The importance of friendships
I can explain why friendships are important and how friendships can change.
The importance of friendships
I can explain why friendships are important and how friendships can change.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Friends can provide valuable support and bring joy to our lives.
- Friendships naturally evolve over time, reflecting personal growth and changing circumstances.
Keywords
Friendship - a relationship between two or more people who care about and support each other
Evolve - to change or develop
Common misconception
A friend is someone who is always there for you and should be available to you at all times.
It is important to remember people's personal boundaries and see friends as individuals with personal lives that are not always wholly interlinked with other's.
To help you plan your year 7 rshe (pshe) lesson on: The importance of friendships, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 7 rshe (pshe) lesson on: The importance of friendships, 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.
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Equipment
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended