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Year 7 · RSHE and PSHE · Mental wellbeing and friendships · Lesson 3

Healthy friendships and peer pressure

Healthy and unhealthy friendships, peer pressure (direct, unspoken and positive), saying no, passive/aggressive/assertive responses, ‘I’ statements and sorting out fallouts.

Whiteboard video lesson: Healthy friendships and peer pressure

17-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Recognise healthy and unhealthy friendships
  • Explain peer pressure
  • Use strategies to say no
  • Respond assertively and resolve conflict

The method

  1. Calm down.
  2. Listen.
  3. ‘I’ statement.
  4. Fair solution.

Key words: friendship, peer pressure, assertive, passive, aggressive, I statement, conflict.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Name two qualities of a good friend.

  1. Step 1: Trust

Answer: trust, honesty, kindness, loyalty, respect

Question 2

Give one sign of an unhealthy friendship.

  1. Step 1: Put-downs

Answer: put-downs / pressure / control / leaving you out

Question 3

What is peer pressure?

  1. Step 1: Fit in

Answer: feeling pushed to do something to fit in with people your age