Wellbeing Education What is the nature of Wellbeing Education in Grades 7 and 8? Wellbeing Education gives students the opportunity to explore personal and social issues pertinent to their development as well as nurturing their awareness of national and global issues. We encourage students to examine their own values and beliefs, make connections between their lives and wider society and consider perspectives other than their own. The aim of Wellbeing Education is to:
equip students with the tools to deal with issues that affect them allow students to engage with big questions about moving forward in life and how choices they make affect their life outcomes afford students the time to reflect on their place in their community from a local, national and global perspective and how they can be active citizens give students the knowledge and skills needed to lead healthy and responsible lives as confident individuals and members of society develop students’ interpersonal skills to foster healthy, positive friendships within and beyond the classroom
What is the approach to learning? The whole curriculum is designed to link learning to life outside school and make connections between subjects and cross-curricular themes and dimensions. Utmost is the aim to provide a secure environment through which students can explore issues with openness and confidence. Activities are varied to cater for a wide range of learning styles but there is an emphasis on group discussion, presentations and rigorous debate. Students need to be active learners by participating in discussion and offering their views on personal and social and cultural issues. It is recommended that students broaden their knowledge of current affairs by regularly reading appropriate news media. Newspaper articles, web materials, video clips etc. are constantly sourced and modified by teachers to provide the students with up to date resources from the world around them.
What is the subject content? The Wellbeing programme of study at SJII is based on our school ethos which is broken down into four main units of study:
Learning to Learn Growth mind set, independent learning, research skills, recognising bias, reflection and self analysis Learning to Live Personal and social health and development People of Integrity
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