Year 1 Caring: how do stories inspire actions? worksheet

“Caring for everyone” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 religious education unit “Caring: how do stories inspire actions?”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 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 19 to 24 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Caring for everyone

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Religious education · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain how caring and kindness can reach people we do not know.

A Look back3 min

1.
When a friend helps us, we often feel… Circle one.
happyangrybored
2.
First notice someone is sad. Last, help them. What do you do in between? Write it in the empty box.
3.
What helps a sad friend feel better? Circle one.
Getting helpBeing ignoredBeing teased

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola sees a friend who looks sad at playtime. Watch what she does.

An empty park bench beside a small green lawn and a tree

Watch me

Ola notices her friend is sad.

She asks, “Are you okay?”

She stays with her friend. This is caring.

Now you

1.
Leo sees a boy on his own at the park. He looks upset. Write one caring thing Leo can do.

C Your turn6 min

Many people care for others because of what they believe. Read each story. Circle the best answer.

Tins and paper bags on a plain wooden table at a food bank

1.
Sam's family gives tins to the food bank. Why might they do it? Circle one.
their beliefs teach them to careto win a prize
2.
A stranger has lost their home. Which word tells how things are for them? Circle one.
sufferingplaying
3.
A family in another town is ill. Can we still care for them? Circle one.
Yes, we can still careNo, only people nearby
4.
Who can we show kindness to? Circle one.
only our familyeveryone, even people we have never met

Say it out loud: Does the person have to be our friend for us to care? Who needed care in each story?

D Spot the mistake3 min

The front door of a plain brick hostel with a step

Kit says: “We only need to be kind to people we know.”

1.
Is Kit right? Write why in one or two sentences.

E Think deeper4 min

Make up your own story. Tell it to your grown-up.

1.
Make up a short story. Someone helps a person they do not know. Say why they help.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Caring for everyone · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. happy If your child picks angry or bored, ask: how do you feel when a friend helps you? Let them talk, then try again.

2. Look for: A word for checking on the person, such as ask, talk or listen. If your child writes the wrong word, point to Notice and Help. Ask what the friend should do between them.

3. Getting help

B

1. Look for: A kind action such as asking if he is okay, sitting with him, or inviting him to play. If your child writes nothing or something unkind, ask: what would help him? Then write it together.

C

1. their beliefs teach them to care If your child picks the prize, read the top line again. Ask: what makes many people care?

2. suffering

3. Yes, we can still care If your child picks the second, ask: would far-away families still need help? Talk about letters, cards or gifts.

4. everyone, even people we have never met If your child picks only family, ask: who visits the food bank? Talk about who is included.

D

1. Look for: Says Kit is wrong because caring and kindness are for everyone, including people we do not know. If your child agrees with Kit, ask: when you were new somewhere, did someone help you before they knew you?

E

1. Look for: A short story in which someone helps a person they do not know and gives a reason for helping.

Words to use

Say“Who might need care here, even if we do not know them yet?”

Instead of“That is right, well done. Now move on quickly.”

After the sheet

Make a care card for someone you have not met. You could choose a person in a local care home. Draw one picture and write one kind line. Post it or drop it off together.

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:

The kind helper(with a plan)
Caring like the Samaritan(with a plan)
Jobs and caring for others(with a plan)
Small gifts, big help(with a plan)
Caring Together(with a plan)

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