Dunstan Hamilton

The Global Goals 3 & 4

The lesson will introduce students to the 3rd and 4th Global Goals, these being “Good Health” and “Quality Education”. Students will reflect on these two goals and learn how important they are for them, both in the present and also for the future.

The Global Goals 5 and 8

The lesson will highlight the Global Goal number 5 “Gender Equality”, including the meaning of equality, gender, stereotypes, the media and future occupations. Global Goal number 8 “Good Jobs and Economic Growth” is also touched upon indirectly, towards the end of the lesson.

The Global Goals 6 and 7

The lesson will tackle two Global Goals, Goal 6 regarding clean water and sanitation and also Goal 7 regarding renewable energy. Lesson will help students understand the importance of water in their lives and that this is also a limited resource that should not be wasted. This leads on to the natural resources available, some of which will one day end. As a result, the use of renewable energy sources needs to increase and students too have a role to play in taking care of the Earth.

The negative effects of smoking Lesson 1

The lesson will tackle the habit of smoking, which can easily lead to addiction. Apart from information about cigarettes students will also be given information about e-cigarettes. Assertiveness, the issues related to second hand smoke and choices we make are all tackled through handouts, clips and ongoing discussion and written work, including drawing.

The negative effects of smoking Lesson 2

The students will be introduced to World No Tobacco Day and will have to find creative ways of celebrating this day’s symbol, the ashtray with flowers. The students will also reflect on how to have a healthy living lifestyle and on the emotions created when one finds oneself near people who smoke. Students will reflect on the reasons why individuals start smoking, are given information about what cigarettes are made up of, risks of smoking and how to be assertive and say no.

Growing Up Together Lesson 1

Friendship and the importance of feeling loved is covered in the first of three parts of Growing Up Together. Students will also reflect on how much they have already changed since birth and that these changes bring about changing emotions. The importance of accepting ourselves as we are is also raised, through poetry.

Growing Up Together Part 2

The students will continue with the topic of Sexuality and Relationships Education, using either their personal copy of the Year 5 workbook or else downloading the soft copy pages 10-15 in either Maltese or English from the resources section of this lesson. Students will learn about food and sports necessary for healthy living, stereotypes, what makes males and female similar and different and about different situations in their lives.

Growing Up Together Part 3

The students will reflect on the life cycle of certain creatures and that humans too grow up and will change by time. Students will also reflect on how much they have changed since birth. Pregnancy in humans is also highlighted, as are some basic keywords, as indicated on page 21 of the workbook. Students are also reminded about Helpline 179.

The Walk of Life Part One

The students will reflect on how they have changed by time, from when they were born till today. Students will also reflect on how they will continue to develop in the future and how their wants and needs will change too. The SRE Year 4 workbook to be used. (kindly view resources section)

The Walk of Life Lesson 3

During this lesson students will reflect on old age and that being old needn’t be a negative experience. They will also be introduced to the fact that flowers, plants and trees grow out of seeds, that there are male and female animals, that certain animals come out of an egg and to the frog life cycle.