The rules for friendship online
I can explain how to be a good friend online.
The rules for friendship online
I can explain how to be a good friend online.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Online we should only be friends with people we know offline.
- We should think carefully before posting or sharing something online, especially if we are upset or angry.
- It is easy to pretend to be someone we're not online.
- People sometimes act differently because they are online.
- Online friendships are similar to those offline, but there are some extra steps to keeping friendships healthy online.
Keywords
Online - using the internet
Risk - something that could be dangerous
Pretend - to say that something is true when it isn’t
Behave - the things that someone does and says
Common misconception
Online friendships are not meaningful.
Increasingly, children's friendships exist both offline and online. It can be safe to have online friendships with people we know offline.
To help you plan your year 3 rshe (pshe) lesson on: The rules for friendship online, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 3 rshe (pshe) lesson on: The rules for friendship online, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 2 rshe (pshe) lessons from the Our online lives: How can I be kind and happy online? unit, dive into the full secondary rshe (pshe) curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
- Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Starter quiz
6 Questions
feeling anxious, worried or unable to relax
a record of what has happened
a picture of the screen of a digital device
Exit quiz
6 Questions
using the internet
something that could be dangerous
the things that someone does and says