Project Planning: Choosing Your Belonging Focus
Health and Personal Development Year 7 Lesson 10
Learning Intention
We are learning to select a focus area and begin planning ways to communicate solutions related to belonging
Success Criteria
I can choose an issue that I care about I can describe why this issue matters I can begin planning how my project will communicate its message
Warm Up: Values Walk
Move along the spectrum from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree Statement 1: 'New students struggle most with belonging' Statement 2: 'Unkind jokes hurt belonging more than anything else' Statement 3: 'Everyone has a responsibility to support others'
What Makes a Strong Project Focus?
Meaningful - it matters to real people Connected to real school life Solvable or improvable Something YOU care about
Project Focus Conference
Complete your planning sheet: My issue: Why it matters: Who is impacted: What I want to change or improve:
SCAMPER: Generating Creative Solutions
Substitute: What could replace harmful behavior? Combine: What ideas work together? Adapt: How can existing ideas be modified? Modify: What could change in the environment? Put to another use: Use spaces/time differently? Eliminate: Remove what harms belonging? Reverse: How can we flip the situation?
SCAMPER Examples for Belonging
{"left":"Substitute: Replace exclusion with inclusion activities\nCombine: Peer mentors + welcome posters\nAdapt: Buddy system from sports to academics\nModify: Rearrange seating for better connections","right":"Put to another use: Use lunch area for friendship activities\nEliminate: Remove barriers to participation\nReverse: Turn bystanders into active supporters"}
Draft Your Project Plan
Choose your FORMAT: poster, video, presentation, campaign, peer resource Choose your AUDIENCE: year group, whole school, new students, staff Choose your PURPOSE: inform, persuade, support, change behavior, build empathy Create a rough outline or storyboard
Exit Ticket Reflection
Complete this sentence: 'The idea I'm moving forward with next lesson is...' Write your response on a sticky note Be specific about your chosen issue and planned approach
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