home.

Pause the video.

Have a think while you decide your answer.

(silence) That's right.

It's B, well done if you said that.

David helps at the homeless hostel because he believes Christians should try to be caring.

He wants to show care because of his Christian beliefs.

Now, I'd like you to meet Nadia.

Nadia is not a Christian like David.

Nadia is a Muslim.

And her religion is important to her everyday life too.

She prays five times every day, maybe at home or maybe at the mosque, and she gives some of her money to charity.

At Nadia is mosque, there is a food bank.

Do you know what a food bank is? At a food bank people who don't have enough food to eat can come and they could get some food for themselves and their families.

Look at all those bags in the picture.

Those bags are full of tins and packets of food for people who don't have enough, to get some and take it away so that they have enough food to eat.

The food at the food bank is free or very cheap so that anyone who needs food can come and get some.

(silence) Nadia volunteers to help at the food bank.

She doesn't get paid.

She helps because it's important to her.

She says, "I try to follow the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad in my everyday life." She believes that the Prophet Muhammad taught that Muslims should be caring to everyone.

The Prophet Muhammad is an important teacher for Muslims, so Nadia wants to follow his example, because she is a Muslim.

Nadia thinks that everyone should have enough food to eat.

She helps at the food bank because she wants to show care and kindness to the people who come there.

Just like the Prophet Mohammad said.

He said, we should show care and kindness by giving food to people who need it.

So Nadia follows this teaching by giving food to the people who come to the food bank.

So, now it's your turn again.

True or false? A food bank is a place where people can go and get some money.

Is that true or false? Have a think.

Yes, that's right, it's false.

A food bank is not a bank where you get money.

A food bank is a place where people can go and get free or cheap food.

Well done if you got that right.

Now it's your turn to show all that you have learned in this lesson.

Have you remembered our keywords for today? Our keywords were caring, kindness, and suffering.

Your task is to explain why people help others.

Think about why David helps at the homeless hostel, and why Nadia helps at the food bank.

Write some sentences to explain your ideas.

See if you can use the key words in your writing.

Pause the video while you do your work.

(silence) Well done, you've worked Very hard today.

You've done some great thinking and writing.

I wonder what you wrote.

Did you write something a bit like this? Caring means looking after other people.

David and Nadia show kindness because they believe it's important to care for everyone, not just our families.

Christians and Muslims believe that they should be caring to people who are suffering.

Did you spot the key words in my writing? I wonder if you managed to include some key words in yours? Well done if you did.

So we've learned a lot today.

We've learned that caring means looking after other people.

We've learned that we show caring and kindness to everyone, not just our friends and families and people we know.

We've learned that people who are suffering pain or hurt need extra care.

We've learned that religions and beliefs teach that caring is important.

So David, who's a Christian and Nadia who's a Muslim, believe that caring is important because of their religion.

And some people volunteer to care for others because of their beliefs, just like David and Nadia that we've learned about.

Well done for all your hard work in this lesson.

I've enjoyed working with you.