Friendship and Social Skills Upper KS2 – Item 103

A six week friendship and social skills Upper KS2 intervention suitable for any member of support staff to deliver. The lessons have been written in detail for ease of delivery. This is a general intervention which addresses emotions, social skills, relaxation and self-esteem.

Learning objectives:

• Lesson 1
• I can co-operate and be part of a group
• Lesson 2
• I can tell you how I can make a difference with my friends
• Lesson 3
• I understand that I can hurt people’s feelings
• Lesson 4
• I know that I am unique and different and I am proud of who I am
• Lesson 5
• I can understand how worries can build up
• Lesson 6
• I can take part in a group discussion on bullying

Included in friendship and social skills upper KS2 pack:

• Planning booklet (6 lessons)
• Warm-up games for circle-time booklet (57 circle-time games)
• Relaxation and calming down strategies booklet (20 relaxation exercises)
• Emotion wheels (7 emotions plus ‘something else’ for the child to think of some other emotion not included in the wheel)
• Assessment wheels
• Circle-time rules
• Certificates
• Teacher assessment
• Emotions vocabulary (emotion words in alphabetical order)
• Speech bubbles
• Starfish story
• Starfish worksheets
• Make a difference cards (27 scenarios about making a difference)
• Max and his hurt feelings story
• What is bullying (reduce the word)