Hi, I'm Miss Kumar and I'm so pleased that you've chosen to learn with me today.

Today's lesson is called Families Are Special and it's taken from our unit, Healthy Relationships: Who's in My Family.

I really hope that you are doing this lesson with a trusted adult.

There might be some parts of the lesson that you find a little bit upsetting or worrying.

If that does happen, please pause the video and speak to your trusted adult.

Before we begin any learning, let's remind ourselves of some important ground rules.

Laura says, listen to others.

We must make sure that we take turns when we speak and that we have our best listening ears on when other people are talking.

Andeep reminds us to respect privacy.

If somebody talks about something in class, we mustn't share that information outside of the classroom.

Jacob says, no judgement.

This is a safe space for us to talk, and if somebody says something, we mustn't laugh at them or make them feel silly.

And finally, Izzy says, choose your level of participation.

If you don't want to answer a question because you'd rather listen, that's absolutely fine.

Nobody should be made to do anything.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can explain why families are special.

In the lesson today, you might notice that there are two words that are slightly darker than the rest.

That's because they are very important keywords.

The key words for today's lesson are family and special.

Let's take a quick look at what they mean.

Family.

These are the people that we live with and maybe related to.

And special.

Special is unlike anything else.

Today's lesson is split into two parts.

Let's start with part one.

Who is in my family? This is Izzy.

Izzy lives with her mom, her dad, and her younger sister.

You can see pictures of them all at the bottom of the slide.

They all live together.

That could be in a house or a flat, maybe.

They're all related to each other.

They are a family.

This is Aisha.

Aisha lives with her mom and her grandmother.

Again, there's pictures of Aisha, her mom, and her grandmother at the bottom of the page.

They all live together.

They are related to each other.

They are another family.

This is Lilly-May.

Lilly-May lives with her foster mom, her foster dad, and her younger brother.

You can see pictures of Lilly-May with her foster mom, foster dad, and her younger brother, Zak.

They all live together.

They're not related to each other, but they are still a family.

Let's see what you've learned so far.

Family is.

A, the people we go to school with.

B, the people we live with.

Or C, our teachers and support staff.

You can press pause to have a quick think and then just press play when you are ready to move on.

The answer is B, family is the people we live with.

Families are made up of different combinations of people.

It's very unusual to find another family that is exactly the same or identical to our own family, but that's what makes our own family so special and unique.

Let's take a look at another family.

In Alex's family, there are three adults, that's grownups, and three children.

The three adults include Alex's mom, Alex's dad, and Alex's granddad.

The three children include Alex, himself, and Alex's two sisters.

I wonder who are the adults and the children in your family? You can pause the video to have a quick think and then just press play when you're ready to move on.

Time for another check for understanding.

Here's a picture of Izzy's grandfather.

I wonder if you can decide is Izzy's grandfather an adult or a child? You can pause to think.

Just press play when you're ready to move on.

The answer is adult.

Izzy's grandfather is an adult.

Let's try another one.

This is a picture of Izzy's aunt.

Is Izzy's aunt an adult or a child? Pause to think, press play when you're ready to move on.

The answer is adult.

Izzy's aunt is also an adult.

And finally, here is a picture of Izzy's younger sister.

Is Izzy's younger sister an adult or a child? Pause to think, press play when you're ready to move on.

The answer of course is that Izzy's younger sister is a child.

Very well done if you've got all three of those correct.

That brings us to the first task for today's lesson, task A.

In this task, I would like you to draw and label the family that you live with.

For each label I'd like you to include if the family member is an adult or a child.

Have fun drawing your family.

I'm sure that these pictures are going to look absolutely brilliant.

How did you get on? Here's an example of a family that somebody might have drawn.

This family has got six people in it.

It's got three adults and three children.

The adults include grandpa, granny, and Tom.

The three children include the child who's drawn this picture that's labelled as me, and then either side are sisters, Maisy and Lulu.

I hope that you really enjoy sharing your picture of your family with others.

That brings us to the second part of today's lesson.

Why is my family special? Everybody's family is different, but that is what makes our families special.

Some families might be really big, other families might be really small, but all families are unique and special to us.

I wonder what size is your family? Pause the video to have a think and then just press play when you're ready to move on.

Alex says, "My family is bigger than Aisha's "as I have two sisters.

"One is older than me and one is younger than me." Aisha says, "My family is smaller than Alex's "as I don't have any siblings." Siblings just means brother or sister, but that's okay because everyone's family is a different size.

Families might like to do different things in their spare time.

Some families like to be outside.

Some families prefer to be inside.

They might even be families that like to do both.

Where do you spend your time when you are with your family? You can pause the video to have a think and then just press play when you're ready to move on.

How did you get on? Alex says, "My family spend time in different places.

"We like to watch films together, "but we also like to go on long walks." Aisha says, "My family also spend time in different places.

"We enjoy cooking food at home "and going to our local mosque together." Families are there to make sure that we have everything that we need.

Just some of the things that we might get from our families include clothes, food, warmth, and education.

How does your family care for you? You can pause to have a think and then press play when you're ready to move on.

I hope that you are able to come up with lots of different things that your family does to help you.

Alex says, "My dad knows which foods my sister and I like "and each week he cooks meals that include our favourites." That's one way that Alex's dad cares for Alex and his sisters.

Aisha says, "My grandmother helps me with my homework "and my mom always looks after me if I'm sick." That's another way that family might help each other when they need it.

Time for another check for understanding.

Families make sure that we have everything we need.

Tell your learning partner three examples of things we need.

The first one has been done for you and that is clothes.

You can pause to have a quick think and then press play when you are ready to see the answers.

The answers are food, warmth, and education.

Well done if you got that correct.

Families usually enjoy doing things together.

They may eat together, explore together or play together.

What do you do with your family? Alex says, "My sisters and I really enjoy painting "and drawing, so we often make crafts together.

"My family also eat dinner together every night." Aisha says, "My family do lots of things together.

"We love having days out exploring our local area.

"We also like trying foods from different countries." What activities might a family do together? A, go to school.

B, eat meals.

C, read by themselves.

Or D, go on a bike ride.

You can pause the video to do this task.

Just press play when you're ready to move on.

The answers are B and D.

Families might eat meals together and go on a bike ride together.

Families can help us to learn new things and they're really proud of our achievements.

For example, maybe someone in your family has taught you how to play an instrument or taught you some facts about the world.

What makes your family proud? Alex says, "When I won my tennis match, "it made me really happy when my granddad "said he was proud of me." Aisha says, "My family was so proud of me "when I performed in the school play.

"I was nervous, but they cheered me on." Both Alex and Aisha's family have shown support to them and they've shown when they're proud of their achievements.

Families might enjoy celebrating special days together or celebrating if somebody in the family wins an award or an achievement.

How do you celebrate something special with your family? Maybe you can think back to a recent birthday.

Did your family do anything to make that day extra special? Alex says, "After I won my tennis match, "my granddad let me have extra ice cream "after dinner to celebrate." Lucky Alex.

Aisha says, "My family helped me celebrate my birthday "by baking a cake.

"It was my favourite flavour too." That's a really thoughtful thing for Aisha's family to do for her.

Alex adds, "My older sister bakes me a cake "when it's my birthday too." Look at all these wonderful ways in which families celebrate each other.

Some families might also have special traditions.

Special traditions might be things that we do in a certain way or at a certain time.

For example, Alex says, "Every Wednesday night my family have a movie night.

"We sit on the sofa together and eat popcorn." That is a tradition in Alex's family.

Aisha says, "My grandmother reads "to me every night at bedtime.

"She sometimes does funny voices that make me laugh." That's a tradition in Aisha's family.

Does your family have a special tradition? You can pause the video to have a think and just press play when you're ready to move on.

Some families might look like each other or look alike.

Other families might look different.

Whatever your family looks like, remember your family is unique and special.

What is the same and different about your family? Again, you can pause the video to have a think and just press play when you're ready to move on.

Alex says, "Our families sound really different, Aisha.

"I'd love to spend some time "with you and your mom and grandmother." Aisha says, "Our families are different; you are right Alex, "that's what makes them so special.

"I'd love to spend some time with your family too." Being in a family can be lots of fun.

True or false? All families look the same.

Pause to have a think.

Press play when you're ready to move on.

The answer is false.

I wonder if you can remember why.

Well, families are all different.

They can be big or small, look alike or different and do different things together.

Well done if your answers were along those lines.

That brings us to the second task for today's lesson, task B.

I wonder if you can answer the question, why is your family special? Write a sentence to go with your picture of your family that you drew earlier this lesson.

The sentence should start, my family is special because.

you can pause the video to do this task and then when you're ready to move on, just press play.

I hope that you've been able to write lots and lots of different things that make your family special.

Let's take a look at an example together.

Your picture and sentence might look like this.

My family is special because we all love each other, laugh a lot, and every Thursday we play a board game together.

You've reached the end of today's lesson.

Before we finish though, let's just remind ourselves why families are special.

Every family is different.

Families can have adults and children.

Each person's family is special and families have fun together.

Well done on all your hard work today.

I hope that you've learned lots of reasons why your family is so special and unique.

See you again soon.