Liz Zelencich

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NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION
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NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION
12 TUESDAY, July 22, 2014 The Standard www.standard.net.au
Everybody
needs friends.
You can feel very sad
and lonely if you don't have
someone to play with and be
with it happens to everybody
sometimes. Here are some ideas
to help you in making friends and
keeping friends. Having friends is
also about how to be a friend
and how to be a friend
to yourself!
You will have times when
you mess up or feel
ashamed about things you
may have said or done,
but you're still okay as a
person believe it or not
that happens to everyone,
even parents and teachers!
If you are feeling sad and
can't seem to nd things
that you like about yourself,
talk to a trusted adult like
your mum, dad, grandma or
teacher about how you feel.
If you like yourself, others
will probably like you too.
If someone doesn't like
you, don't worry you can't
expect everyone to like
you. After all, you don't like
everyone either, do you?
You can show what a nice
person you are by always
being pleasant and good
mannered even to people
you don't like.
How to be a friend
Always
Ta|| - oe |||e|e|||, |eep up W|||
W|a|' c|| c| a|cu|d ]cu, e TV,
sports, music, shared interests so that
you have something to talk about.
S|a|e ||e :c|.e|a||c|, c ||a| ]cu
each get a chance to be listeners and
talkers.
|||e| |c W|a| ]cu| |||e|d a|e a]||
and ask questions about it.
P|a|e ]cu| |||e|d W|e| ||e] dc
something well.
Ue ]cu| ra||e| - a] "p|eae" a|d
"||a|| ]cu". |||e|d |||e |c oe p|eaa||
to each other.
T|||| c| ]cu|e|| a oe|| a |||e|d|]
person, look friendly and be friendly
and others will nd you friendly.
Be |e|p|u| - dc |||| |c| ]cu| |||e|d
without keeping a score on who has
done the most favours.
Give back things you have used or
borrowed from each other (this is a good
idea for brothers and sisters, too).
Be aWa|e c| c||e|' |ee||| - |||||
oe|c|e ]cu pea|. (Scre||re || | a
good idea to keep your thoughts to
yourself rather than upset people's
feelings.)
Ha|d|e :c|1|:| - o] oe|| :|ea|
about what you want and how you will
compromise.
S|a|e ]cu| ||re W||| c||e| |||e|d.
Be |c|e| aocu| ]cu| |ee|||,
e. "| dc|'| ||||| ||| | a ccd |dea
oe:aue." Bu| dc|'| a|Wa] ||] |c oe
the leader - try out other people's ideas.
T|] |c u|de||a|d pecp|e o] |||||||
about things from their point of view.
Oc|'| a|ue a|d e| upe| || ]cu|
friend doesn't agree with you about
cre||||. T|a|' c|a] S|e |a ||e ||||
to an opinion too.
Did you know?
You can be your own best friend.
Scu|d We||d7 T|||| aocu| ||.
Who are you with all the time?
Yourself.
Sc, |a|e cre ||re |c |ea||] e| |c
know yourself.
S|a|| o] a||| ]cu|e|| cre
questions.
Who am I?
Ar | a |||e|d|] pe|c|7
Ar | a pc|||.e pe|c| W|c
looks forward to each day?
Ar | a ccd |||e|e|7
w|a| ar | ccd a|7
w|a| dc | |||e |c dc || r] pa|e
time?
w|a| dc | |||e aocu| r] |cc|7
Oc | |||e r]e||7
Things you should try not to do:
Oc|'| o|a aocu| W|a| ]cu'.e c| c| dc|e.
\c pu| dcW| - ]cu Wcu|d|'| |||e || || crec|e d|d
this to you.
\c p|ejud|:e - dc|'| ra|e :crre|| aocu|
:cu|||], :c|cu|, |e|||c| c| p|]|:a| appea|a|:e. "|| ]cu
can't nd anything nice to say about someone, say
|c||||," | a ccd rc||c |c| e.e|]ocd].
Oc|'| |a|e c.e| - |e| c||e| |e|| ||e|| cW| jc|e a|d
news.
Oc|'| ||| ]cu| |||e|d' oa|||e. \cu :a| uppc||
your friends by helping them to deal with their
problem:
Be a ccd |||e|e|
He|p ||er |c |a] a|e.
E|:cu|ae ||er |c ||].
Be ||e|e W|e| ||e] |eed ]cu.
He|p ||er |c ra|e ccd :|c|:e.
E|:cu|ae ||er |c |cc| |c| |e|p ||cr ||u|ed adu||.
Oc|'| |a|| aocu| ||er W|||cu| ||e|| pe|r||c|.
You are a unique (only one like you) person with lots
of different sides to your character, so you can have
different friends who share your different interests,
eg friends at school, in your street, in sport clubs, at
church, in your family, etc.
It's good to have a best friend but it's good to have
other friends too.
What
is friendship?
Spe|d|| ||re |ce||e|.
S|a||| |dea a|d ||ea|.
Ha.|| |u|.
Repe:||| ea:| c||e|' d|||e|e|:e. |c]a||], ||:||| up |c| ea:| c||e|. Ca||| |c| ea:| c||e|' a|e|]
and wellbeing.
Bc|| c| ]cu Wc|||| c| ||e |||| to keep your friendship going.
What makes a good friend? Ha.|| e(ua| |a|e, |c| c|e a|Wa] ||e |eade|
and the other following.
Ha.|| |c| c| |u| |ce||e| (|| |c|, ]cu'd oe||e|
look for another friend!)
Bc|| c| ]cu Wc|||| a| |eep|| ||e |||e|d||p.
|.|| ea:| c||e| cre pa:e. E.e| oe| |||e|d |eed cre ||re |c oe a|c|e c|
with other friends, so don't try to 'own' each other.
Repe:||| ea:| c||e|' d|||e|e|:e.
|ee||| a|e |a|||| |c ea:| c||e| aocu| ]cu|
feelings and problems.
T|u||| ea:| c||e| a|d |cc||| cu| |c| ea:| c||e|.
Be|| "pcpu|a|", a|d |a.|| |ea| |||e|d, |
not always the same thing.
Most adults would think themselves
really lucky to have one true friend
someone they can trust and rely on for
their help and support when they need it.
Rea| |||e|d||p |a| |||cu| ccd ||re
and bad times.
Remember: Good friends can play with
other people sometimes and still be
friends.
T|| | W|a| cre :|||d|e| |a.e W||||e|
about their friends:
Friends are always nice to each other.
Respect your friends and they'll respect
you.
I like friends a lot.
Encourage one another to be good.
Nice people are usually good people to
be your friends.
Deserting your friends is very unkind.
Sticking up for one another is what good
friends do.
NIE activities
Cu| Wc|d ||cr ||e |eWpape| |c ra|e ]cu|
own acrostic poem about friends.
w|a| dc ]cu |||e aocu| ]cu| |||e|d7 w|a| dc
they like about you? Who are your friends?
O|aW ]cu| |||e|d' |a:e. Ue :u|||| ||cr ||e
newspaper to make a friend chart using words
that tell others a little more about your friend.
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