Strand unit:
Self-identity
Self-awareness
- Recognise, describe and discuss
individual personality traits, qualities, strengths, limitations, interests and
abilities
- Explore the factors that influence
self-image
- Identify realistic personal goals and
how these can be achieved
- Realise that each person has a unique
contribution to make to various groups, situations and friendships
- Identify personal preferences, dreams
and hopes for the future
Developing self-confidence
- Enhance his own learning
- Express personal opinions, feelings,
thoughts and ideas
- Become more confident in coping with
change and with situations that are unfamiliar
- Become increasingly responsible and
autonomous
Strand unit:
Taking care of my body
Health and well-being
- Understand and appreciate what it means
to be healthy and to have a balanced life-style
- Realise that each individual has some
responsibility for his health and that this responsibility increases as he gets
older
- Begin to develop strategies to cope with
various worries or difficulties
- Be aware of the dangers in using tobacco
or alcohol
- Know and understand the mean of the word
`drug’, and when it is appropriate or inappropriate to take drugs
- Identify and categorise a variety of
substances that are taken into or onto the body into those that are helpful or
harmful, legal or illegal
- Recognise some people who are concerned
with health and welfare
Knowing about my body
- Realise the importance of caring for and
treating his body and that of others with dignity and respect
- Understand the physical changes taking
place in both the male and female body
- Realise that these changes do not occur
at the same time
- Recognise and practise good personal
hygiene
- Understand and explore the relationship
between health and hygiene
- Recognise the adverse effects of sexual
stereotyping
Food and nutrition
- Differentiate between a healthy and an
unhealthy diet
- Recognise the wide choice of food
available and categorise food into the four main food groups
- Examine the dietary needs of his age
group and that of other groups in society
- Explore some factors that influence the
consumption of different food products
- Discuss and examine the importance of
good food hygiene
Strand unit:
Growing and changing
As I grow I change
- Realise that growing and changing are
continuous throughout life
- Identify the skills and abilities
acquired and the interests taken
up in recent years
- Recognise the emotional changes that
have taken place since infancy
- Recognise and discuss how feelings and
emotions are affected by the physical changes that take place in puberty
- Recognise how spiritual development has
taken place in recent years
- Begin to appreciate the need for space
and privacy in life
- Recognise how independence and
responsibilities are continually increasing
Feelings and emotions
- Talk about and reflect on a wide variety
of feelings and emotions
- Identify strong feelings and learn how
to express and cope with these feelings in a socially appropriate manner
- Identify and recognise the difference
between needs and wants
- Explore how feelings can influence
one’s life
Safety and protection
Personal safety
- Explore the rules and regulations that
exist in school, at home and in society
- Identify people, places and situations
that may threaten personal safety
- Begin to assess the consequences of
risky behaviour
- Begin the realise that as independence
increases, responsibility for personal safety increases
Safety issues
- Be aware of potential travel hazards
- Adopt responsible behaviour at play and
know the appropriate safety measures to take while playing
- Explore and examine how accidents are
caused, and identify ways in which some can be prevented
- Identify items or substances in the home
or at school that may be dangerous, and devise a safety strategy for dealing
with them
- Explore and examine the use of medicines
- Identify some potential risks to health
and safety in the environment
Strand unit:
Making decisions
- Become aware of and think about choices
and decisions that he makes every day
- Explore and discuss the factors that
influence personal decisions and choices
- Discuss why and how adults can make
decisions and set boundaries for young people
- Recognise and explore the risks and the
consequences of making a particular decision
- Learn and begin to devise a simple
decision-making strategy
- Recognise and explore how the views,
opinions, expectations and responses of others can influence personal decisions
or actions
- Make individual and group decisions
Strand: Myself
and others
Strand unit: Myself and my family
- Explore and discuss different kinds of
families, recognising that families vary in structure
- Recognise that each family member has a
place and role in the family
- Explore how belonging to a family means
that family members love, protect, provide and care for each others
- Understand that families often undergo
planned or unplanned changes that may be pleasant or difficult
- Identify the behaviour that is important
to harmony in families
- Compare and contrast life-styles of
families in urban and rural areas, in different countries and in different
cultures within and outside Ireland
Strand unit: My friends and other people
- Appreciate the need for and the
importance of friendship
- Explore the different aspects of
friendship
- Examine different types of friendship
- Begin to cope with disharmony in, or
loss of, friendships
- Practise and recognise the importance of
care and consideration, courtesy and good manners when interacting with others
- Respect and show consideration for the
views, beliefs and values of others
- Recognise, discuss and understand
bullying
- Explore and examine ways of dealing with
bullying
Strand unit:
Relating to others
Communicating
- Recognise and explore various verbal and
non-verbal means of communicating
- Listen carefully and reflectively to
others
- Use language, gestures and other
appropriate behaviour to perform social functions
- Examine the power of persuasion in relating to others and
identify times when it can be used positively and negatively
- Recognise how language can be used to foster inclusiveness
Resolving conflict
- Identify reasons for conflict in different situations
- Identify and discuss various responses to conflict
situations and decide on and practise those that are the most appropriate or
acceptable
Strand: Myself and the wider world
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
My school community
- Identify the people who constitute the school community
and the role of individuals in contributing to the life of the school
- Be aware of the importance of mutual respect and
sensitivity to the different values and attitudes held by others
- Play a role in deciding on classroom rules and discuss the
importance of adhering to the school code of behaviour
- Develop and practise leadership roles
- Discuss and explore ways of sharing and co-operating
- Explore the various ways in which the school promotes a
sense of belonging
- Examine the traditional roles that may be assigned to boys
and girls in school and become aware of ways of counteracting stereotyping
- Explore and recognise the rights and responsibilities of
both adults and children in the school community
Local and wider communities
- Realise what it means to belong to a group
- Recognise how each person has both an individual and a
communal responsibility to the community
- Appreciate the diversity of people and groups within
communities and the importance of mutual respect
- Examine how justice, fairness and equality may or may not
be exemplified in a community
- Explore some of the issues and concerns in the local or
national community
- Discuss the role of leaders and organisations that serve
the community
- Become aware of his own culture and recognise traditions,
festivals and celebrations that are unique to the locality, region or country
- Begin to develop an awareness of the lives and culture of
some people in the European Union
Environmental Care
-
Appreciate
and respect the environment and learn that there is an individual and community
responsibility in caring for the environment and protecting it for
future generations
Strand unit: Media education
- Explore the different ways in which information can be
transmitted and learn to be discerning and selective about this information
- Discuss and explore television, radio, videos, computer
games, the internet (worldwide web and e-mail) and other media
- Become aware of advertising and its purpose and nature
- Begin to explore some of the techniques that are used in
marketing and advertising
- Explore and examine some issues that are frequently raised
in the media, in the way they are portrayed and the accuracy of these
presentations
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