Learning for Life and Work: LLW

Pupils will follow themes set out in the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Personal Development and Citizenship.

LLW

Personal Development

Citizenship

LLW at Malone College is a part of the overall Pastoral Care programme which seeks to support and develop the ethos and aims of the College. It is committed to enabling pupils to become reflective learners and to develop their potential on a personal and social level.

Personal Development seeks to promote and develop in pupils a positive self-concept and to teach key skills and values such as interpersonal relationships, making decisions and resolving conflict. Pupils will also be encouraged to become more aware and responsible of the issues surrounding their own health and safety. Within Citizenship Education pupils investigate ways in which individuals and groups express their identity. Pupils will also investigate ways of managing conflict and promoting community relations and reconciliation.

The LLW Programme seeks to encourage pupils to “know oneself”, through the understanding of their own self-concept. Pupils are at a stage of fundamental change in their lives and Personal Development is designed to equip pupils with the mechanisms to cope with and analyse these changes. Developing self-esteem and confidence is essential within Personal Development. In realising their strengths pupils will develop a sense of self-worth which will enable them to accept challenges and strive for improvement through self-assessment.

Within Citizenship pupils are encouraged to research the basic characteristics of democracy, and why rules and laws are needed, how they are enforced and how breaches of the law affect the community. Pupils will also explore how inequalities can arise in society including how and why some people may experience inequality or discrimination on the basis of their group identity. At Malone our aim is to promote equality and social justice and for pupils to be a positive vehicle of change in our society.

Year 8

Y8 Personal Development

Welcome to Malone
Social Networking and Staying Safe
Understanding Me
Insync Programme: NI Curriculum PD

Y8 Citizenship

The Integrated Ethos
The Four Principles of Integrated Education
The Troubles and the development of Integrated Education
The Peace Process and the start of Malone College

Year 9

Y9 Personal Development

Preventing Accidents
Exercise and the body
Risks of smoking and vaping
Risks of alcohol and drugs
Mental health and feeling down
The fast-food revolution
Influences, peer pressure and the media
Insync Programme: NI Curriculum PD

Y9 Citizenship

Diversity and Inclusion
Understanding Prejudice, Discrimination and Stereotypes
Managing and Resolving Conflict (Case Study on resolving Personal Conflict and the conflict in Northern Ireland)
Human Rights and UN Convention of Human Rights
UK Laws that Uphold Rights
Taking Responsibility: Self and Social Responsibilities