This session will dissect the key elements of the health education curriculum as relevant to secondary-age students and look at whole-school approach to embed some of these key issues into the school environment, including first aid, safety, drugs, alcohol and smoking, healthy eating, physical health, mental health and more. Maria will discuss creating a whole-school culture that helps pupils to understand these key issues and make healthy choices. She will consider how this culture can complement the actual teaching of health education as part of PSHE.
The handout from this session is available by clicking the bottom right-hand corner of the video player.
Presenter
Maria O’Neill
Advanced Skills Teacher & Director, UK Pastoral Support
Maria is an advanced skills teacher, pastoral leader and PhD researcher. She is Founder of Pastoral Support UK, an organisation that works to raise the profile of pastoral leadership and enhance opportunities for pastoral professional development. She has contributed to planning and delivery of pastoral postgraduate studies and coaches postgraduate students as part of the programme. Her book Proactive Pastoral Care: nurturing happy, healthy and successful learners is due to be published in 2021.