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Clear Confidence and Links to the Curriculum

Each of the activities within the Clear Confidence Resource Pack has been designed to:

• Improve confidence
• Empower young people, help them to connect with their peer group and have the strength to make the right choices
• Aid understanding that boys and girls have similar problems in puberty but sometimes handle them in different ways

And provide opportunities for students to:

• Take part in individual and group discussions to consider personal, social and moral dilemmas and the choices and decisions relating to them.
• Work as members of groups and teams, taking on different roles and responsibilities.
• Evaluate their own personal development and learning, set realistic targets and goals for future life choices and develop strategies for meeting them.
• Identify sources of help and support and take responsibility for providing accurate information to others.
• Make links between personal wellbeing and work in other subjects and areas of the curriculum and out of school activities.

Curriculum Links Tables

	Lesson Plan 1 You, Your Skin Your Body		Lesson Plan 2 A Spot of Stress		Lesson Plan 3 Face the Challenge		Lesson Plan 4 Embarrassing Moments		Lesson Plan 5 May Cause Confidence
	KS3	KS4	KS3	KS4	KS3	KS4	KS3	KS4	KS3	KS4
1.1 Personal Identities
a) Understanding that identify is affected by a range of factors, including a positive sense of self.
b) Recognising that the way in which personal qualities, attitudes, skills and achievements are evaluated affects confidence and self-esteem.
c) Understanding that self-esteem can change with personal circumstances, such as those associated with family and friendships, achievements and employment.
1.2 Healthy Lifestyles
a) Recognising that healthy lifestyles, and the wellbeing of self and others, depend on information and making responsible choices.
b) Understanding that physical, mental, sexual and emotional health affect our ability to lead fulfilling lives, and that there is help and support available when they are threatened.
c) dealing with growth and change as normal parts of growing up.
1.3 Risk
a) Appreciating that pressure can be used positively or negatively to influence others in situations involving risk.
b) Developing the confidence to try new ideas and face challenges safely, individually and in groups.
1.4 Relationships
a) Understanding that relationships affect everything we do in our lives and that relationship skills have to be learnt and practised.
b) Understanding that people have multiple roles and responsibilities in society and that making positive relationships and contributing to groups, teams and communities is important.
c) Understanding that relationships can cause strong feelings and emotions.
1.5 Diversity
a) Appreciating that, in our communities, there are similarities as well as difference between people of different race, religion, culture, ability or disability, gender, age or sexual orientation.
b) Understanding that all forms of prejudice and discrimination must be challenged at every level in our lives.
2.1 Critical Reflection
a) Reflect critically on their own and others' values and change their behaviour accordingly.
b) Reflect on their own and others' strengths and achievements, give and receive constructive praise and criticism, and learn from success and failure.
c) Identify and use strategies for setting and meeting personal targets and challenges in order to increase motivation, reflect on their effectiveness and implement and monitor strategies for achieving goals.
d) Identify and use strategies for setting and meeting personal targets in order to increase motivation.
e) Reflect on feelings and identify positive ways of understanding, managing and expressing strong emotions and challenging behaviour.
f) Develop self-awareness by reflecting critically on their behaviour and its impact on others.
2.2 Decision Making and Managing Risk
a) Use knowledge and understanding to make informed choices about safety, health and wellbeing.
b) Find information and support from a variety of sources.
c) Use strategies for resisting unhelpful peer influence and pressure.
d) Identify how managing feelings and emotions effectively supports decision-making and risk management.
e) Identify how managing feelings and emotions effectively supports decision-making and risk management.
2.3 Developing Relationships and Working with Others
a) Use social skills to build and maintain a range of positive relationships.
b) Use the social skill of negotiation within relationships, recognising their rights and responsibilities and that their actions have consequences.
c) Use the social skills of communication, negotiation, assertiveness and collaboration.
d) Value difference between people and demonstrate empathy and a willingness to learn about people different from themselves.
e) Challenge prejudice and discrimination assertively.
3.0 Range and Content
a) The knowledge and skills needed for setting realistic targets and personal goals.
b) Physical and emotional change and puberty.
c) Sexual activity, human reproduction, contraception, pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections and HIV and how high-risk behaviours affect the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.
d) Where and how to obtain health information, how to recognise and follow health and safety procedures, ways of reducing risk and minimising harm in risky situations, how to find sources of emergency help and how to use basic and emergency first aid.
e) How a balanced diet and making choices for being healthy contribute to personal wellbeing, and the importance of balance between work, leisure and exercise.
f) The roles and responsibilities of parents, carers, children and other family members.
g) The features of positive and stable relationships, how to deal with a breakdown in a relationship and the effects of loss and bereavement.
h) Different types of relationships, including those within families and between older and young people, boys and girls, and people of the same sex, including civil partnerships.
i) The roles and responsibilities of parents, carers and children in families..
j) The similarities, differences and diversity among people of different race, culture, ability, disability, gender, age and sexual orientation and the impact of prejudice, bullying, discrimination and racism on individuals and communities.
4.0 Curriculum Opportunities
a) Make real choices and decisions based on accurate information obtained through their own research using a range of sources, including national and local / ward data, the internet, other media sources and visits and visitors to or from the wider community.
b) Form opinions and express viewpoints confidently to a range of audiences.
c) Meet and work with people from the wider community both in school and through external visits.
d) Take part in individual and group discussion to consider personal, social and moral dilemmas and the choices and decisions relating to them.
e) Work as members of groups and teams, taking on different roles and responsibilities.
f) Evaluate their own personal development and learning, set realistic targets and goals for future life choices and develop strategies for meeting them.
g) Identify sources of help and support and take responsibility for providing accurate information to others.
h) Make links between personal wellbeing and work in other subjects and areas of the curriculum and out of school activities.
i) Make links between personal wellbeing and work in other subjects and areas of the curriculum and out of school activities.

PSHE/PSD Variations for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
Scotland	Scottish Curriculum
Northern Ireland	Northern Irish Curriculum
Wales	Welsh Curriculum

Lesson Plan Download as PDFs

Each lesson plan details learning objectives together with comprehensive curriculum links and includes include starter, whole class, individual and discussion activities. Use in conjunction with IWB lesson plan support presentations for access to stimulus film clips and additional downloadable resources.

Lesson 1:You, Your Skin, Your Body
Lesson 2: A Spot of Stress
Lesson 3: Face the Challenge
Lesson 4: Moments Like These
Lesson 5: May Cause Confidence