Education unlocks health and wellbeing

Education and health are mutually reinforcing, both need to be addressed together. Education improves our health and well-being while better health increases a child’s chance of being educated.

Managing our well-being is an important life skill, helping us to cope with change and challenges in an uncertain world. Ideal for use in PSHE, these creative activities for ages 7-16 explore the importance of education in improving health and well-being.

• Think about what it means to be happy, healthy and comfortable.
• Investigate how education can help us to keep healthy and well.
• Describe different emotions and understand why feelings might change.
• Discover how a Theirworld project supported the well-being of vulnerable children during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Identify steps you could take to improve your well-being and that of others around you.