SPHE: Social, Personal and Health Education

Social, personal and health education provides particular opportunities to foster the personal development, health and well-being of the child and to help him/her to create and maintain supportive relationships and become an active and responsible citizen in society. Through an SPHE programme children can develop a framework of values, attitudes, understanding and skills that will inform their actions and decisions in these areas of their lives both now and in the future

Strands of the SPHE Curriculum:
Myself

• Self-identity
• Taking care of my body
• Growing and changing
• Safety and protection

Myself and others

• Myself and my family
• My friends and other people
• Relating to others
• Making decisions

Myself and the wider world

• Developing citizenship
• Media education