Presentation: Sending Kind Messages Online

Slide 1 of 7 · Settling starter · PSE / Well-being · Year 2

5 minutes

Sending kind messages online

Words can make people feel happy, or sad. On a tablet or computer the rule is the same: be kind.

While the register is called: write your name at the top of your sheet. Then think quietly.

Think about it: What could someone say to you that would make you feel happy?

DCF: Citizenship → Online behaviour and online bullying No computers needed · pencils ready

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Hand out: one activity sheet per pupil (page 2 of the worksheet file) and the stimulus sheet Alys’s pretend tablet screen, one between two, or show it on the board. No computers are needed.

Say aloud: “Words can make people feel happy, or sad. That is true when we talk face to face, and it is true when we send messages on a tablet or computer. The rule is the same: be kind.” Then ask: “What could someone say to you that would make you feel happy?”

Starter answer: any kind words, for example well done or I like your drawing. Do not ask pupils to share real unkind messages they have had; if a pupil tells you about one, pass it to the class teacher or safeguarding lead in the usual way.

Slide 2 of 7 · Read the screen and key words · PSE / Well-being · Year 2

8 minutes

Alys put her dragon on the class drawing wall

This is a pretend screen. Alys is in Year 2. Other children wrote 6 comments under her dragon. Listen to each one.

Kind

Words that make someone feel happy, like I love your dragon!

Unkind

Words that make someone feel sad. Leaving someone out is unkind too.

Message

Words you send on a tablet or computer. The reader is a real person.

LNF: Literacy → Writing → Vocabulary, spelling, grammar Listen to all 6 comments

Slide 3 of 7 · Task 1: kind or unkind? · PSE / Well-being · Year 2

8 minutes

Task 1: circle the happy face or the sad face

For each message, circle the happy face if it is kind and the sad face if it is unkind.

Message	Kind or unkind?
1. Ffion: I love your dragon! The colours are great.	Kind, happy face
2. Deio: That is the worst drawing ever. Ha ha.	Unkind, sad face

Task 1 on your sheet · 8 minutes Messages 3, 4, 5 and 6 next

Slide 4 of 7 · Tasks 2 and 3: feelings and what to do · PSE / Well-being · Year 2

16 minutes

Task 2: how does Alys feel? Task 3: what should she do?

Task 2: draw Alys’s face after Ffion’s message and after Mabli’s. Copy a word from the word bank: happy · proud · sad · worried · cross

After message 1 from Ffion: a smiling face. Alys feels happy.

After message 4 from Mabli: a sad face. Alys feels sad.

Task 3: if someone sends an unkind message, it is not your fault. Tick the 3 good ideas.

Tasks 2 and 3 on your sheet · 8 minutes each Do not send an unkind message back

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud (Task 2, 8 minutes): “How would Alys feel after Ffion’s message? And after Mabli’s? Draw her face and copy a feelings word.” Read the word bank aloud: happy, proud, sad, worried, cross.

Say aloud (Task 3, 8 minutes): “If someone sends you an unkind message, it is not your fault. Do not send an unkind message back. Tell a grown-up you trust.” Read each of the 5 ideas aloud and let pupils tick the 3 good ones.

Quick check: Task 2 accepts happy or proud for message 1 and sad, worried or cross for message 4. Task 3 ticks are the 1st, 3rd and 5th ideas: tell a grown-up she trusts, show the message to her teacher, do not reply. Write something unkind back and keep it a secret stay empty.

Slide 5 of 7 · Tasks 4 and 5: kind words and a kind message · PSE / Well-being · Year 2

17 minutes

Task 4: kind words. Task 5: write a kind message to Alys

Task 4: trace each kind word, then write it on your own. Say the sounds as you write: kind · happy · great · friend

Task 5: look at Alys’s dragon. Finish the sentence with a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.

I like your dragon because it is red and it has big wings. You are good at drawing.

Challenge: change Deio’s message 2 into a kind one, like That is a cool drawing. I like the fire.

Task 4, 8 minutes · Task 5, 9 minutes Capital letter, full stop

Slide 6 of 7 · Self and partner check · PSE / Well-being · Year 2

3 minutes

Check your sheet with your partner

Look at your sheet together. Point to each thing on the board and check it is there.

I circled a face for all 6 messages in Task 1.
I drew Alys’s face and copied a feelings word twice in Task 2.
I ticked 3 good ideas in Task 3 and wrote the 4 kind words in Task 4.
My kind message has a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.

3 minutes · partner check Finished? Try the challenge in Task 5

Slide 7 of 7 · Plenary: share · PSE / Well-being · Year 2

3 minutes

Who would like to read their kind message?

Answer together, then hand your sheet in.

Question	Answer
Which messages were kind?	1, 3 and 5 (Ffion, Cai and Hari).
How did Alys feel after Mabli’s message?	Sad (or worried or cross).
What should you do about an unkind message?	Do not reply and tell a grown-up you trust.

Check your name is on your sheet Leave the stimulus sheets neat on the desk