Life
Education
Life
Education comprises of PHSEE, Citizenship, Work Related Learning, Careers
Education and Guidance and Enterprise Education.
Life
Education is a statutory subject at Middleton Technology School and is taught
once per week for 50 minutes in years 7,8,9 & 11.
and once every two weeks in year 10.
Types of resources
used:
Textbooks
DVD
Internet and online packages
Practical apparatus and demonstration materials
Outside
agencies:
CEOP
Healthy Schools team
School nurse
Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
Unicef
Middleton Youth Service
The Impact Partnership
Extra
Curricular activities include oppurtunities to serve on the School
Council.
Life
Education is underpinned by the UN Convention on the rights for the child Every Child Matters Agenda,
and the Healthy Schools initiative.
Some
popular Life Education websites for parents and pupils
Childline
NSPCC
CEOP
Talk to Frank
Drinkaware
Direct Government
Unicef
Parliament
Britkid
Citizenship Foundation
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation
Eatwell
Students have the oppurtunity to work with external visitors including:
- Rochdale Nutritionist
- Teenage Cancer Trust
- The Impact Partnership
- Oral Health Promotion Unit
- Unicef
- Environmental Health
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Education should develop each child's personality and talents to the full. It should encourage children to respect their parents, and their own and other cultures.
The Government should provide ways of protecting children from dangerous drugs.
The Government should protect children from sexual abuse.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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