Health and Wellbeing 2 and 3

Health and Wellbeing: SPHE 2 and Health and Wellbeing: SPHE 3 complete the series
for the new Junior Cycle SPHE short course and have been designed to meet the curricular
requirements of SPHE in the context of Wellbeing. The two student textbooks:

Cover the four strands, strand units and Learning Outcomes of the SPHE short course
Address each of the Eight Key Skills of the new Junior Cycle
Use understandable and age-appropriate language with Learning Outcomes for each unit
Follow best practice in addressing the health and wellbeing needs of young people
Contain a wide variety of active learning methodologies such as
drama, collage, traffic lights, quizzes, animations, debates,
film-making and more
Emphasise the theoretical background of topics with
up-to-date research findings and references to provoke thought
and discussion
Focus on developing students’ skills in literacy (oral and digital presentation, reports,
debating and drama) and numeracy (surveys, statistics, graphs
and charts)
Avoid a ‘one size fits all’ lesson-based approach – allowing class
groups the flexibility to progress through each topic at their own
pace
Include a wide range of activities and assessment techniques that
acknowledge the different learning styles
List Key words at the beginning of each unit and explained
throughout the text
Contain Learning Logs which encourage students to reflect on
their learning and keep a record of it, facilitating the completion of
classroom-based assessments (CBAs) and student journals