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PSHE

Drug Education (age 9-11)

This resource offers high quality BBC video clips, along with images texts and activities, to help teach children about the different types of drugs, and the risks associated with them.

 

 

 

 

Key features:

• Video clips offer children a sensitive introduction to what drugs are and their associated risks.
• Features famous people talking about drugs, giving children confidence and advice about how to say no.
• Straightforward advice ensures children understand the differences between illegal drugs, medicines, volatile substances, alcohol and tobacco.
• Accompanying activities and discussion points allow children to think and talk about the issues surrounding the use of drugs.
• Lots of opportunities for discussion and interaction.
• A teacher's book offers lots of guidance about the best way of teaching the topic.
• Writing activities allow children to develop their ideas and give them a context for literacy.

 

Unit 1: What are drugs?

• What is a drug?
• What do drugs do to my body?
• Drugs and medicines (1)
• Drugs and medicines (2)
• People and drugs
  - Which of these drugs are not medicines?
  - Three types of drug use
  - Why do people use drugs?
  - Who does not use drugs?

Writing focus: life changing discoveries

 

Unit 2: What are the risks?

• What is risk?
• Risk is normal
• Pressure and influence
• Persuasion
• Decision making
• Assertiveness

Writing focus: How to say �no�

 

Unit 3: Different kinds of drugs

• Medicines:
  - What is a prescription drug?
  - Who should we accept medicines from?
  - Different types of medicine
• Tobacco:
  - Laws and rules about smoking
  - How does smoking affect people?
  - How much money do smokers spend each year?
  
• Alcohol:
  - Laws and Rules about alcohol
  - Lisencing laws
  - Underage drinking in public
  - Keeping young people safe
  - Alcohol and driving
  - How does alcohol affect people?
  - When do people drink alcohol?
• Volatile substances:
  - Laws and rules about volatile substances
  - The dangers of using volatile substances
• Illegal drugs:
  - What illegal drugs have you heard of?
  - Illegal drugs and the law

Writing focus: Dear Prime Minister

 

Unit 4: Getting a balanced view

• The Media and drugs
• People�s opinions about drugs
• What�s the real picture?

Writing focus: A letter to the papers

 

Unit 5: Help and support

• How difficult is it to give up drugs?
• What to do if a friend or parent has a problem
• Wring focus: Problem page
• Responding to an emergency
• The recovery position (1)
• The recovery position (2)

 

Unit 6: Review and reflection

• What Have I learned about drugs?

 

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