Showing Consideration
How do we care?
by Philippa Rae
Suitable for Key Stage 2
Aims
To consider how we can show consideration to others.
Preparation and materials
- You will need the PowerPoint slides that accompany this assembly (Showing Consideration) and the means to display them.
Assembly
- Show Slide 1.
Many people live busy lives. Too often, we are rushing from one thing to another, so our focus is on what we need to do next. This can make us less aware of the impact that our actions are having on others or on our environment. - Show Slide 2.
It can be helpful to stop and think, and remind ourselves about the importance of thinking of others. By being more sensitive to the people around us, we make our relationships with others more positive. - Show Slide 3.
When we think about others before we decide to act, it is called consideration. We usually think about people we know, but we can also show consideration to people we haven’t met before. - Show Slide 4.
Here are some of the different ways in which we can show consideration.
Read out the list on the slide.
Explain that we are now going to explore each way of showing consideration. - Show Slide 5.
Read out the examples on the slide, and then ask the children how they have helped others.
Listen to a range of responses. - Ask the children, ‘Do you know what being sympathetic means?’
Listen to a range of responses.
Show Slide 6 and read out the definition. - Show Slide 7.
Ask the children for examples of times when they have been kind and sympathetic, or when someone has acted in this way towards them.
Listen to a range of responses. - Show Slide 8.
Read out the examples on the slide, and then ask the children for their own ideas. - Ask the children for examples of times when they have been caring.
Show Slide 9.
Go through the examples on the slide. - Ask the children for examples of times when they have been thoughtful towards others.
Show Slide 10.
Go through the examples on the slide. - Ask the children, ‘Why do you think being trustworthy is part of being considerate?’
Listen to a range of responses.
Show Slide 11.
Go through the examples on the slide. - Point out that when we are polite, we are showing respect for another person. It can be difficult if someone is not behaving in the same way as we are.
Show Slide 12.
Go through the examples on the slide. - Being appreciative means recognizing someone else’s good qualities, or thanking them for the things that they do for us.
Show Slide 13.
Go through the examples on the slide. - Ask the children to look around them - can they think of reasons why they appreciate different people in the room? Suggest that they tell some of these people later in the day.
Time for reflection
We all need to be considerate to people we know. We need to pause rather than rushing by or in.
Ask the children to think about a time when someone was kind to them or did something thoughtful. How did it make them feel?
When we show consideration to others, we make them feel better, just as when people show consideration to us, we feel better.
Being considerate doesn’t always involve doing something big; little everyday things can make all the difference.
Prayer
Dear God,
Please help us to be more considerate to the people we meet.
Please help us to help others.
Please help us to be lights to people around us.
Amen.
Song/music
‘Be a light’ by Thomas Rhett, available at: https://youtu.be/8JcwNJj-pWY (3.33 minutes long)
