Penny's Story - Break Up To Make Up

Choose your Peers carefully.  Be a good friend, it’s nice to be nice!

No experienced teacher or parent ever underestimates the power of peers to influence learner’s attitudes and behaviour, both in the classroom and outside it. Much has been written about peer influence, though it is not entirely a negative phenomenon.  It often pivots on strong bonds of loyalty between young people, who offer each other mutual support as they beat a path through adolescence.

From interacting with peers, young people can learn many valuable lessons about the world and the range of experiences it offers. The flip side is that friends and classmates may exert strong pressure on others to conform to undesirable values and behaviours. Teachers may face an uphill battle in countering negative attitudes to school attendance and achievement when the coolest kids in class are the rebels and under-achievers who disrupt lessons.

Penny's Story - The 4th Principle of RESPECTisms can help!

Penny's story, entitled 'Break Up To Make Up' is a story of two best friends who have to do as the book title says 'Break up to make up'.

The arrival of another young girl on their street causes rivalry and tensions in what was a harmonious relationship between to close friends. This story demonstrates the importance of accepting someone who is different while appreciating that the importance of respecting other people.

This story will guide your students to understand the importance of friendship while some embedding in their mind some of the qualities needed to make good friendships last.