Youth Social Action Resource Hub

This YSA starter pack contains the key resources needed to plan and deliver YSA in your setting.

Diversity and inclusion help children learn to empathise with people who are different from them. It makes all young people better learners, allowing them to understand various subjects from multiple points of view. By having access to educational content, each child is able to fully participate in their own learning, which provides them with the skills and resources for later life. At each key stage, we have used the National Curriculum, providing links and examples of how inclusion and diversity can be delivered through a range of subjects or as bespoke lessons as part of the inspire and inform steps of Youth Social Action.

On this resource page, you will find the following lessons and guide: Teaching Youth Social Action Guide Lesson 1: What diversity is found in us? Lesson 2: What diversity can we see outside? Lesson 3: How can we celebrate diversity?  

This overview provides background knowledge for staff to understand the topic of Inclusion and Diversity and how it can be delivered at Key Stage 1.

Schools have a responsibility to tackle poverty and promote equality of opportunities. Teaching young people about poverty can empower them to understand the subject and its impact, motivating them to act within a school, community, or city. Using the National Curriculum, we have linked as many opportunities as possible to deliver poverty through a range of different subject areas. These opportunities can be used to either deliver the topic as a stand-alone or through cross-curricular planning with a number of different subject areas, depending on the focus of the school.

Overview of KS1 Teaching Activities Lesson 1: Exploring nature and being able to name different elements: Young people will learn how to explore nature in a local area that is familiar to them. They can name some elements of it and explain why they like it. Lesson 2: How the wind helps plants to grow: This task will enable the young people to talk about the interrelationship between a flower, the wind, and the soil. Lesson 3: How can I plant a garden? This lesson explores how young people could plant gardens regardless of space. Lesson 4: How can I write instructions to grow and look after plants?
This task will enable the young people to write a set of instructions on how to look after plants.

Teaching young people about developing and sustaining healthy habits is important as it can help by preventing health conditions such as obesity and diabetes to improve mental health, increased confidence, better social skills, resilience, and a more positive outlook. A healthy lifestyle will give the young people a strong foundation of physical and mental benefits. This will set them up for the rest of their lives.