Revised Curriculum Year 7 Personal Development and Mutual Understanding ‘Making the Links’

1. Revised Curriculum Year 7 Personal Development and Mutual Understanding ‘Making the Links’

2. Learning Intentions: • To reflect and learn from classroom practice (day 2) • To be aware of the statutory requirements of PDMU • To understand how the cross curricular links contribute to PDMU • To experience a range of active learning strategies to enhance learning in PDMU

3. Programme 9.30am – 10.45am Reflection on Day 2 Personal Development and Mutual Understanding in the Revised Curriculum: An Overview 10.45am – 11.15am Coffee 11.15am – 12.45pm PDMU - Strand 1 Personal Understanding and Health Making the Links (Literacy and Numeracy) 12.45pm – 1.45pm Lunch 1.45pm - 3.00pm PDMU – Strand 2 Mutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Community Making the Links (ICT, Positive Behaviour and Citizenship) 3.00pm – 3.30pm Review and Looking Ahead

4. Reflection and summary of learning • Questioning from Day 2

7. PDMU resource: Living Learning Together

8. Does PDMU help to deliver some of the curriculum objectives and outcomes identified on Day 1? Match the outcomes to the area of PDMU most likely to support this outcome.

9. Reflection and summary of learning • Questioning from Day 2 • Introduction to PDMU

10. BREAK

11. Session 2: Making the Linksfrom ‘On The Money’

12. Activity: Reflect on your own experience of transition from primary school to post primary school. • How did you manage? • What would have helped you to manage better? (On post-its record the skill or attribute that you had or needed.)

14. Personal Competence Social Competence Self- Awareness Social Awareness Awareness Self- Management Relationship Management Actions Emotional Intelligence There is increasing evidence that emotional intelligence is a better indicator of success in life and work than academic intelligence Emotionally intelligent people have well developed intrapersonal and interpersonal skills (Daniel Goleman, 1998)

15. Links to Living Learning Together (and Thematic Units) • Activity 1 (from Funny Money) – links to LLT, Unit 5 (Finance) . It also links to the Year 7 Thematic Unit ‘Money Wise’ • Activity 2 (from Primary Values) is featured in LLT, Unit 4 (Moving On)

16. Making the Links: Funny Money Task: Plan the type of birthday party Shannon would expect .

17. ‘Rethink’ the birthday party for Shannon (on a limited budget) which is still enjoyable but reflects the change in family circumstances.

18. Feedback • What were the changes in Shannon’s values, attitudes and/or priorities in the story? • How does this activity link children’s self awareness and self management?

19. Financial Capability www.nicurriculum.org.uk/fc

20. Primary Values Myself Family School Community Global • 6 Books • Something Else • Fred • Leon and Bob • Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish • Second Princess • Grace and Family • 3 Stories • Old Friends/New Friends • Scrapbook Summer • First Ship in the Sea

21. Issues Old Friends, New Friends Friendship-Making New Friends Falling Out Changes True Friendship Scrapbook Summer Family Relationships Cultural Identity Learning from the Past War The First Ship In The Sea Division and Conflict Cultural Understanding Group Membership/Dynamics Other Perspectives

22. Activities to support themes in Old Friends New Friends 1.Questions for discussion 2. From the Other Side 3. Creative Writing 4. Name Calling 5. What would you do? 6. I like words 7. Growing Pains, Growing Fears 8. Circle of Friendship 9. Growing Up 10. Bullying 11. Children’s Rights 12. Additional resources

23. Old Friends, New Friends A new girl arrives at school and Mary is asked to look after her. Mary’s best friend Elaine is not happy that she has made a new friend. The relationship between the two friends becomes increasingly difficult and when writing appears on the wall in the girls’ toilets, things come to a head.

24. Activity Follow Up How would this fit into a programme of lessons on transition?

25. Personal Competence Social Competence Self- Awareness Social Awareness Awareness Self- Management Relationship Management Actions Emotional Intelligence There is increasing evidence that emotional intelligence is a better indicator of success in life and work than academic intelligence Emotionally intelligent people have well developed intrapersonal and interpersonal skills (Daniel Goleman, 1998)

26. ReflectionPDMU and links to:Communication across the CurriculumUse of MathematicsPersonal CapabilitiesDeveloping the Young Person as an Individual

27. LUNCH

28. Session 3: Making the Links

30. Rules Rights and Responsibilities Similarities and Differences Learning to Live as members of a community Health, Growth and Change and Safety Learning to Live as Members of a community Friendship Managing Conflict Self Awareness Similarities and Differences

31. DVDP7 Reflections

32. ReflectionPDMU and links to:Using ICTThinking SkillsDeveloping the Young Person as a Contributor to Society and Pastoral Care/Positive Behaviour

33. Learning Intentions: To reflect and learn from classroom practice (day 2) To be aware of the statutory requirements of PDMU To understand how the cross curricular links contribute to PDMU To experience a range of active learning strategies to enhance learning in PDMU