Who do I connect with?
You are part of a community: your family, your neighbours, your school, the shops and the people who help us. People in a community connect in many ways. We talk, visit, call, write, share and help each other. There is always a reason. We connect with family to love and care, with neighbours to help, with teachers to learn, with the baker to get bread, and with a nurse to stay healthy. A connection web helps us see this. You write your name in the middle, and then you draw a circle for each person and a line to join them. On each line you write how and why you connect. Some people are harder to connect with. A cousin may live far away. A new classmate may speak another language. A neighbour may be shy. For each challenge, we think of ideas: a phone call on Fridays, a card, learning a greeting, or an invitation to play. We are kind, and we ask a grown-up before we contact anyone we do not know.
| Person | How I connect | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Grandmother | a phone call on Fridays | to share news and hear stories |
| Teacher | in class | to learn new things |
| Baker | I buy bread | to get food for my family |
| Person | Challenge | An idea |
|---|---|---|
| cousin in another country | far away, different time | a video call at a time that suits both, with a grown-up |
| new classmate | speaks another language | learn a greeting and use pictures |
| shy neighbour | does not talk much | smile and say good morning every day |
My connection web. Draw yourself in the middle of a page. Draw six circles for six people in your community, for example family, a neighbour, a friend, a teacher, a shopkeeper and a helper. Join each one to you with a line, and write on the line how and why you connect. Then choose two people you rarely talk to, and write the challenge, such as far away, another language, shy or busy. Circle the challenge you most want to solve and write one idea. Share only what is safe: do not write addresses, phone numbers or private information.