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Healthy, Happy You is a complete PSHE course for 1st and 2nd level in Scotland. It provides schools with a PSHE Scheme of Work for P2 to P7, with structured progression so children build up their understanding of health, relationships, safety and social issues in age-appropriate steps.The First Level Handbook supports teachers in delivering the Health & Wellbeing Curriculum for Excellence by providing over 150 lessons, organised into topics. Each lesson comes with a lesson plan, a PowerPoint presentation, discussion guide, resource sheets and assessment. All materials are editable so they can be used flexibly and can be adapted so that they are specific to every setting.Teachers can be confident delivering this essential subject with this comprehensive toolkit.

My Life – PSHE for healthier, happier children.My Life is a complete PSHE course for children age 5–11. It provides schools with a PSHE Scheme of Work for Years 1–6, with structured progression so children build up their understanding of health, relationships, safety and social issues in age-appropriate steps. Personal development of important qualities such as resilience, responsibility and wellbeing is also embedded. Teachers can be confident delivering this essential subject using the My Life lesson plans, PowerPoints, discussion guides, resource sheets and assessment. All materials are editable so they can be used flexibly.The Peer Mediation handbook provides a comprehensive guide to establishing and maintaining a peer mediation scheme in schools, with support for training Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 students. The handbook offers guidance on running training sessions, plus support for safeguarding and practical help and strategies.A comprehensive course, My Life covers all aspects of PSHE, including the new relationships and health education content that is statutory for all schools from 2020.

Are you a sugar addict? Do you crave sweet treats, bread, pasta and sauce-laden food? Do you experience lethargy and mood swings as a result of blood glucose spikes and dips? Does your weight seesaw unmanageably?If the answer is yes to any of these questions, your health is at risk. Where fat used to be the enemy, scientists now point to the huge amount of sugar we consume as making us unhealthy. Sugar Free is packed with recent scientific research and nutritional advice to help you understand addiction to sugar and carbohydrates, including a chapter by Dr Nicole Avena, research neuroscientist, author and expert in nutrition, diet and addiction. It provides eight weeks of meal plans, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, by nutritionist Emily Macguire, and includes journal exercises to help you break free from the mental, physical and emotional traps of old eating patterns. Sugar Free shows the way to a sustainable sugar-free lifestyle. Its simple and effective eight-week programme to quit sugar will enable you and your family to enjoy dramatically improved health, increased energy levels and weight loss. Author Karen Thomson is living in recovery from addiction to sugar and carbohydrates so has been there and understands exactly what you need to know to break the cycle of addiction and find your way to radically improved health.

A simple and effective 8-week programme to quit sugar for good, improve your health and achieve sustainable weight loss.Are you a sugar addict? Do you crave sweet treats, bread, pasta and sauce-laden food? Do you experience lethargy and mood swings as a result of blood glucose spikes and dips? Does your weight fluctuate uncontrollably? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, your health is at risk. While fat was once seen as the enemy, scientists now point to the enormous amount of sugar we consume as a significant factor in declining health.Sugar Free will help you beat your sugar habit and improve your mood, energy levels and health. It contains:- the latest scientific research and nutritional advice, including a chapter by Dr Nicole Avena, research neuroscientist and pioneer in the field of food addiction- 8 weeks of meal plans by nutritionist Emily Macguire, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian- journal exercises to help you break free from the mental, physical and emotional traps of unhealthy eating patterns.Author Karen Thomson is living in recovery from addiction to sugar and carbohydrates, so she understands exactly what you need to know to break the cycle of addiction and enjoy radically improved health. Read Sugar Free and find the way to a sustainable sugar-free lifestyle.