Life Lessons Educational Programs provides primary schools and high schools with educational and interactive workshops.
Our workshops are tailor-made to suit the specific needs of each school and include:
• Engaging and interactive programs on important adolescent issues
• Fun activities, group discussions, role plays and many more activities
• Programs that complement the school curriculum, the PDHPE syllabus and the Crossroads Program
• Programs that aim to empower students to make informed decisions
• Harm minimisation and holistic approach
• Specialised programs eg. Peer Relationships and Bullying/Cyber Bullying for Senior Primary School Year Groups
• A written report on the students' analysis of each workshop
Workshop topics:
Resilience Building
Body Image and Self Esteem
Cyber Bullying and Cyber Safety
Peer Relationships and Bullying
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Safe Partying and Alcohol Related Injuries
Preparation for Schoolies
Dealing with HSC Stress and Stress Management
Sexual Health
Crossroads Programs
Tailor made workshop to any youth relevant topic
Parent information sessions for schools, communities, parent groups and corporate businesses
Interactive workshops
Our educators have undergone specific training to provide students and parents with up-to-date workshops. They have degrees in relevant disciplines such as Education, Psychology, Social Work and Community Welfare.
Our educators meet all the required criteria for working with children and have been selected for their appropriate qualifications, knowledge, presentation skills, group experience and ability to engage and connect with young people.
More than five years of running school workshops
Educational workshops and parent information sessions
Life Lessons' mission is to engage educate and empower young people and their parents.
Life Lessons is dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of young people and their parents in our community by providing schools, communities with relevant workshops that empower informed decisions and build resilience.
1. How long do the workshops run for?
A. Our workshops usually run for 1.5 – 2 hours depending on what the school requires, and we adjust the content to make it age-appropriate for each year group.
2. Do the facilitators have 'Working with Children' checks?
A. Our educators are trained to facilitate, have relevant degrees, eg. Education Psychology & Social Work and all have 'Working with Children' checks.
3. What do you do in the workshops?
A. We take a harm reduction approach in our workshops. Many teenagers, by their nature, will want to push the boundaries and we believe that by educating them about risky situations and possible outcomes, they will be encouraged to make informed choices.
The students will be actively engaged through group work, scenarios, role-plays, and games.
4. Which schools have you to been to?
A. Life Lessons has run workshops at: Davidson High School, St Paul’s Catholic College in Manly, Oxford Falls Grammar School, German International School, Rosebay Secondary College, Kambala Girls, Cheltenham Girls, Loreto Normanhurst, Burwood Girls, Killara High School, Reddam House, Pittwater High School, Queenwood School for Girls, Roseville College, Chatswood High School, Freeman Catholic College, Covenant Christian School…
Resilience, Self-Esteem, Awareness, Physical and Mental Health, Self-Awareness, Harm Minimisation, Cyber Safety, Conflict Resolution Skills, Stress Management, Empowerment, Education
Testimonials:
“Engaging and informative. Life Lessons Cyber Bullying and Cyber Safety presentations to Year 7 gave students the strategies to reduce escalation of cyber bullying and help to prevent it. Starting from the initial consultation and planning to the final presentations – Life Lessons facilitator’s professional approach and inspiring presentations were customised to the needs of our students. The workshops included creative ideas and activities to help engage our students and promote discussions. The detailed evaluation will help us plan our future directions and goals for 2014. We look forward to our Alcohol workshop with Year 8 next term.”
~ Rachel Fleming, Head Teacher PDHPE & Student Wellbeing, Pittwater High School
“The facilitators at Life Lessons are professional individuals, who provide customised and inspiring presentations. The workshops on Peer Relationships and Bullying were extremely valuable to the needs of our students. They were engaging and included activities that promoted extended discussions. They challenged students' thinking and provided a safe learning environment. We would like to thank Gitta and the team for planning and facilitating these workshops. We would recommend these valuable learning workshops to other schools.”
~ Olga Dalageorgos, Year 8 Adviser, Teacher PDHPE 7-12, Burwood Girls High School
”Gitta and the team at Life Lessons have been delivering comprehensive Crossroads Program workshops to our students since 2010. The content is in tune with our students and deals with highly relevant sexual health and drug issues faced by young people. We'd highly recommend these workshops to other schools"
~ Samantha Parkinson, PDHPE Teacher, Cheltenham Girls
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