16 FOR A DAY

CURRICULUM RELEVANCE

16 for a Day supports learning activities that aim to help young people identify, consider and resolve the everyday issues that face them in life. The programme can be used in a variety of curriculum contexts, but its main locus is in the lifestyle, relationships and self-development aspects of personal development programmes such as PSHE.

PROGRAMME AIMS

• To show what teenage life is like in modern Britain
• To help young people explore the challenges and pressures that teenagers face, especially those relating to:
• neighbourhood and community life
• family and friends
• love and relationships
• self-image
• the transition from childhood to adulthood
• the future.