C Curriculum Explorer
Personal & Social Development·Friendship & Cooperation·conceptual

Makes someone a good friend

Understand what makes someone a good friend — being kind, honest, reliable, and including others — and recognise behaviours that are not friendly, such as being bossy, leaving people out, or saying mean things

Suggested ages 5–7

Open direct link

Learning journey

Your child is developing essential friendship skills — learning to ask for help when needed, understanding what makes a good friend, listening to others properly, and sharing and taking turns in group activities.

Evidence of understanding

  • List at least four qualities of a good friend
  • Identify unfriendly behaviour in a story or real situation
  • Reflect on a time they were a good friend and explain what they did

Assessment prompt

Can Makes someone a good friend describe what makes a good friend and recognise when someone — including themselves — isn't being a good friend?

Standards alignment

PSPE.INT.P1.CU.4International · ib-pyp-pspe

PSPE.INT.P1.CU.4

IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence