Author(s): Edel O'Brien,Catherine Deegan
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 192
Publisher: Gill
Language:
Date Published: 2014-03-14
Dimensions: 218 x 274 x 16mm
Publication City/Country: Dublin, Ireland
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Illustrations: 80 Illustrations, color

A revised, contemporary and exciting approach to SPHE structured around the key skills and principles of the new Junior Cycle, retaining all the favourite features of the highly popular Healthy Lifestyles series






Designed to fulfil the criteria for teaching SPHE as a Short Course, while retaining all of the lessons required for those teaching the Modular Course
Key words at the beginning of each lesson, combined with varied activities such as carrying out surveys, designing posters, creating and interpreting graphs, reinforce and develop students' Literacy and Numeracy Skills
Topics in each strand are covered using a ready-to-go, lesson-by-lesson approach based on the experiential learning model
Facilitates the development of the key skills for the new Junior Cycle: Managing Myself, Staying Well, Communicating, Being Creative, Working with Others, Managing Information and Thinking
Packed with fun and varied activities such as energisers, puzzles, crosswords, matching exercises, cloze tests, contemporary articles, case studies and comic strips
Lessons are age-appropriate and facilitate ongoing reporting to parents
Learning Keepsakes and Topic Reviews involve students in their own assessment
Up for the Challenge feature at the end of each topic allows students to complete assessment tasks based on Learning Outcomes in the relevant strand







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The New Healthy Lifestyles Teacher's Resource Book offers further support with invaluable guidance on the new Junior Cycle as well as detailed lesson plans, worksheets and student reflection templates for assessment tasks.