This personal development course is specifically designed to embrace the challenges of growing up in an uncertain world. This one off day will challenge and inspire all your young people to be brave and dream big. This multi-layered, highly interactive experience will motivate students to make the most of the time they have at primary school and fulfill their dreams.
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To help the students reflect and celebrate their achievements from their time in primary school
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To provide students with the opportunity to share their hopes and fears about the year ahead
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To provide them with a chance to work in small groups to analyse some of these fears and work together to find solutions
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To empower young people to set goals and targets
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To provide and uplifting and positive experience to help support the students make a smooth transition to secondary school
This course will empower students to feel positive about themselves, their future and their relationships. This is a values driven programme, in which students will complete a series of challenges to explore the concepts of honesty, awareness and responsibility. Students will interact and work with students from other schools in the knowledge that they will be in Year 6 soon. The programme highlights the importance of developing key life skills and promotes making changes in order to take control of their life.
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To provide students with the opportunity to reflect on the important role they will play as leaders in school
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To provide powerful teaching moments in which all young people can see why diversity is so important
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To challenge the students to reflect on how authentic or not they are in school, helping them to understand the root causes of inauthenticity
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To inspire young people to be proud of themselves and to provide platforms on which to share their individuality
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To highlight and celebrate the importance of developing a wide range of important lifeskills and qualities
Year 5 and/or Year 6 become positive role models in school and heroes training helps them discover the skills they will need to help make a difference to themselves and other people. We initially look at influencing factors and what attributes they will need to become successful. They will gain confidence in speaking in small groups, 1:1 etc.
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To provide students with opportunities to develop their communication and confidence skills
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To develop a team of heroes in school who are trained to mentor and support younger students
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To enable students to reflect on what it is to be a positive role model and when and how they can be a hero
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To enable students to reflect on their own personal journey through school and how they can support younger students
Deborah Hall
Headteacher
Brettenham Primary School
[humanutopia] has enabled every child to feel a valued and cared for member of the school community."
"humanutopia has transformed relationships across the school."
Lorraine Dolan
Headteacher
Holy Trinity & St Silas Primary School
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This truly magical programme is ideal for students in Year 3 or 4. It has been designed specifically for primary school students to provide them with a series of challenges that require teamwork, collaboration and communication. Based around arriving on the fictitious Utopia Island, each young person is placed in one of the new ‘communities’ on the island. Students work together to peacefully discuss and resolve civic issues such as law making/breaking, education and social justice. Each community then shares their plans with neighbouring communities until an Island council has been formed and there is harmony across the island. A truly eye-opening and awareness building experience.
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Typically we start of with a day for a whole year group. The day is an engaging, high-energy, emotive and interactive day - not just an all day assembly! The year group will be together in a hall space for the day. Following the initial input, we then run mentoring and extended programmes.
The heroes journey is a volunteering programme and as such is open to all - not just the self starters, but also those who are lacking in confidence and self esteem or for those who are more challenging. This provides authentic mentoring by young people, for young people around the challenges they face
We have an online survey the students can complete. Additionally, many schools have looked and reported positive trends in terms of attainment, behaviour points and attendance.
We have a comprehensive package to keep the momentum going - from assembly slides, to form time acitivites, to cards that the students can refer back to for positive changes. We would also encourage as many staff to see our work and use the key messages day-to-day. Young people really get them!