Revised Curriculum Revised Curriculum Year 7 Year 7

Personal Personal Development and Development and

Mutual Mutual UnderstandingUnderstanding

‘‘Making the Links’Making the Links’

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

Programme9.30am – 10.45am 9.30am – 10.45am Reflection on Day 2Reflection on Day 2

Personal Development and Mutual Personal Development and Mutual Understanding in the Revised Curriculum: Understanding in the Revised Curriculum: An OverviewAn Overview

10.45am – 11.15am10.45am – 11.15am CoffeeCoffee

11.15am – 12.45pm11.15am – 12.45pm PDMU - Strand 1 Personal Understanding PDMU - Strand 1 Personal Understanding and Healthand Health

Making the Links (Literacy and Numeracy) Making the Links (Literacy and Numeracy)

12.45pm – 1.45pm12.45pm – 1.45pm LunchLunch

1.45pm - 3.00pm1.45pm - 3.00pm PDMU – Strand 2 Mutual Understanding in PDMU – Strand 2 Mutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Communitythe Local and Wider Community

Making the Links (ICT, Positive Behaviour Making the Links (ICT, Positive Behaviour and Citizenship)and Citizenship)

3.00pm – 3.30pm3.00pm – 3.30pm Review and Looking Ahead Review and Looking Ahead

Reflection and summary of learning

Questioning from Day 2

PDMU resource:PDMU resource:Living Learning TogetherLiving Learning Together

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.

Reflection and summary of learning

Questioning from Day 2

Introduction to PDMU

BREAK

Session 2: Making the Linksfrom ‘On The Money’

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.)

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Organisation

Deals well with changeIndependent learnerUses initiativeCan ask for helpManages time and money

People Skills

Can negotiateCan compromiseSociableHonestCollaborates with others

Keep safe and healthyEmotionally strongAware of dangerGood network of friendsCan access helpResilient

Effective learnerLiterate and numerateThinks that mistakes are OKPositive attitudeAware of strengths and weaknesses

Self-Self-AwarenessAwareness

RelationshipRelationshipManagementManagement

SocialSocialAwarenessAwareness

Self-Self-ManagementManagement

PersonalPersonalCompetenceCompetence

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There is increasing There is increasing evidence that emotional evidence that emotional intelligence is a better intelligence is a better

indicator of success in life indicator of success in life and work than academic and work than academic

intelligenceintelligence

Emotionally intelligent Emotionally intelligent people have well people have well

developed intrapersonal developed intrapersonal and interpersonal skillsand interpersonal skills

(Daniel Goleman, 1998)(Daniel Goleman, 1998)

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)

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Making the Links:Funny Money

Task: Plan the type of birthday party Shannon would expect .

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

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?

Financial Capability

www.nicurriculum.org.uk/fc

Primary ValuesMyself Family School

Community Global

6 Books•Something Else

•Fred

•Leon and Bob

•Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

•Second Princess

•Grace and Family3 Stories

•Old Friends/New Friends

•Scrapbook Summer

•First Ship in the Sea

Issues

Old Friends, New Friends

Friendship-Making New Friends

Falling Out

Changes

True Friendship

Scrapbook Summer

Family Relationships

Cultural Identity

Learning from the Past

WarThe First Ship In The Sea

Division and Conflict

Cultural Understanding

Group Membership/Dynamics

Other Perspectives

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

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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.

ActivityFollow Up

How would this fit into a programme of lessons on transition?

Self-Self-AwarenessAwareness

RelationshipRelationshipManagementManagement

SocialSocialAwarenessAwareness

Self-Self-ManagementManagement

PersonalPersonalCompetenceCompetence

SocialSocialCompetenceCompetence

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There is increasing There is increasing evidence that evidence that

emotional intelligence emotional intelligence is a better indicator of is a better indicator of

success in life and success in life and work than academic work than academic

intelligenceintelligence

Emotionally Emotionally intelligent people intelligent people

have well developed have well developed intrapersonal and intrapersonal and

interpersonal skillsinterpersonal skills(Daniel Goleman, 1998)(Daniel Goleman, 1998)

Reflection

PDMU and links to:

Communication across the CurriculumUse of MathematicsPersonal Capabilities

Developing the Young Person as an Individual

LUNCH

Session 3: Making the Links

Rules Rights and ResponsibilitiesSimilarities and DifferencesLearning to Live as members of a community

Health, Growth and Change and SafetyLearning to Live as Members of a community

FriendshipManaging Conflict

Self AwarenessSimilarities and Differences

DVD

P7 Reflections

Reflection

PDMU and links to:

Using ICTThinking Skills

Developing the Young Person as a Contributor to Society and

Pastoral Care/Positive Behaviour

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