What Does it Mean to be a Friend?

Shiako tying knots

Avi threading beads

Johnny concentrating on the task

Swali and Hasini admiring their work 

Healthy Friendships

After reading the story ‘A Friend for Jamie’ a group of Year 2 ESOL students discussed the concept of friendship. In the story a young student befriends a blind boy who wants to play softball. The children talked about the importance of inclusion and the how it would feel to be excluded because of a disability. They wrote about the qualities that they look for in their own friends. These included: trusting, caring, a playmate and someone who would always listen to you and help you out.  

Following the oral language, reading and writing component, the children each made a friendship bracelet. They helped each other to make the loops and tie the knots.