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Personal & Social Development·Friendship & Cooperation·language

Vocabulary: working with others

Know and use the vocabulary of working with others — cooperate, share, take turns, team, listen, agree, disagree respectfully, and include — and understand that these words describe habits that friendships and group work depend on

Suggested ages 5–8

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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

  • Use 'cooperate' and 'compromise' correctly — e.g. 'We cooperated by taking turns choosing the game'
  • Explain what 'active listening' means and demonstrate it: facing the speaker, not interrupting, responding to what was said
  • Use 'share', 'take turns', and 'include' to describe how they work with others in a group activity

Assessment prompt

When Vocabulary: working with others is working on something with a friend or sibling, can they use words like 'cooperate' or 'take turns' to describe what they're doing — and actually practise those things?

Standards alignment

No external standards are linked to this topic.