Health and Well-being
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The Citizenship strand is slightly different from the other three in that it focuses as much on information as it does on skills. There are also Online Safety year-by-year schemes of learning created by South West Grid for Learning on behalf of the Welsh Government which cover much of the Citizenship strand. This resource can be found on Hwb (link below)
We therefore restrict ourselves in the Citizenship strand to a few quick suggestions for activities, focusing on those few aspects of Citizenship not covered by the SWGfL schemes.
Activity Suggestions
Unfortunately, the SWGfL schemes of work do not cover teaching about balancing screen time and active playtime and therefore you'll have to ensure that you cover this element separately. Here are some activities you may consider:
- Provide the pupils with a number of statements explaining positive and negative effects of using technology. Pupils group them into positives and negatives.
- Have pupils create a storyboard or comic (Comic Life app) on 'The Boy Who Said No', a twist on 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' where a child says no to invites to parties and football games because he wants to stay in and play on his computer. Eventually the invites dry up and he is lonely.