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.

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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

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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

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Y10 Personal Development

Respect Programme

• Anti-Bullying

• Deterring Theft and the issues of Shop Lifting

• Issues of Vandalism and Graffiti

• Gang Culture and Knives and the Law

• Forms of Domestic Abuse

• Hate Crime and Racial Harassment

• Anti-Social Behaviour

Y10 Citizenship

Democracy and Active Participation

• What is a Democratic Society?

• The UK’s Unwritten Constitution

• How is Northern Ireland Governed?

• Democracies and Dictatorships Around the World

• Making My Voice Heard

• How I can Influence the World Around Me?

• Why do we need Rules and Laws?

• What Laws Protect Us in the UK?

• Breaking the Law and types of Criminal Offences

• The Youth Justice in Northern Ireland

Equality and Social Justice

• Inequalities

• What is Poverty?

• Homelessness

• Refugees and Asylum Seekers

• Immigration, Jobs and the NHS

• Promoting Equality and Social Justice

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KS4 LLW: Personal and Social Development

Personal and Social Development Level 2

Pupils will undertake a Level Two Certificate in Personal and Social Development offered by the ASDAN Exam Board. This is an applied GCSE equivalent to a B at GCSE.

Pupils complete Portfolios in six units:

• Identity, Culture and Diversity

• Healthy Lifestyles

• Individual Rights and Responsibilities

• Managing Own Money

• Healthy Eating

• Parenting Awareness