Give: Giving to my community

This lesson builds on knowledge and concepts introduced in this lesson:

• Wellbeing, Stage 3, Give, Lesson 4: Appreciation.

Give out whiteboards and pens. Learners create a bingo board by drawing one horizontal line and two vertical lines, creating six squares. Show the Presentation: Key vocabulary bingo. Children look at the words from the list and choose six, writing one in each of the boxes.

Tell learners that the clues for the definitions of each word will be read out (not in order). Give learners 20 seconds of thinking time and then they decide whether they have a word written down that matches the clue. If they think it is a match, they cross the word out on their board. Learners should not to rub out answers.

When keywords have been struck through, learners call ‘Bingo!’ Check the words and the definitions by displaying them on slide 2 of the presentation. The other children check the definitions that they have too. Address any misconceptions.

Words and definitions:

• appreciate – to recognise the full worth of someone or something.
• kindness – the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate.
• give – to offer or provide something.
• volunteer – offering time or help to others without payment.
• support – providing help or encouragement to someone or something.
• manners – being polite and respectful.
• gift – a thing given willingly to someone without payment.
• gratitude – the quality of being thankful and a readiness to show appreciation.
• donation – something that is given to those in need.
• generous – being willing to give, share or help without expecting anything in return.

In pairs, learners discuss what communities they belong to that help look after them.

Show the Presentation: Who contributes to our school community?

In pairs, learners discuss the images. Take feedback. Create a class mind map on a whiteboard of people who contribute to the school community. Include any information about their roles and the positive impact they have on children, parents or staff. Examples could include: teachers, teaching assistants, school crossing patrols, cleaners, site managers, chefs, after school clubs, lunchtime assistants, outdoor helpers, volunteers etc.

Tell learners that at school, lots of people help us and contribute to making our school a great place for everyone to feel safe, have fun and learn.

Ask:

Take feedback.

1. Give out the Activity: Our community star contributions. Learners write down who they feel contributes to the school community. Children feed back their ideas to the class.

2. Tell the children that they will choose one of their community stars and write a pledge letter to them.

3. Show the Activity: Pledge letter template to the class.  Learners write a letter to thank someone for their positive impact on the school community. They should:

• Say why they are thankful to this person.
• Describe three things they will do to show their appreciation. For example, volunteering, saying thank you, writing a thank you note or helping others.

4. In groups, learners discuss how they can give their time and effort to contribute to this person and note down ideas.

5. Give out the Activity: Pledge letter template. Learners write their letters.

Learners share their pledge letters.

Make sure the letters are passed on to community stars.

Agree on a response time from community stars so that learners can act on their pledges.

Ask:

Take feedback.