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Living in The Wider World

Caring for the Environment

PSHE

Learning Objectives:

Success Criteria:

What is our learning behaviour focus?

To understand about voluntary, community and pressure (action) groups

I understand what voluntary, community & pressure (action) groups

I can explain what these groups are

I can discuss and explain the importance of these groups

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Discuss...

What do you understand by the terms voluntary, community and pressure (or action) group?

What do these terms mean?

What‛s the difference between them?

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Discuss...

Voluntary, community and pressure (or action) groups

These groups of people work together in order to make a difference or change to something in the wider community or to change opinions and attitudes about a particular issue.

Have you heard of any such local, national or international groups that support aspects of health and wellbeing, including any relating to the environment?

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Activity

Research (using paper-based resources or the internet)your chosen group and find out the following:

1. What is the aim of the group?2. What is their ‘mission statement‛? [a statement of their overall aim and values]3. What do they do?4. Who or what do they help or support?

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Groups

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Activities for today...

WILF

Design and create a simple poster or flyer encouraging people to volunteer for, support or join the group they have researched.

Include (in brief!) information from your research on what the group is and who or what they help and how.

Think Pink Challenge!Why do you think this is a worthy cause?

I understand what voluntary, community & pressure (action) groups

I can explain what these groups are

I can discuss and explain the importance of these groups

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Share your work with someone who researched a different group