Session Plan — Our Little Town

Children match a town helper to the person who needs them.

• Role-play Someone’s cat is stuck up a tree — who in our town can help?
• Discuss What helper job would you like to do for our town? Why?

Children order the steps of a helper’s job, then act it out.

• Question What does the baker do first, next, and last?
• Role-play Act out the helper’s day in the right order.

Children read a neighbour’s feeling and offer a kind action.

• Reflect Our neighbour dropped her shopping. How does she feel? What could we do?
• Role-play Show me your kind action — and the kind words that go with it.

Children sort actions into kind or unkind, then turn an unkind one kind.

• Challenge Is this kind or unkind? Put it in the right basket — and why?
• Reflect Take an unkind action — how could we make it kind instead?

Children build a shared town scene, each adding a place that helps others.

• Create Add one place to our town that helps people. What is it?
• Discuss Our town has many places now. How do they all help each other?

Children match each helper to the place they work in our town.

• Challenge Match the helper to their place — where does the doctor work?
• Discuss What if this place closed for a day? Who would miss it?

Children sort actions into fair or unfair, then invent a fair rule.

• Challenge Is this fair or unfair? Put it in the right basket — and say why.
• Reflect There is one swing and three friends. What is a fair rule?

Children practise turn-taking as the "turn-keeper" who includes all.

• Role-play Be the turn-keeper — make sure every friend gets a fair go.
• Reflect How did it feel to wait? How did it feel to be included?

Children match a town helper to the person who needs them.

• Role-play Someone’s cat is stuck up a tree — who in our town can help?
• Discuss What helper job would you like to do for our town? Why?

Children order the steps of a helper’s job, then act it out.

• Question What does the baker do first, next, and last?
• Role-play Act out the helper’s day in the right order.

Children read a neighbour’s feeling and offer a kind action.

• Reflect Our neighbour dropped her shopping. How does she feel? What could we do?
• Role-play Show me your kind action — and the kind words that go with it.

Children sort actions into kind or unkind, then turn an unkind one kind.

• Challenge Is this kind or unkind? Put it in the right basket — and why?
• Reflect Take an unkind action — how could we make it kind instead?

Children build a shared town scene, each adding a place that helps others.

• Create Add one place to our town that helps people. What is it?
• Discuss Our town has many places now. How do they all help each other?

Children match each helper to the place they work in our town.

• Challenge Match the helper to their place — where does the doctor work?
• Discuss What if this place closed for a day? Who would miss it?

Children sort actions into fair or unfair, then invent a fair rule.

• Challenge Is this fair or unfair? Put it in the right basket — and say why.
• Reflect There is one swing and three friends. What is a fair rule?

Children practise turn-taking as the "turn-keeper" who includes all.

• Role-play Be the turn-keeper — make sure every friend gets a fair go.
• Reflect How did it feel to wait? How did it feel to be included?

Children match a town helper to the person who needs them.

• Role-play Someone’s cat is stuck up a tree — who in our town can help?
• Discuss What helper job would you like to do for our town? Why?

Children order the steps of a helper’s job, then act it out.

• Question What does the baker do first, next, and last?
• Role-play Act out the helper’s day in the right order.

Children read a neighbour’s feeling and offer a kind action.

• Reflect Our neighbour dropped her shopping. How does she feel? What could we do?
• Role-play Show me your kind action — and the kind words that go with it.

Children sort actions into kind or unkind, then turn an unkind one kind.

• Challenge Is this kind or unkind? Put it in the right basket — and why?
• Reflect Take an unkind action — how could we make it kind instead?

Children build a shared town scene, each adding a place that helps others.

• Create Add one place to our town that helps people. What is it?
• Discuss Our town has many places now. How do they all help each other?

Children match each helper to the place they work in our town.

• Challenge Match the helper to their place — where does the doctor work?
• Discuss What if this place closed for a day? Who would miss it?

Children sort actions into fair or unfair, then invent a fair rule.

• Challenge Is this fair or unfair? Put it in the right basket — and say why.
• Reflect There is one swing and three friends. What is a fair rule?

Children practise turn-taking as the "turn-keeper" who includes all.

• Role-play Be the turn-keeper — make sure every friend gets a fair go.
• Reflect How did it feel to wait? How did it feel to be included?