Red Ribbon Week activities for drug education and PSHE: a drug-free pledge, reading comprehension and wellbeing booklet for Years 4-7 (Grades 3-6).

The activities focus on healthy choices, self-respect and handling peer pressure, with plenty of space for pupils to write, draw and reflect.

What is included

• Reading comprehension (3 pages): a newspaper-style “Special Edition” article (What is Red Ribbon Week?, Making Healthy Choices, Being True to You, Speak Up and Support Others, Healthy Brain, Healthy Life) with 7 comprehension questions and 6 reflection questions
• Activity booklet (22 pages): cover, What Is Red Ribbon Week? reading questions, What Does It Mean to Be Drug-Free?, Red Ribbon acrostic poem, My Personal Power Shield, Proud to Be Drug-Free colouring page, What makes you unique?, My Drug-Free Pledge, Stand Strong peer pressure comic, What Would You Say to a Friend Who Feels Pressured?, Create Your Own poster, Healthy or Risky? sort, Reflection, Design Your Inner Superhero, My Path of Power, My Heart Has a Voice, My Balloon of Strength and The Garden of Me
• 4 colour posters (“Be Kind to Your Mind”, “Live Drug Free”)

Ways to use

• Red Ribbon Week in October or a drug and alcohol education lesson
• PSHE / wellbeing lessons on peer pressure and healthy choices
• Morning task each day of an awareness week
• Class display with the pledges, posters and acrostic poems

The booklet is split into 2 parts for easy download. PDF, US Letter (reading pages are A3 size: choose “Fit to page”). English.