by MS Counselors
The Health and Wellbeing education at ISB encourages young people to lead healthy, active and balanced lives. Students are provided with opportunities to acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive health goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships and make responsible decisions.
Our course also teaches personal safety and the skills necessary to keep ourselves safe from harm. We discuss the many risks to our safety so that students are aware and can take action to keep themselves safe. The course covers human growth and development within a context of understanding the personal physical changes that will affect them as well as their emotional and relationship needs during the adolescent years. Encouragement of tolerance and understanding of difference is another important component of the health and wellbeing curriculum. Parents are invited to attend a meeting prior to the teaching of the human growth and development unit as we value their partnership in this very important area of study.
The goal of our program is to develop individual values, attitudes, competencies and beliefs that will empower the student to commit to their own and others health and wellbeing throughout their lifetime.
For a more detailed account of the units of study and the essential questions please refer to the Middle School Program of Study
In order to successfully teach the many units of study the Health and Wellbeing teachers make use of a number of resources to provide relevant content. One program that is used in all grades is the Second Step Program. If you wish to look over the content in this program please go to their web site and use the code provided to access the content.
Grade 6 – SSP6 FAMI LY12
Grade 7 – SSP7 FAMI LY23
Grade 8 – SSP8 FAMI LY34
Health Curriculums from other countries were evaluated and content chooses to reflect the best teaching in the areas we cover.
Health and Wellbeing units are also available for viewing in Haiku for each grade.
Should you wish to discuss the Health and Wellbeing course in more detail please contact the school counselor on your child’s grade level.
The Health and Wellbeing teachers for 2016- 2017 are:
Gr 6 Louise Saddington and Martin Hermann
Gr 7 Maurilio Baron-Toaldo and Lindsey Serrano
Gr 8 Brenda Perkins and Adam Kirk
We look forward to working with our students on the many goals outlined above.