Your body matters

The Your Body Matters curriculum pack explores the topics of food, nutrition, physical activity, food waste and sustainability and body image and self-esteem, and has recently been reviewed by Health Improvement teams across Greater Glasgow and Clyde alongside education colleagues and health topic experts. 

Your Body Matters has been developed and quality assured by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and has undergone an Equalities Impact Assessment. The pack is made up of Teacher Notes, Lesson plans and Activities, for each primary stage which have been mapped to the benchmarks for assessment outlined within the Curriculum for Excellence.   

Your Body Matters outlines additional resources for learning and the implementation of a whole school approach to health and wellbeing that can be used to support various learning needs alongside the pack. The pack is a go-to resource for schools in Greater Glasgow and Clyde ready for teachers to select and deliver lessons suited to the needs of their classroom.  

Your Body Matters is available for all staff working across primary education who are delivering lessons on health and wellbeing. Your Body Matters can be adapted by educators based on the requirements of their pupils and classroom. In addition, there are resources which can be used in various school settings including those with supported learning needs across Greater Glasgow and Clyde.  

The resource was created and designed with the Greater Glasgow population in mind, however, the information and guidance are transferable to other health boards. We welcome wider use of Your Body Matters and would ask that you acknowledge NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde when using or sharing the resource. 

This document outlines the rationale and policy context for the development of the Your Body Matters curriculum pack as well as, the experiences and outcomes included within the Curriculum for Excellence and the benchmarks to support the process of assessment and moderation. 

The Your Body Matters Teacher Notes provide information and guidance on each topic area to provide educators with knowledge and confidence to deliver each lesson. These notes should be used alongside the lesson plans to support learning.  

The Your Body Matters Lesson Plans provide suggested activities that support learning on each topic area included within the pack. Each lesson plan has been mapped to the experiences and outcomes outlined within the Curriculum for Excellence to support pupil and classroom assessments. These lesson plans should be used alongside the Teacher Notes and Additional resources and useful website documents linked in the sections above and below.  

The resources and websites provided will support teaching and learning within the classroom. These cover various topics which are associated with each Lesson Plan and Teachers Notes and aim to support educators to adapt lessons to meet varying learning needs. 

The Parent Handout templates covering various topics included within the pack that can help support learning at home. These handouts can be edited for educators to include local information or support or to provide an update on what has been covered in the class.

The References documents collates all of the research and policy used to inform the contents of the pack. This might be useful to support any further exploration or learning on the topics covered within Your Body Matters.

The Your Body Matters curriculum pack should be used alongside PEPASS resources. Please link with your Active Schools Co-ordinator to plan and integrate activities into your teaching.  

The Your Body Matters working group have created a communications pack alongside the Your Body Matters curriculum pack to support ongoing promotion. In this communications pack you will find suggested communications to share with your colleagues, teams and partners including: a power-point presentation, email template, social media text and digital media such as, images, GIF’s and a short promotional video. We would encourage health professionals, educators, HSCP’s and schools to use this resource to promote the Your Body Matters pack and the topics covered.