With the growth in film, video and website content, and advances in how and where people can easily access it, teachers and parents are ever more aware of the need to support young people to safely navigate the world of visual media.

The aim of these lessons is to give students the skills to be able to make considered choices about viewing film and media content, develop strategies to manage peer pressure, recognise the differences between relationships on-screen and in real life and be aware of the issues of viewing potentially harmful content, including online.

This three-lesson resource is aimed at Key Stage Three learners, or children aged between 11 and 14, and has achieved the PSHE Association Quality Mark – awarded exclusively to lessons that meet best practice principles for safe and effective PSHE education. These lessons promote risk assessment, decision making, self-regulation, resilience and media literacy.

Making choices aligns with the Department of Education’s statutory RSHE guidance and the PSHE Association Programme of Study.