Feelings, peer pressure and health
Paper 1 work · 9 summaries- Peer pressureWhat peer pressure is, how to say no, and integrity.
- Healthy choices and the bodyHealthy food, water, exercise, sleep, routine, sun protection and food safety.
- Feelings and relationshipsFeelings and healthy relationships: empathy, boundaries, I-messages and safe secrets.
- Self-esteem, abilities and potentialSelf-esteem, abilities, interests and potential, a growth mindset and good goals.
- Goals and time managementSetting good goals, short and long term, time management, priorities and procrastination.
- Growing up and solving conflictGrowing up: self-esteem, peer pressure, conflict and the rules of mediation.
- Immunity and food preservationThe immune system, antibodies and vaccines, and how we preserve food.
- Dignity, rites of passage, manners and good choicesDignity, rites of passage, manners, assertiveness and good choices.
- First aid and healthFirst aid for burns, cuts, nosebleeds and injuries, and stopping germs.
Citizenship, the environment and case studies
Paper 2 work · 8 summaries- National symbols and citizenshipThe Constitution, democracy, citizens’ rights and duties, and the meaning of the coat of arms.
- Health and the environmentThe link between a healthy environment and healthy people, global warming and sustainability.
- Case studiesWhat would you do? Honesty, exclusion, scams, strangers and animal cruelty.
- Bullying and mediationKinds of bullying, bystanders and upstanders, and how mediation works.
- Animal rights and conservationThe Five Freedoms of animals, caring for pets, the SPCA, and conserving wildlife.
- Heritage sites and national symbolsWorld Heritage Sites in South Africa, kinds of heritage and our national symbols.
- Caring for people and gender stereotypesCaring for people in our community, volunteering, and challenging gender stereotypes.
- Nation-building and national daysNation-building, our national days and what they remember, and how sport and languages unite us.
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