Episode 1
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Episode 1
- Kicked out of her Grandma's, Faith seeks shelter with two strangers new to Walford.
- Is 3 Albert Square big enough to hide the unlikely trio?
- This episode deals with young people leaving home and how they cope in the real world. Read more about this sensitive subject in this useful Leaving Home - Fact sheet (PDF) which includes information about where young people can go for help and advice.
- Watch video content produced by young people about issues that have affected them. These stories are relevant to the third series of EastEnders E20:
- Bullying
- Bullying me made me better
- Fitting in
- Landlord problems
- Negative labels
- Young and homeless
- Young carer
- Watch this episode and use the teaching ideas and key questions below to deliver PSHE lessons for students from 14 years old upwards. Curricular links for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales can also be found.
Key Questions
- - How would you describe each character?
- - What is happening to them and why?
- - What choices did they have/make?
- - What were - or could be - the consequences of their choices?
- - How do they feel? - about themselves? each other? their situation?
- - What would you have done in their situation?
- - If you're not getting on with your family - where can you go for help?
Teaching Ideas
- Before viewing:
- - Ask students to work in groups of 3. Each will focus on a different character (Ava, Donnie or Faith) whilst they watch the programme.
- - Give them some or all of the key questions to consider as they view.
- After viewing
- - Students share observations in 'character groups' before returning to their 'home groups' to discuss the key questions in relation to each character.
- - After initial discussion you could show Faith's monologue 'YO Grandma!' to help students explore her situation and attitudes (as well as considering Grandma's rights)..
- - As a class you could consider the question "If you're not getting on with your family - where can you go for help?"
- - Further discussion could focus on one of the following according to PSHE programme priorities:
- 1. choices, decisions and consequences (for example, in relation to leaving the scene of the accident)
- 2. risks and responsibilities
- 3. the characters' relationships and family circumstances
- - Students could be given time to reflect on how they would have reacted in that situation.
Curricular Links
England
- 1. Key concepts
- 1.1 Personal identities:
- c. understanding that self-esteem can change with personal circumstances such as those associated with family and friendships
- 1.4 Relationships
- c. understanding that relationships can cause strong feelings and emotions
- 2. Key processes
- 2.2 Developing relationships and working with others
- b. recognising their rights and responsibilities and that their actions have consequences
- 3. Range and Content
- a. The effect of diverse and conflicting values on individuals, families and communities and ways of responding to them
- Links with citizenship
- 1. Key concepts
- 1.2 Rights and responsibilities
- a. exploring different kinds of rights and obligations and how these affect both individuals and communities
Northern Ireland
- Guidance for KS4
- Learning for Life and Work
- Personal Development
- Pupils should be enabled to:
- Reflect on, and respond to, their developing concept of self, including managing emotions and reactions to on-going life experiences...by
- - Identifying, exploring and responding to a range of appropriate life changing circumstances
- Recognise, assess and manage risk in a range of real life contexts...by
- - Identifying and reviewing different types of risk and consider how a change in context can alter the exposure to risk
- - Assessing the level of risk in a range of situations and examining the potential positive and negative consequences
- Local and Global Citizenship
- Pupils should be enabled to:
- - Develop awareness of key democratic institutions and their role in promoting inclusion, justice and democracy
Scotland
- Mental and Emotional Wellbeing Outcomes
- The pupils will know that they experience a variety of thoughts and emotions that affect how they feel and behave and are learning ways of managing them.
- HWB 4-02a
- The pupils understand that their feelings and reactions can change depending upon what is happening within and around them. This helps them to understand their own behaviour and the way others behave.
- HWB 4-04a
- The pupils learn skills and strategies which will support them in challenging times, particularly in relation to change and loss.
- HWB 4-07a
Wales
- Active citizenship
- Learners should be given opportunities to understand:
- local and global contemporary issues and events
- Moral and spiritual development
- Learners should be given opportunities to understand:
- the factors involved in making moral judgements
- Health and emotional well-being
- Learners should be given opportunities to:
- develop a responsible attitude towards personal relationships
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