Sláinte agus Folláine OSPS 2 is the Irish language version of Health and Wellbeing 2
Health and Wellbeing: SPHE 2 covers the four strands and learning outcomes of the SPHE element of Wellbeing and the New Junior Cycle 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 asdrama, collage, traffic lights, quizzes, animations, debates,film-making and more
Emphasise the theoretical background of topics withup-to-date research findings and references to provoke thoughtand discussion
Focus on developing students’ skills in literacy (oral and digital presentation, reports,debating and drama) and numeracy (surveys, statistics, graphsand charts)
Avoid a ‘one size fits all’ lesson-based approach – allowing classgroups the flexibility to progress through each topic at their ownpace
Include a wide range of activities and assessment techniques thatacknowledge the different learning styles
List Key words at the beginning of each unit and explainedthroughout the text
Contain Learning Logs which encourage students to reflect ontheir learning and keep a record of it, facilitating the completion ofclassroom-based assessments (CBAs) and student journals
