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Life Ed Program

Life Education Australia

The Life Ed Program builds on students' strengths, empowering them with knowledge and skills to make safer and healthier choices.

  • ACT
  • NSW
  • NT
  • QLD
  • SA
  • Vic
  • WA

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Product type: Program; Online resources (e.g. videos, games, tools, readings); Student activities; Activity sheets; Incursion, excursion or immersive experience; Learning modules; Class lesson plans

Contact details

Life Education Australia
ABN: 50 002 506 470

https://lifeed.org.au/teachers-and-schools/the-life-ed-program/primary-program/

https://lifeed.org.au/contact-us/

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Bullying and cyber-bullying

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

  • Drug and alcohol education

  • Respectful relationships and consent education

  • E-safety and digital literacy

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

Prospective users

Audience: Whole class universal (Tier 1)

Context: School or centre-based

Main beneficiaries: Foundation/Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained; Delivered by program staff

Aims & approach

A well-loved Australian program, each module follows a structured, multimodal learning approach partly delivered by a Life Ed Educator, with teacher-facilitated lessons and booster content. All resources and outcomes are curriculum and syllabus aligned (and coded for teacher convenience).

Foundation/Prep

  1. My Body Matters: Covers personal health, hygiene, and body awareness.
  2. Harold's Friend Ship: Teaches social skills and how to build strong friendships.
  3. Safety Rules: Educates children on personal safety and protective behaviours.

Junior Primary - Years 1 and 2

  1. Ready Steady Go!: Promotes an active and healthy lifestyle for young students.
  2. Growing Good Friends: Focuses on health, well-being, and positive friendships.
  3. Harold's Online World: Practicing digital safety and wellbeing.

Middle Primary - Years 3 and 4

  1. The Inside Story: A TV-style module focusing on body functions and healthy choices.
  2. Friends and Feelings: A TV news-themed module helping students understand emotions and relationships.
  3. bCyberwise: A Kid's TV news-style program teaching online safety and digital responsibility.

Upper Primary - Years 5 and 6

  1. Take a Breath: A student-led learning experience featuring older children answering questions of their young peers.
  2. Relate Respect Connect: Discusses respect, consent, and changes in relationships.
  3. Think Twice: Uses scenarios, videos, and quizzes to explore alcohol-related issues.
  4. Decisions: Uses videos, animations, and quizzes to explore alcohol and drug-related issues.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support

Evidence

The Life Ed Program is based on four key guidance frameworks:

  • the World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Promoting Schools Framework,
  • eSafety Framework for Best Practive online Safety Education,
  • the CASEL Framework, and
  • Principles for School Drug Education.

Modules are consistent with elements of effective school-based drug education and health education programs that have recorded positive student outcomes. Two evaluative studies have been independently conducted: Life Ed Flagship Program: Evaluation Findings (Kantar Public, February 2023) and Evidence of impact underpinning Life Education Programs (ACER, September 2021).