Our teaching pedagogy has always been to provide schools with a series of lessons they can use both before and after a visit from Life Ed.
Whether you have booked a face to face visit or an online visit these fun interactive lessons help in preparing your students for the Life Ed program and will also help embed the learning for maximum retention and impact. Following critical feedback from teachers and educators we have ensured these lessons are quick, easy and fun taking only 15-20 minutes. We will be constantly updating them so we welcome your feedback and please keep visiting to see what we have added throughout the year.
Primary Pre & Post Program Lessons
Primary
My Body Matters
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
My Body Matters – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson follows up key themes introduced in the My Body Matters module delivered by Life Ed. The extending activities provide students with additional opportunities to interact with important ideas and practices that help keeps them healthy.
15 - 20 minutes
School Lesson
My Body Matters – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson finalises the ‘My Body Matters’ module and follows up key themes for students that were introduced by the Life Ed visit. Within the lesson, students learn about the benefits of sleep and physical activity and how getting the right amount promotes good health. By using the extending lessons, students have further opportunities to interact with important ideas and practices that help keep them healthy.
15 - 20 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
Harold’s Friend Ship
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
Harold’s Friend Ship – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson extends the ‘Harold’s Friend Ship’ module. The focus here is on giving clear information and practical ideas to help friendships grow and stay strong. Through the activities, students are supported to develop their social & emotional skills of self-awareness, social awareness, and relationships.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Harold’s Friendship – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson continues the work begun in the ‘Harold’s Friend Ship’ module. The goal of this lesson is to reinforce ways to say and do things that make and maintain positive relationships and build a kind classroom. By participating in these activities students are supported to develop their social & emotional skills of self-awareness, social awareness, and relationships.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
Ready, Steady, Go!
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Ready, Steady, Go! – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson introduces students to the ‘Ready, Steady, Go’ module. The activities within this lesson focus on the role that water plays in keeping bodies healthy. Activities have been selected to keep students active and physically engaged throughout the lesson.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
Ready, Steady, Go! – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson extends the unit ‘Ready, Steady, Go’ module. By explicitly exploring emotions, using paired activities, and working through helpful and unhelpful thoughts, students are guided to understand how people react differently to trying new things. Through the activities, students are supported to develop their social & emotional skills of self-awareness, social awareness, and relationships.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
Safety Rules
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Safety Rules – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson serves to introduce the idea of emergencies as part of the Safety Rules module. By using these Tuning In activities, students are guided to consider daily situations where the community and family groups help each other and then are led into an exploration of understanding emergencies.
15 - 20 minutes
School Lesson
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
Primary
Growing Good Friends
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education 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
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education 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
Primary
All Systems Go
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
All Systems Go – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson introduces students to the idea that the body operates through a series of systems. Here, students learn about the respiratory system by looking at how it feels, how it works, and what types of things hurt or help its function. By using these Tuning In activities, students have an opportunity to both physically and intellectually engage in understanding body systems as it relates to their own bodies and activities.
15 minutes
School Lesson
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
All Systems Go – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson builds upon ideas of the previous ‘All Systems Go’ module lessons. Concepts and vocabulary used in the Life Ed visit are reinforced, using students’ social understanding and individual contexts to give skills to deal with peer pressure. In the lesson, students are also required to exercise their social & emotional skills of responsible decision-making. Supporting each other through social dialogue, students can learn to anticipate consequences, reflect on their own role in being safe and make reasoned judgments.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
All Systems Go – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson consolidates key messages from the ‘All Systems Go’ module. Activities here give students more depth of understanding about the role of nutrients in maintaining a healthy body. Alongside the core content, throughout this lesson students strengthen their social & emotional skills in relationships and responsible decision making.
25-30 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
bCyberwise
This module covers
- How to recognise, react and report unwanted contact, bullying or predatory behaviours.
- Keeping personal information safe online.
- Responsible and respectful behaviour when using communication technology.
- Skills for building positive relationships with friends.
- Exploring the role of bystanders.
