You belong to more groups than you might think! Your family, your class at school, your street, even your football team — these are all communities.
What makes a group a community?
A community is a group of people who share something — a place, an interest, or caring for each other — and who usually know each other, at least a little. A community is not just people standing near each other. Strangers waiting at a bus stop are not really a community; they do not know each other and are not sharing anything except the pavement! But your class at school is a community: you learn together, help each other, and know each other’s names.
Communities big and small
Some communities are tiny, like your own family sitting around the dinner table. Some are bigger, like your whole school. Some stretch across your town — everyone who lives there, shops there, and might wave to each other in the park.
Being a good member of a community
Communities work best when everyone plays their part — saying hello, sharing, helping a new person feel welcome, and looking out for one another.
Match each community to what its members share:
- Family
- living together and caring for each other
- School class
- learning together every day
- Football club
- a love of the same sport
- Street or neighbourhood
- living near each other and looking out for one another