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Children will learn

Spot bullying

• Demonstrate strategies to deal with both face-to-face and online bullying;

• Demonstrate strategies and skills for supporting others who are bullied;

• Recognise and describe the difference between online and face-to-face bullying.

Play, like, share

• Consider what information is safe/unsafe to share offline and online, and reflect on the consequences of not keeping personal information private;

• Recognise that people aren’t always who they appear to be online and explain risks of being friends online with a person they have not met face-to-face;

• Know how to protect personal information online;

• Recognise disrespectful behaviour online and know how to respond to it.

Decision dilemmas

• Recognise which situations are risky;

• Explore and share their views about decision making  when faced with a risky situation;

• Suggest what someone should do when faced with a risky situation.

Ella's diary dilemma

• Define what is meant by a dare; 

• Explain why someone might give a dare; 

• Suggest ways of standing up to someone who gives a dare.

Vaping; healthy or unhealthy

• Describe some of the health risks caused by vaping;

• Understand that there are potential health risks of vaping that are not yet fully known;

• Use critical thinking skills when reading information/media;

• Understand that companies selling vaping products do so to make money;

• Describe some of the possible outcomes of taking a risk.

Would you risk it?

• Identify risk factors in a given situation (involving smoking) and consider outcomes of risk taking in this situation, including emotional risks;

• Understand the actual norms around smoking/alcohol and the reasons for common misperceptions of these.

Drugs:  true or false?

• Understand some of the complexities of categorising drugs;

• Know that all medicines are drugs but not all drugs are medicines;

• Understand ways in which medicines can be helpful or harmful and used safely or unsafely.

What's the story?

• Understand some of the complexities of categorising drugs;

• Know that all medicines are drugs but not all drugs are medicines;

• Understand ways in which medicines can be helpful or harmful and used safely or unsafely.

Fact or opinion?

• Understand the difference between a fact and an opinion; 

• Understand what biased reporting is and the need to think critically about things we read.

Mo makes a difference?

• Explain what we mean by the terms voluntary, community and pressure (action) group; 

• Give examples of voluntary groups, the kind of work they do and its value.

Rights, respect & duty

• Define the differences between responsibilities, rights and duties;

• Discuss what can make them difficult to follow; 

• Identify the impact on individuals and the wider community if responsibilities are not carried out.

Spending wisely

• State the costs involved in producing and selling an item; 

• Suggest questions a consumer should ask before buying a product.

Lend us a fiver!

• Define the terms loan, credit, debt and interest; 

• Suggest advice for a range of situations involving personal finance.

Local councils

• Explain some of the areas that local councils have responsibility for; 

• Understand that local councillors are elected to represent their local community.