Transcript Personal Development and Mutual Understanding

Personal Development and
Mutual Understanding
Unit 2:
Statements of Minimum
Requirement
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Learning Intentions
• To develop an awareness and understanding of the
PD&MU curriculum
• To examine the Statements of Minimum Requirement
(SOMR) and non-statutory guidance in greater detail
• To explore how the PD&MU curriculum progresses
through the Key Stages
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Activity 1
A Strong Sense of PD&MU
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• Identify a person with a strong sense of PD&MU.
• Discuss and describe their qualities and
characteristics under the following headings:
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physical
emotional
social
cognitive.
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PD&MU Defined
‘…encouraging each child to become personally,
emotionally, socially and physically effective, to
lead healthy, safe and fulfilled lives, and to
become confident, independent and
responsible citizens, making informed and
responsible choices and decisions throughout their
lives.’
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PD&MU’s Two Strands
Personal Understanding
and Health
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Self-awareness
Feelings and emotions
Learning to learn
Health and safety
Mutual Understanding in
the Local and Wider
Community
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Relationships
Responsibilities
Approaches to conflict
Similarities and differences
Community involvement
SOMRs: Foundation Stage
Personal Understanding and Health
Children should have opportunities to explore:
1. themselves and their personal attributes
2. their own and others’ feelings and emotions
3. their dispositions and attitudes to learning
4. the importance of keeping healthy and how to keep safe in
familiar and unfamiliar environments
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SOMRs: Foundation Stage
Mutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Community
Children should have opportunities to explore:
5. their relationships with family and friends
6. their responsibilities for self and others
7. how to respond appropriately in conflict situations
8. similarities and differences between groups of people
9. learning to live as a member of a community
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SOMRs: Key Stage 1
Personal Understanding and Health
Children should have opportunities to explore:
1. their self–esteem and self-confidence
2. their own and others’ feelings and emotions and how their actions
affect others
3. positive attitudes to learning and achievement
4. strategies and skills for keeping themselves healthy and safe
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SOMRs: Key Stage 1
Mutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Community
Children should have opportunities to explore:
5. initiating and developing mutually satisfying relationships
6. responsibility and respect, honesty and fairness
7. constructive approaches to conflict
8. similarities and differences between people
9. themselves as developing members of the community
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SOMRs: Key Stage 2
Personal Understanding and Health
Children should have opportunities to explore:
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their self-esteem, self-confidence and how they develop as
individuals
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their management of a range of feelings and emotions and the
feelings and emotions of others
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effective learning strategies
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how to sustain their health, growth and well-being and cope
safely and efficiently with their environment
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SOMRs: Key Stage 2
Mutual Understanding in the Local and Wider
Community
Children should have opportunities to explore:
5. initiating, developing and sustaining mutually satisfying relationships
6. human rights and social responsibility
7. causes of conflict and appropriate responses
8. valuing and celebrating cultural difference and diversity
9. playing an active and meaningful part in the life of the community
and being concerned about the wider environment
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LLW at Key Stage 3
Personal Development
Local and Global Citizenship
Education for Employability
Home Economics
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PD&MU’s Contribution to LLW
Primary Phase
Personal Development and
Mutual Understanding
Strand 1: Personal Health
and Understanding
Post-Primary Phase
Learning for Life and Work
Strand 2: Mutual
Understanding in the Local
and Wider Community
Local and Global Citizenship
Personal Development
Home Economics
Employability
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Activity 2
SOMR Progression
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• Identify how your SOMR progresses from Foundation to
Key Stage 2.
• Explore which aspects of the non-statutory guidance
complements it.
• Record your findings under these headings:
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development
learning outcomes
skills acquisition
other issues.
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Conclusion
By now you should have a better understanding of:
• the PD&MU curriculum;
• the SOMRs and non-statutory guidance; and
• how the PD&MU curriculum progresses through the Key
Stages.
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