Social Skills - Primary

Description
Support pupils in developing the essential social skills they need to thrive in the classroom and beyond with this practical primary resource pack. Covering conversation, conflict resolution, emotional recognition, and core social competencies, this pack gives teachers and support staff a versatile set of tools to explicitly teach and reinforce positive social behaviour at KS1 and KS2.

Building social skills in the primary years is fundamental to pupils’ wellbeing, relationships, and readiness to learn. This pack brings together four complementary resources that address key areas of social development, from initiating conversations and reading emotional cues to navigating conflict and understanding what effective teamwork looks like. Each component is designed to be accessible and engaging for primary-aged pupils, and can be used flexibly across whole-class, small group, or individual intervention settings.

What’s Included

A 4 page PDF containing the following:

Conversation Starters – A grid of 36 ready-to-use conversation prompt cards designed to help pupils initiate and sustain dialogue with peers.
Conflict Resolution Cards – A set of six scenario-based discussion cards presenting realistic classroom conflicts alongside a guiding question for each.
Social Skills Overview – A visual reference chart mapping key social competencies across four domains. This chart provides a clear framework for teachers and support staff to identify target skills for individual pupils or to use as a basis for structured social skills programmes.
Social Cues Activity Sheet – A draw-and-match worksheet in which pupils complete the facial expressions of six characters to match a named emotion.
How to Use

Use the Social Skills Overview at the start of a programme or term to identify focus areas for your class or individual pupils, then draw on the other three components to practise those skills in context. The Conversation Starters work well as a warm-up activity during morning meetings or PSHE lessons, while the Conflict Resolution Cards are well suited to circle time, RSHE discussions, or small group intervention work. The Social Cues Activity Sheet can be used as a standalone lesson starter or as part of a broader emotions and wellbeing unit.

Grade Levels: KS1 and KS2

File Format: PDF (printable and projectable)

**Note: **This is a digital download only.