Personal & social development // Friendship & Cooperation
Asking for Help
Ask for help when they need it — from a friend, teacher, or family member — and understand that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness
Quick check
If the learner is stuck on something at school or feeling worried about something, will they ask a teacher or friend for help rather than struggling in silence?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Approach an appropriate person and ask for help clearly
- Identify who to go to for different kinds of help (academic, emotional, practical)
- Explain why asking for help is sensible rather than something to be embarrassed about
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
3 topics- Asking QuestionsHelpful
English // Speaking & Listening // Ages 4 to 11
Asking for help benefits from curriculum questioning skills
- Listening to OthersHelpful
Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 5 to 7
Asking for help benefits from knowing how to communicate with others
Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 5 to 8
Asking for help and working with others uses the vocabulary of team and cooperation
You are here
Asking for Help
Ages 5 to 7 // Method
Leads to
0 topicsNothing in the catalogue builds on this topic yet. Browse Friendship & Cooperation
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
- PSPE.INT.P1.LO.7
Personal & social development // Friendship & Cooperation
More in Friendship & Cooperation
- Makes someone a good friendAges 5 to 7ConceptUnderstand what makes someone a good friend — being kind, honest, reliable, and including others — and recognise behaviours that are not friendly, such as being…
- Taking Turns and SharingAges 5 to 7MethodTake turns, share materials, and play cooperatively with others — understanding that group activities work better when everyone gets a fair go and that waiting…
- Resolving Disagreements with FriendsAges 7 to 9MethodResolve simple disagreements with peers by talking it through — explaining how they feel, listening to the other person's side, and finding a compromise or…
- Friendships change over timeAges 7 to 9ConceptUnderstand that friendships change over time — that it's normal for friends to drift apart or for new friendships to form — and develop strategies for making…
- Working Well in a GroupAges 7 to 9MethodWork effectively as part of a small group — contributing their own ideas, listening to others' ideas, taking on a fair share of the work, and supporting the…
- Roles in a GroupAges 7 to 9ConceptUnderstand different roles people play in groups — leader, supporter, mediator, idea-generator — and recognise that effective groups need a mix of roles, not…
- Communication VocabularyAges 7 to 11LanguageKnow and use the vocabulary of healthy communication and conflict — assertive, passive, aggressive, compromise, conflict, resolution, mediate, bystander…
- Self-Reflection in RelationshipsAges 9 to 11Thinking skillReflect on their own role and behaviour in relationships — recognising patterns in how they interact with others, understanding what they contribute to…