Social Personal and Health Education Curriculum
The Social Personal and Health Education Curriculum (SPHE) is for children from junior infants to sixth class.
The SPHE curriculum…
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fosters children’s well-being, self-confidence and sense of belonging
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develops children’s sense of personal responsibility for their own behaviour and actions
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promotes children’s self-awareness and understanding by helping them to manage their own feelings, to recognise and appreciate individual abilities, and to cope with change of various kinds
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supports children to become active and responsible citizens.
The curriculum consists of three strands:
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Myself
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Myself and others
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Myself and the wider world.
The current curriculum was introduced as part of the Primary School Curriculum (1999).