Self, health and relationships
Paper 1 work · 7 summaries- Self-image and changeSelf-image, talents and skills, a positive personality and coping with change.
- Relationships and diversityHealthy relationships, boundaries, diversity, stereotypes and discrimination.
- CyberbullyingCyberbullying, your digital footprint, online privacy and healthy screen time.
- Study skills and peer pressureStudy skills (timetables, summaries, memory) and handling peer pressure and intimidation.
- Reading skills and study methodsWhy reading matters so much, skimming and scanning, active reading, summaries and memory.
- Diet, nutrition and healthFactors that influence diet, nutrients, lifestyle diseases, TB, asthma, epilepsy and diabetes.
- Safety outdoors: water, roads, weather and getting lostSafe outdoors: near water, on roads, in storms and heat, and when you get lost.
Rights, careers and the environment
Paper 2 work · 8 summaries- Human rights and responsibilitiesHuman rights and responsibilities, freedom of speech and its limits, and democracy.
- Subject choices and careersSubject choices at the end of Grade 9, careers, qualifications and skills.
- Environmental health and responsibilityEnvironmental health, climate change, resources, carbon footprint and environmental justice.
- Fair play in sportFair play and sportsmanship, teamwork, safety in sport and inclusive sport.
- Human rights and the ConstitutionHuman rights and the Constitution: fundamental rights, dignity, child labour, tolerance and reconciliation.
- Pollution and environmental healthAir, water and soil pollution, their health effects, and a community action plan.
- Careers in depth and the value of workStudy routes to a career, the value of work, and how to read a job advert.
- Religions, choices and negotiationHoly scriptures of the faiths, shared values, making decisions and negotiating.
For parents
- Choose one topic per evening. Let your child read the summary and then tell it to you in their own words.
- The ticks (“I know this”) are saved on this device only, so you can see how far you have come. We never ask for names or emails.
- After the summary the quiz is the perfect test: every question explains the answer.
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