The ‘Our Class’ resource contains a package of materials for teaching Key Stage 2 primary school children about friendships, as part of a broader Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) curriculum. Within it there are lesson plans, guidance materials and learning resources for educators. The topics covered map directly onto the statutory requirements of the Relationships Education curriculum in England, under the ‘Caring Friendships’ unit.

The materials have been designed by psychology researchers specialising in children’s peer relationships and social development and are informed by research on the quality of children’s friendships in primary school. They have been reviewed and edited based on feedback from classroom teachers, teacher educators, and specialists in PSHE. They are designed to be user-friendly for educational practitioners – providing an ‘off the shelf’ resource that can be delivered as a scheme of work, whilst also allowing flexibility for stand-alone sessions based on need, and adaptation/personalisation of plans through personal choice.

There are detailed materials and lesson plans for 5 lessons (each class intended to be approximately 60 minutes in length), plus ideas for optional extension activities, with the sessions designed in a logical sequence that cover increasingly complex friendship dynamics.

You can download the materials for free. The download contains a pdf and word document of the full resource pack. There are also narrated videos for each of the stories featured in the lessons.