Living.Learning.Together: Year 1

Living.Learning.Together. aims to provide year 1 teachers with support in planning, teaching and assessing Personal Development and Mutual Understanding in the Foundation Stage within the Northern Ireland Curriculum.

This resource will assist teachers in developing children's personal, emotional, social and health needs and preparing them to contribute to their communities in ways that make a positive and lasting impact.

Living.Learning.Together. is comprised of seven units detailing suggested learning activities and methodologies that teachers will find useful when making provision for the statutory requirements for Personal Development and Mutual Understanding.

Introduction to Year 1PDF, 1.16 MB
The learning activities across the two strands include:

Strand 1

Personal Understanding
& Health

There's No-one Quite Like Me (Unit 1)PDF, 5.98 MB
Sometimes I Feel (Unit 2)PDF, 5.82 MB
Taking Care of Me (Unit 3)PDF, 4.5 MB

Strand 2

Mutual Understanding in the
Local and Wider Community

Belonging and Co-operating (Unit 4)PDF, 4.20 MB
Caring and Sharing (Unit 5)PDF, 3.24 MB You and Me (Unit 6)PDF, 3.12 MB Living Together (Unit 7)PDF, 2.67 MB