Growing Good Friends
For Early Primary to Year 2
Harold battles to figure out what to give his grandma for her birthday, until his friends Boots and Red, step in and offer some good ideas. This animated story highlights the role that positive relationships play in health and wellbeing.
Overview
In this module, students investigate healthy lifestyle choices and factors that impact health and emotional wellbeing. This includes learning about healthy food choices and considering how media and advertising messages influence food choices. The key learning areas covered include:
- Recognising how nutrition and physical activity contributes to health
- Exploring health messages and advertising influences
- Identifying qualities and attributes of good friends
- People in our network who can support and help us
Stage 1: Pre-lesson
To be completed with your class before the Life Ed visit.
Growing Good Friends – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson introduces key themes to students about the importance of friendships. Students explore the attributes and characteristics of good friends and have the opportunity to link these ideas to their own daily life, and begin to practice the skills of making and being a good friend.
15 - 20 minutes
School Lesson
Stage 2: Life Ed Visit
Stage 3: Post Visit
To be completed with your class after the Life Ed visit.
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Ed to access the post lessons.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Ed to access the post lessons.)
Growing Good Friends – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson serves to reinforce key themes to students about changes as they grow older, including changes in friendships. Students also identify people in their personal safety network. By using these extending activities, students have an opportunity to link ideas of change, friendships and assistance to their individual world.
15 - 20 minutes
School Lesson
Growing Good Friends – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson finalises the ‘Growing Good Friends’ module. Within the lesson, students learn about the benefits of physical activity for themselves, but also how they can show their care for friends by involving them in exercise too. By using these extending activities, students have an opportunity to develop their social & emotional skills of social awareness and relationships skills.
15 - 20 minutes
School Lesson
Stage 4: Booster Sessions ‘On Demand’
To be completed with your class after the Life Ed visit.
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Ed to access the post lessons.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Ed to access the post lessons.)
Sponsored By
Woolworths – Fresh Food Kids
Woolworths
