This workshop will share the process of planning and delivering a personal safety curriculum for early years and junior school students.
The session will focus on one school counsellor’s experience of planning curriculums for two international schools in Shanghai and Germany, based on recommendations from CIS Consultant Susie March. The session will begin by discussing the context of the lessons and why it is important for international schools to teach them. We will then look at an example scope and sequence with samples of lesson content and activities that can be delivered by classroom teachers and/ or school counsellors.
We will also look at useful resources and discuss how the curriculum can be adapted depending on the time constraints and number of staff available to deliver the lessons.
Finally, the workshop will explore how to navigate parent communication, with some suggestions and examples of how to introduce this topic to the parent community, as well as advice on how to answer questions and concerns from parents.
