Friendship
Your best friend is starting to spend more time with another pupil in your class. What could you do?
See if there are ways you can all be friends.
Let your friend know you miss spending time with them.
Realise that friendships change and it's ok to spend time with different people.
You are working in a group for a Geography project in your classroom and one of the people in your group isn't doing any work. What could you do?
Give them a task to do.
Remind them that they need to participate.
Get help from the teacher if they are still not doing their part.
Someone on the bus to school is calling you names every day. It hurts your feelings. What could you do?
Ignore what you can.
Ask them to stop.
Sit with friends who are being nice.
Tell the bus driver/teacher.
There are a group of pupils on the playground from your class playing a football match and they tell you that you can't play because you're not good enough. What could you do?
Find something else to play.
Tell them that you don't think this is fair.
Ask for a job in the match even if it doesn't involve playing.
Your friend always wants to be the one who chooses teams for football matches at lunchtime. This is starting to frustrate you. What could you do?
Ask if you can all take turns choosing teams.
Toss a coin or use rock/paper/scissors.
Compromise to find a solution.
Talk about it and let them know you're getting frustrated.
You are playing hurling with some friends and your team win. One of the players on the other team is really angry that your team won and is being a sore loser. What could you do?
Watch what you're saying to be sure you're not bragging.
Make a joke about it.
Remind them it's just a game.
Ignore them until they calm down.
A pupil in your class takes some sweets from the teacher's prize box in the classroom when the teacher is not there and you know it's not allowed. He threatens to hurt you if you tell on him. What could you do?
Tell the teacher anyway.
Write a note to the teacher if you're worried about the pupil seeing you tell the teacher.
You just got a new haircut that's different than what's trendy at the moment and you're worried that someone might make fun of it. You go into the classroom and a pupil laughs and points at you. What could you do?
Use humour.
Ignore them.
Ask them to stop laughing.
Your best friend looks mad at you and is ignoring you but she hasn't told you why she's angry and you don't have a clue what is bothering her. What could you do?
Talk to her about it and ask what's wrong.
Let her know that you want to know what's wrong to try to fix it and that you're ready to talk about it when she's ready.
You are working on a History project with a partner and you both want to do the same part. What could you do?
Toss a coin or rock/paper/scissors.
Compromise to find a solution you're both happy with.
You see one of your friends being made fun of at lunch time. What could you do?
Go over to your friend and make sure they're ok.
Make sure you don't join in with the other children.
Tell the teacher.You asked your friend about her dad and she got very upset because she doesn't see her dad anymore. You didn't mean to hurt her and you didn't realise that this might be a sensitive topic for her. What could you do?
Apologise to her.
Talk it out and let her know you didn't mean to hurt her feelings.
Your friend lets you borrow one of his Xbox games and now you can't find it. What could you do?
Apologise for losing it.
Talk it out.
Share one of your games with him.
Let your parents know and help look for it or replace it.
You're taking part in a debate with your class for English. When it's your time to speak, another pupil keeps interrupting you and you are getting mad. What could you do?
Talk it out.
Let them know how you're feeling.
A friend of yours is constantly making fun of you in front of other people but is nice to you when you are both alone. You are confused why she's doing this. What could you do?
Talk it about it with her.
Let her know it's not ok for her to be so mean in front of others.
Think about what a real friend would do.
A new pupil just joined your class from another country and you thought he was from China because of the way he spoke but he's actually from Japan. The pupil was very offended. What could you do?
Apologise to him.
Talk it out and let him know you were not trying to offend him.
Try be more aware next time and don't make the same quick judgements.
You heard pupils in your class whispering and you think you heard your name mentioned. What could you do?
Ignore it if you can.
Ask them about it calmly.
You're playing a game in PE and are partnered with someone you don't like, but the teacher said you have to work together. What could you do?
Stop and think about how that person would feel if you complained about having to work with them.
Recognise that sometimes we have to work with people we may not get on with.
Someone started a rumour about you that wasn't true and very hurtful. You know who started it. What could you do?
Talk to the person.
Let the person know how it made you feel and that this is not ok.
Ask them how they can fix it - they need to take responsibility and set the record straight.
A Muslim pupil who wears a hijab joined your class. A pupil in your class complained to the teacher that the new pupil was allowed to wear a scarf in class and she wasn't. The new pupil looked very uncomfortable. What could you do?
Explain to the pupil in your class what a hijab is and why Muslim's wear them.
Ask the pupil to apologise to the Muslim pupil.
Ask the Muslim pupil to explain to the class about her religion.