Decisions

For Years 5 - 6

Students explore the decision-making process and develop their skills by looking at choices, consequences, responsibility, facts, and influences.

Overview

This module explores the impact of alcohol and other drugs on our bodies. It equips students with the facts to help protect kids and help them make informed decisions. By recognising their responsibility for the health and safety of themselves and others, students identify strategies to manage unsafe situations and social dilemmas. Learning outcomes include:

Investigating myths, facts and social norms
Strategies and skills to be safe
Understanding what drugs are and how they are classified
Influences on decision making (family, peers, media, culture, financial & legal)

Stage 1: Pre-lesson

To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.

Decisions – Tuning In Lesson This lesson serves to introduce key themes to students about decision making and legal drugs. By using these tuning in activities, students get an opportunity to relate the content to their own life experience. 20-25 minutes School Lesson

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Stage 2: Life Ed Visit

This is the core part of the program. If you have booked a visit with Life Ed, this will be delivered in the Mobile Learning Centre or in your classroom by a specialist Life Ed Educator.

Stage 3: Post Visit

To be completed with your class after the Life Education visit.
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)

Decisions – Extending Lesson 1 This lesson contextualises the importance of informed decision-making in the context of advertising. By working through this extension lesson, students have the opportunity to reflect on advertising, and their past and previous decisions based on adverts. 20-25 minutes School Lesson

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Decisions – Extending Lesson 2 This lesson finalises the work from the Life Ed Decisions module. By working through this extension lesson, students have the opportunity to remember and discuss some of the facts and myths around alcohol and other drugs that were discussed in the Life Ed visit and then interact with a ‘choose your own adventure style’ set of storylines to explore decision making and consequences. 25-30 minutes School Lesson

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