Life Skills - Term 2 - Week 9

Personal development is about growing and improving ourselves. It includes making good choices that affect our health and how we treat others. In this lesson, we will talk about what it means to make healthy choices, such as eating nutritious foods, exercising, and being kind to others. We will also discuss how our behavior can impact our relationships with friends and family.

Let's consider a scenario: You see a friend sitting alone at lunch. What could you do? One option is to invite them to join you and your friends. This is a respectful behavior that shows kindness. Another option is to ignore them, which is not respectful. Discussing these scenarios helps us understand how our choices can affect others and ourselves.

In pairs, students will role-play different scenarios involving healthy choices and respectful behavior. For example, one student can act as someone who is tempted to eat junk food, while the other encourages them to choose a healthy snack instead. After each role-play, the class will discuss what choices were made and how they can impact health and relationships.

Each student will take a moment to reflect on what they learned today. They will write down one small goal related to making a healthy choice or showing respectful behavior. For example, a student might set a goal to drink more water each day or to say something kind to a classmate every day. At the end of the week, we will share our goals and see how we did!

• Playing games with friends
• Growing and improving ourselves
• Eating junk food
• Ignoring others

Answer: Growing and improving ourselves

Personal development focuses on self-improvement and making positive choices.

• Eating a salad
• Skipping breakfast
• Drinking soda
• Eating candy for lunch

Answer: Eating a salad

Eating a salad is a nutritious choice that contributes to good health.

Answer: By listening when they speak.

Listening shows that you value what others have to say.

• Join in with the bullying
• Ignore it
• Tell a teacher or adult
• Laugh at the situation

Answer: Tell a teacher or adult

Reporting bullying helps protect the victim and stop the behavior.

Answer: I want to drink more water every day.

Setting a goal helps you focus on making healthier choices.

• To impress others
• To feel good and stay healthy
• Because everyone else is doing it
• To avoid getting in trouble

Answer: To feel good and stay healthy

Healthy choices contribute to our overall well-being.

• Interrupting someone while they talk
• Helping a friend with homework
• Making fun of someone
• Ignoring a classmate

Answer: Helping a friend with homework

Helping others is a way to show respect and kindness.