MY WELLBEING JOURNEY


Sample Projects for Classroom-Based Assessments (adapted from www.curriculumonline.ie)


Here are some examples that might help you to come up with a project for your SPHE CBA. You might also look to the Meet the Challenges in your books for some inspiration!


project Sample 1


Design a resource for your peers called ‘Aid to Decision-Making’.


strands and learning outcomes


Strand 1: 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 Strand 2: 2.1, 2.6, 2.7


success criteria


1. Decide on the type of resource you will make. 2. Identify what materials and resources you will need for your resource.


3. Include a decision-making model or steps for making a good decision in your resource.


4. Highlight the important areas where good decision-making is important for young people, e.g. diet, substance use, studying, etc.


5. Include the names of organisations, websites and/or helplines that have information on the topics you are focussing on.


6. Decide on a format for your resource, e.g. will you make a booklet, write a blog or create a short film?


7. Use language, images, etc. that are suitable for and will appeal to young people.


8. Complete your Reflection Sheet. (See section ‘E. Showing evidence of meaningful reflection’, p. xv.)


Sample 2


Contribute to an advertising campaign on ‘Adolescence: The age of opportunity’


Strand 1: 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.9 Strand 2: 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10 Strand 3: 3.2, 3.3, 3.8, 3.9 Strand 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.8, 4.9


1. Decide on the main purpose and message of your advertising campaign.


2. Decide on your audience and how best to get the message out to them.


3. Consider whether you might create a print/online/radio or TV campaign.


4. Outline some of the changes that occur in adolescence, e.g. new school, meeting new people, more responsibility, more freedom, new experiences, etc.


5. Give the advantages and challenges involved in some of these changes, e.g. being accepted, making new friends, assessments and tests, following your interests, peer pressure, etc.


6. Outline the skills adolescences can develop to meet the challenges they face, e.g. good communication skills, building their self-esteem, etc.


7. Provide the names of helplines and information sites for young people.


Sample 3


Design a media campaign about the consequences of alcohol and tobacco use and where and how to get help for drug-related problems


Strand 2: 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 Strand 4: 4.7, 4.8, 4.9


1. Decide who your target audience is. 2. Develop the key messages of your campaign. 3. Consider how you will best get your message across. Your campaign might include interviews, articles, short documentaries, viral social media clips, publicising important research or getting endorsements from well-known people.


4. Research relevant helping organisations. 5. Outline the different pressures that young people feel around substance abuse.


6. Highlight consequences of substance misuse, e.g. personal, social and legal.


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