SPHE Framework for Senior Cycle
Senior cycle SPHE aims to support learners in making informed choices for health and wellbeing now and in the future. The framework is built around five areas of learning:
- Mental health
- Gender studies
- Substance use
- Relationships and sexuality education
- Physical activity and nutrition
These areas of learning focus on what is important for learners in senior cycle to know, understand and be able to do in order to make and maintain healthy lifestyle decisions. Many of the learning outcomes are inter-related and so a non-linear approach to planning is advised to enable linkages to be made across the learning.
SPHE in senior cycle is built around five areas of learning. These areas of learning focus on what is important for students in senior cycle to know, understand and be able to do in order to make and maintain healthy lifestyle decisions. The five areas of learning are:
- Mental health
- Gender studies
- Substance use
- Relationships and sexuality education
- Physical activity and nutrition.
For each area of learning, there is a rationale and a list of learning outcomes which identify what students should understand and be able to do. The learning outcomes draw on three interrelated perspectives which emphasise the multi-dimensional nature of health and wellbeing:
- Emotional and social health and wellbeing focuses on the knowledge and understanding, values, attitudes and skills students need to inform decisions about emotional, social and spiritual health and wellbeing
- Physical health and wellbeing focuses on the knowledge and understanding, values, attitudes and skills that students need to inform decisions about physical health and wellbeing
- Personal and group health and wellbeing focuses on knowledge and understanding of the wider influences on the health and wellbeing, an awareness of relevant supports and agencies in the community and the development of advocacy skills.
Senior Cycle Framework for SPHE