Personal & social development // Friendship & Cooperation

Makes someone a good friend

Understand what makes someone a good friend — being kind, honest, reliable, and including others — and recognise behaviours that are not friendly, such as being bossy, leaving people out, or saying mean things

Ages
5 to 7
Type
Concept
Builds on
1 topic
Leads to
2 topics
Standards
1 code

Quick check

Can the learner describe what makes a good friend and recognise when someone — including themselves — isn't being a good friend?

Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.

Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • List at least four qualities of a good friend
  • Identify unfriendly behaviour in a story or real situation
  • Reflect on a time they were a good friend and explain what they did

Topic // Map

Where this fits

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • RequiredMust come first
  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

1 topic
  • Vocabulary: working with othersHelpful

    Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 5 to 8

    Understanding what makes a good friend draws on cooperation and inclusion vocabulary

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Makes someone a good friend

Ages 5 to 7 // Concept

Leads to

2 topics

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE.INT.P1.CU.4

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