Personal & social development // Empathy & Social Awareness
Everyday Kindness and Care
Show kindness and care towards others in simple everyday ways — comforting a friend who is upset, helping someone who has dropped their things, sharing without being asked, and saying kind words
Quick check
If a younger child at school falls over in the playground, does the learner go over to help or comfort them without being told to by an adult?
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Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Spontaneously offer comfort to someone who is visibly upset
- Help another person with a practical task without being asked
- Use kind words to encourage or cheer up someone who is struggling
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
3 topics- Vocabulary: understanding othersRequired
Empathy & Social Awareness // Ages 5 to 8
Showing kindness meaningfully requires vocabulary for empathy, care, and community
- Naming Basic EmotionsHelpful
Emotional Literacy // Ages 5 to 7
Showing kindness benefits from recognising emotions in others
Empathy & Social Awareness // Ages 5 to 7
Showing kindness benefits from knowing others have feelings
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Everyday Kindness and Care
Ages 5 to 7 // Method
Leads to
1 topic- Bystanders and UpstandersHelpful
Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 9
Being an upstander builds on caring for others
Personal & social development // Empathy & Social Awareness
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