
Bullying,
Drugs,
Vandalism,
Citizenship,
Safety
Diversity (Anti Racism),
Harmony (Anti Violence)
Learning for Life is a values education, life
skills programme aiming to foster health, safety, personal and social
development and to encourage good citizenship. The resources offer a
continuum of learning for 5-13 year olds and promote a positive ethos and
pro-social behaviour within the school community. At present, Learning for
Life consists of two CD-ROMs; Volume One, which covers the topics
Bullying, Drugs Sense and Vandalism and Volume Two, which covers
Citizenship/Law and Order and Safety, and 'The Police Box Learning for
Life'; an off-screen, card-based resource with160 double-sided cards on
the five sections. In Autumn 2004, Volume Three CD-ROM, which targets
Diversity and Harmony, will also be available and similarly 'The Police
Box Learning for Life' will be updated with the eponymous new sections.
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Bullying
promoting positive behaviour.
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Promotes personal and inter-personal skills
and pro-social behaviour
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Provides opportunity to consider the nature
and effects of verbal, physical and racial abuse
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Helps to identify support groups and
prevention strategies
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Considers rights and responsibility
Drug Sense
drug education for prevention.
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Complies with Government 10 year strategy
requirements
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Contains comprehensive drug information and
knowledge about drug use in society
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Includes life skills critical thinking,
media analysis, risk assessment, consequences, bias, influence and
stereotypes
Vandalism
good citizenship.
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Promotes pro-social behaviour
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Depicts types of vandalism causes,
consequences and prevention
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Sharing and respecting values of self and
others
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Shows emotions and their effect upon behaviour
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Considers rights and responsibility
Citizenship / Law and Order
pro-social behaviour, an awareness of how society functions and exercising
social responsibility.
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Encourages and supports the child to
participate in the law making process
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Fosters values understanding, sharing,
identifying personal and fundamental values
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Traces the development of the Rights of the
Child, Civil and Human
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Considers rights and responsibility
individual, society, government
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Promotes understanding of the function of
rules and laws
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Traces the development of laws, the law making
process and sanctions
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Displays the police and society now and then
Safety
personal and interpersonal skills, knowledge and behaviour.
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Promotes safe keeping in a wide variety of
contexts (including the internet)
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Provides child protection strategies My
Body, Mine Alone and Secrets
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Raises awareness of the rights and
responsibilities of the child
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Supports personal safety strategies who to
trust, getting help and support, emergency responses, safe behaviour
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Considers child accidents cause analysis,
consequences and prevention strategies
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Builds observation, reporting and decision
making skills
Diversity
serving to promote an inclusive and just society by challenging
injustice, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
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Encourages self esteem, respect, tolerance and
empathy
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Analyses power, influence, future lifestyles
and aspirations in diversity issues
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Confronts views and actions that are harmful
to the well-being of communities
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Promotes positive relationships and pro-social
behaviours and inclusion
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Challenges stereotyping, prejudice and
discrimination
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Appreciates and values cultural and community
diversity and is respectful of others
Harmony
helping to alleviate the root causes of conflict and violence in
society by supporting and promoting pro-social skills and
behaviours.
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Promotes pro-social behaviours and positive
relationships
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Analyses emotional triggers and their impact
on behaviour and attitude on a personal, social or global scale
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Considers violence and its consequence in a
variety of contexts, e.g. domestic, sporting and in the local community
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Identifies a variety of anger management
strategies
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Considers conflict resolution
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Audits perceptions of and analyses youth crime
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Examines gang culture
Volumes One, Two and Three:
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Deal with sensitive and topical issues such as
Child Protection, Drugs, Relationships and Internet Safety.
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Contain 155 fun and interactive lessons
encouraging core skills.
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Include clear lesson plans and extension
activities linked to the Key Stages and 5-14 curriculum guidelines.
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Provide a Teacher Information Section
comprising in-service formats and comprehensive staff, curriculum and
policy development materials, e.g. an illustrated drug database.
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Promote parental and multi-agency involvement.
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Contain 'The Police Box Learning for Life'.
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Have resource materials, which are all
printable and can be photocopied.
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Volume Three contains printable worksheets
relevant to each lesson.
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Learning for Life endeavours to bring key
issues to the classroom and teaches children through a values education,
life skills programme about topical subjects that are currently of
paramount importance in education and society as a whole.
For further information, please visit our website: |
www.learnforlife.org
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