Year 1 PSHE: Summer 2 worksheet

“Helping Our School Community” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 PSHE unit “PSHE: Summer 2”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 22 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 31 to 36 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Helping Our School Community

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · PSHE · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say how small actions help our school community.

A Look back3 min

1.
Nia's friend lets her have a turn on the slide. Circle how Nia feels.
happysadscared
2.
Which place on this map do children and teachers share each day? Circle your answer.
houseschoolshop
3.
Join each place to what people do there.
schoolshoppark
people play outsidepeople buy thingschildren learn together

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola sees a crisp packet on the playground. Her school is a community. What can she do to help?

Watch me

A school playground with a crisp packet on the ground and a bin nearby, no people

Ola's school is a community.

She picks up the crisp packet and puts it in the bin.

This keeps the playground clean for everyone.

Now you

1.
Mia puts her chair back under the table after art. Does this help the classroom? Circle your answer.
yesno

C Your turn8 min

Read each one. Decide if it helps our school.

1.
Write each card in the right column.
Picks up one sweet wrapperDrops crisp packets on the path
Helps our school Does not help our school
2.
Write each card in the right column.
Tidies the book corner after readingHelps a new child find the toiletsThrows a toy across the room
Helps our school Does not help our school
3.
A child sits alone at playtime. Which one helps them? Circle your answer.
Ignores the child sitting aloneAsks a child sitting alone to join inLaughs when the child looks sad
4.
A School Council is a small group of children chosen by their class. Join each helper to the job they do for the school community.
School Council memberChild who picks up litter
Keeps the playground cleanShares ideas with teachers

Say it out loud: Which words in the helpful cards tell you someone is looking after the school?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A school playground with a crisp packet on the grass, no people

Lee says: “Only grown-ups can help make our school a better place.”

1.
Why is Lee wrong? Write one reason.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Name one small job that helps a group you are in, like a club. Why does it help?

How did it feel?

Think about today. Which part did you enjoy most? Tell your grown-up why.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Helping Our School Community · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. happy your child may have picked sad. Ask what Nia gets when a friend shares. Point to the sunny end of the scale together.

2. school your child may have circled house. A house is shared by one family, not a whole school. Ask who uses the school each day.

3. school → children learn together; shop → people buy things; park → people play outside your child may have joined two places to the same job. Point to each symbol and ask what happens there.

B

1. yes your child may have circled no. Ask what the next child would have to do if the chair was left out. Then try again.

C

1. Helps our school: Picks up one sweet wrapper · Does not help our school: Drops crisp packets on the path your child may have put the crisp packets in the helps column. Ask what the path looks like after a packet is dropped.

2. Helps our school: Tidies the book corner after reading, Helps a new child find the toilets · Does not help our school: Throws a toy across the room

3. Asks a child sitting alone to join in your child may have circled ignores. Ask how the child might feel sitting alone. Then ask which card would make them feel included.

4. School Council member → Shares ideas with teachers; Child who picks up litter → Keeps the playground clean

D

1. Look for: A reason such as: children can help too, for example by picking up litter, tidying up or helping a new classmate. If your child agrees with Lee, ask what a child could do to help a school. Help them name one small job, such as picking up litter.

E

1. Look for: A small helpful action for a group the child belongs to (such as tidying, picking up litter or helping someone) with a reason why it helps others.

Words to use

Say“What is one small thing a child can do to help a school? Why does it help?”

Instead of“Only the School Council can help the school, so it is not for you.”

After the sheet

Tidy one shared space at home, such as the bookshelf or the kitchen table. Ask your child what made it better for everyone.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Stop, Think, Go(with a plan)
Moving Up to Year 2(with a plan)
My Goal Ladder(with a plan)
Building my wellbeing toolkit(with a plan)
Looking back at my year(with a plan)

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