Drug and alcohol education

Cover the statutory Health Education requirements with our drug and alcohol lesson packs

Category: Drugs

Audience: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

Developed by: PSHE Association

Duration (minutes): 30+

Keywords: drugs, county lines, alcohol

The PSHE Association drug and alcohol schemes of work for key stages 1-4 have been developed for Public Health England. This pack includes lesson plans and resources for each key stage — with knowledge organisers included — as well as a comprehensive teacher guidance document, a briefing on the evidence base underpinning effective drug and alcohol education, and governors’ briefing. Interactive PowerPoint lesson plans are also available, for members of the Association.

Drugs and alcohol education for pupils with SEND

Support pupils with SEND to explore the facts, laws, risks and consequences associated with drug and alcohol use, as well as the dangers of household products and prescribed medications.

Category: Drugs

Audience: SEND

Developed by: PSHE Association

Duration (minutes): <60

Keywords:

These lesson plans and slides are designed to be used flexibly, and can be adapted to meet the needs and abilities of your pupils. Each lesson provides several main activities for you to choose from, which are based on the progression stages outlined in our Planning Framework for Pupils with SEND.

Preventing Involvement in Serious and Organised Crime

The lesson plans from the Home Office are designed to prevent young people becoming involved in serious and organised crime.

Category: Crime and ASB, Drugs

Audience: KS3

Developed by: Home Office

Duration (minutes): 2×60

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The Year 7 lesson will help students recognise unsafe or coercive friendships. The Year 9 lesson explores the impact of serious and organised crime directly, including the example of young people involved in drugs supply with a focus on county lines (transporting drugs across counties).

Vaping

KS3 form time activities

Category: Drugs

Audience: KS3

Developed by: Gov.UK

Duration (minutes): -30 mins

Keywords:

In these 3 form time sessions, students learn about social pressures around vaping, its impact, and the effects of nicotine on the adolescent brain.

Vaping year 9 lesson pack

Consequences of vaping and challenging the influences that might encourage young people to vape

Category: Drugs

Audience: KS3

Developed by: PSHE Association

Duration (minutes): 60

Keywords: vaping, consequences, harm

A year 9 lesson exploring the consequences of vaping and challenging the influences that might encourage young people to vape. Designed to follow on from the Year 9 lessons in our existing suite of drug and alcohol education lessons, this lesson will help students understand the impact of influences, influencers and marketing on vaping-related choices and behaviours, explain the consequences of vaping, including the environmental cost of e-cigarettes, analyse ways to challenge influences and misconceptions about vaping