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39 Park Street
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 1HW

Schools Project

As part of our health promotion, members of the team will visit Junior and Secondary Schools and carry out the following:

• To explore what young people can do to boost their self-esteem
• To investigate how communication can have an affect on young people’s self-worth
• To consider media influences and explore how toys may shape young people’s thoughts on body image
• To examine what positive qualities each young person has in the eyes of others

Objectives:

• To understand how a young person can improve their self-esteem by reminding themselves of positive aspects of their lives (Blue)
• To have an awareness of how communication can affect young people’s self-esteem. (Red)
• To distinguish between reality and the evolution of media images. (Green)
• To enable young people to recognise their own qualities and to values the way they are seen by others. (Yellow)

Blue Activity:
What is self-esteem?
Team Work
Draw a Spider diagram
Complete your own work sheet (Dove 2008:9)

Red Activity:
Colour in the heart
Team work
Storyboard (Dove 2008:19)

Green Activity:
A Magazine story
Team work
Spot the difference and dolls (Dove 2008:15)

Yellow Activity:
Team praise
Envelopes with words (Dove2008:21, 23)

Objective: to use friendships to boost self-esteem
Age range: 7 +

Create a poster for a same-sex friend that shows the qualities that are most important to you. Now make a poster to 'sell' yourself as a friend. What changes would you make to the first poster if it was for someone of the opposite sex? Do you go more for looks and image or personality? Agree the top ten commandments of friendship.

Objective: to understand that our bodies are changing all the time
Age range: 15 +

Any changes in our bodies right now are part of life's journey. Our bodies are adapting all the time. Let's explore. Here are some of the key stages in our life cycle: embryo, baby, toddler, primary school, secondary school, young adult, parent and grandparent. Draw 1 of these stages and the one that happens next. Label all the changes that take place. Do these changes happen in the same way for all males and females?

Online interactive at home with parents

For further information or to book an appointment please contact FREED Beeches