Fairness in the community | KS1 Citizenship

What is fairness in the community?

Fairness is to do with how we treat other people around us.

It is important to make sure that everyone is treated equally and fairly.

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How do we treat people fairly? Learn how it's important to think of others when you make choices.

There are lots of ways to be fair to others at home, at school or in your community.

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Sharing
Sharing your toys, snacks or games with others is a great way to be fair, to make friends and have fun together!
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Including others
Including others in our activities and conversations makes people feel they are being treated fairly.
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Having fair rules
Having rules that all people must follow means that everyone is being treated equally and fairly.
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Taking turns
Making sure that everyone has a fair turn can help others feel included.
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Being honest
Trying to tell the truth, following rules and taking responsibility for your mistakes is fair behaviour.

Equality means making sure that everyone is treated the same.

Sometimes, people are treated unfairly just because of who they are or for something personal about them.

This could be:

When this unfair treatment happens, we call this discrimination.

There are different things we can do to stop discrimination.

With a friend or family member, talk about a time when you thought that something wasn’t fair.
Did it affect you, or someone else?
If it happened again, what do you think could be done to make things fairer?

Fairness in stories

Choose your favourite story book and read it with an adult.
Talk about a time you think a character from the story behaves unfairly or treats someone else unfairly.
Draw a picture of the characters treating each other with fairness instead.

How much do you know about fairness? Have a go at this quiz!