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
bCyberwise – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson introduces key themes to students about technology and both the positives and challenges of being online. By using these Tuning In activities, students have an opportunity to directly relate these ideas to their own daily life and think critically about their own world.
15 minutes
School Lesson
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
bCyberwise – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson is an opportunity to delve further into ideas of cybersafety. Through a variety of activities, students are empowered to think about how their own actions and decisions can protect their privacy and safety online. Activities and questioning are designed to assist students in applying conceptual ideas to their own world, now or in the future.
30 - 35 minutes
School Lesson
bCyberwise – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson creates an opportunity to explore cyberbullying as well as tools and strategies to deal with it. Many aspects of this lesson are also applicable to real-world scenarios, and it can be helpful to explore the commonality of bullying in its many forms. This module has been created to give details, scenarios, and tools to help students understand resources and techniques specific to dealing with cyberbullying. The activities and questions are designed to assist students in applying the understanding of cyberbullying to their own reality, whether they are active online now or in the future.
25-30 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
Mind Your Medicine
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
Mind Your Medicine – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson is the last in the ‘Mind Your Medicine’ module. The focus of this lesson is on developing social and emotional skills to manage hard conversations, conflict and stress and ways to keep calm and calm down. The unit emphasises and encourages the development of the social & emotional skills of self-awareness, self-management, and relationships.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
On The Case
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
On The Case – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson introduces students to the ‘On the Case’ module. The activities within this lesson focus on building critical literacy skills. The skills and processes embedded in this lesson are designed to help students navigate through facts and myths around smoking, and help them make informed decisions about their health. These activities maximise student voice and participation and help prepare students for the upcoming Life Ed Visit.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
On The Case – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson extends the ‘On the Case’ module. Using a range of collaborative class and paired activities, students are guided to understand what e-cigarettes are as well as range of associated health and social impacts. Through these activities, students are also supported to develop their social & emotional skills of social awareness and responsible decision making.
25-30 minutes
School Lesson
On The Case – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson finalises the ‘On the Case’ module. The focus in this lesson is reinforcing the changing trend of fewer people smoking in Australia and also reviews some of the reasons that young people choose not to smoke. This lesson utilises a number of partner activities to maximise student voice and engagement through the learning and build social & emotional skills.
25-30 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
Think Twice
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Think Twice – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson introduces students to the ‘Think Twice’ module where they will learn about alcohol in a balanced and age appropriate way. Key areas covered include the varying effects of alcohol on the body and brain and the choices that people can make about drinking alcohol. Many of the activities are pair or group based so that students are actively engaged in developing their social & emotional skills of relationships through effective communication, teamwork, and developing strategies to resist negative social pressure.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
Think Twice – Extending Lesson 1
This lesson extends the ‘Think Twice’ module. Using a narrative-based lesson and a range of collaborative class and paired activities, students are guided to consolidate their understanding of the impact of alcohol. Through these activities, students are also supported to develop their social & emotional skills of relationships and responsible decision making.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Think Twice – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson finalises the ‘Think Twice’ module. Through a three tiered structure, students learn about the physical, social, and legal consequences of regular or irresponsible consumption of alcohol. Through the activities in this lesson, students are also supported to develop their social & emotional skills of relationships and responsible decision making.
20-25 minutes
School Lesson
Primary
Decisions
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Post-lessons
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.)
(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
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
Primary
Relate Respect Connect
Pre-lessons
To be completed with your class before the Life Education visit.
Relate Respect Connect – Tuning In Lesson
This lesson facilitates an introduction to the Relate, Respect, Connect module by focusing on friendships. By using these activities, students are prepared to engage in more complex discussions about respectful relationships during the Life Ed. Lesson.
20 -25 minutes
School Lesson
Post-lessons
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.)
(You must be logged in and have a booking with Life Education to access the post lessons.)
Relate Respect Connect – Extending Lesson 2
This lesson finalises the work from the Life Ed Relate Respect Connect module. The focus here is on specific strategies and tools for managing friendships online. The entire module is anticipated to take approximately 25-30 minutes.
25-30 minutes
School Lesson
