Resources for Secondary Schools

The COVID 19 restrictions have impacted on the way we live our lives. The past 12+ months has significantly impacted on teens and their wellbeing. Changes to exercise and meal routines alongside the anxiety of COVID 19 has resulted in an increase in body image concerns and disordered eating behaviours for many young people. With this in mind Bodywhys have developed a range of webinars and lesson plans which secondary school teachers can use to deliver content on body image and eating disorders in the classroom. Bodwhys have also compiled webinar content and links which can be shared with students to view in their own time so that vulnerable students may spend additional time watching content to support their wellbeing and promote positive changes to body image.

Lesson Plans

THE #MORETHANASELFIE PROGRAMME

The #MoreThanASelfie programme was designed in collaboration with young people to promote media literacy, to promote positive body image and self esteem and to foster a peer supportive environment to promote and maintain positive body image and self-esteem. It includes a specific focus on social media, is mindful of the importance of social media to young people and emphasises promoting positive changes to social media use to minimise any negative effects to body image.

The #MoreThanASelfie programme is suitable for use with all Junior Cycle students and may be especially helpful to first year students. The transition to secondary school can be difficult for many students. Students are often given a smart phone at this time which may bring additional pressures. Delivering the #MoreThanASelfie programme to first year students may help to smooth this transition and promote a supportive classroom environment where individual differences are celebrated.

All lessons are designed to be fun, engaging and memorable for students and to encourage group and individual participation to facilitate learning. We hope you enjoy delivering the lesson plans and Bodywhys welcome any feedback or suggestions you may have on these resources or additional resources you might like to see. Click here to access the #MoreThanASelfie Programme.