The two particular aspects of this case study are:
- Moffat Academy Health Week
- S3 Contraception Workshops
Health Week
With Moffat Academy providing nursery, primary and secondary education, the Health Week involves the whole school. A recent programme consisted of the following.
The programme for the secondary school was split into days as follows.
S3 Contraception workshops
The school has used an innovative approach to the personal and social education (PSE) curriculum and its approach to the topic of contraception.
It was decided to deliver this element for the S3 cohort through the use of workshops over five sessions. The pupils were split into groups and rotated round five workshops as follows:
- Contraception – practical, theory and quiz
- Legal issues – theory and quiz
- Wheel of Choice – in teams
- Fact or fiction cards
- Video – ‘At That Age’ (which looks at peer pressure).
The conclusion to the contraception element was a talk by the school nurse on all types of contraception to the entire S3 group.
On completing the workshops the pupils were asked to complete evaluation forms, the results of which will be used to improve and plan for future contraception sessions. In total 45 pupils took part in the evaluation with responses from 17 females and 28 males.
Key findings from the evaluation included:
Content – 64.4 per cent found the content good with 31.1 per cent finding it fair. Some pupils would have preferred separate groups for males and females while smaller groups were liked by some.
Presentation – 93.3 per cent of the pupils stated that the presentation of the workshops was good. The use of video and PowerPoint was seen as good, as well as the explanation of topics.
Presenter – 91.1 per cent stated that the presenter was the relevant person to deliver the subject with key statements being ‘Yes, because she sounded as though she knew what she was talking about’, ‘she got the message across’ and ‘easy to understand’.
Timing – 82.2 per cent of the pupils thought that the timing of the sessions was right although some felt they should have been taught sooner.
Change in attitude – when asked if the sessions had changed attitudes/views about the topic 31.1 per cent stated ‘a great deal’ and 55.5 per cent stated ‘a little’.
Moffat Academy is also involved in the Care Baby programme where S4 pupils, with agreement from parents, can care for a ‘baby’, which is a realistic parenting simulator. The pupil needs to look after their ‘baby’ including taking it home over a weekend.
The ‘baby’ monitors the quality of care it receives, and reports on the number of times each type of care was provided.
