Contents of session 1

1. Understanding Wellbeing
Level 1 Certificate
with Michelle Walsh @ The Waterside Centre
01254 354413 or mwalsh@accross.ac.uk

2.  LO 1: Discuss the course overview
 LO 2: Complete induction paperwork
 LO 3: Take part in getting to know you activities
 LO 4: Create group rules
 LO 5: Discuss Wellbeing
Week 1 Learning Outcomes

3. Housekeeping
 Fire Evacuation
 Toilets
 Smoking – Away from the door
 Kitchen – Washing own cups
 Mobile Phones – Silent or vibrate
 Commitment – Minimum is 70%
 Absences – To be reported, you
would be required to catch up

4. This qualification is designed to develop your understanding of a range of wellbeing
topics. Each topic provides you with the opportunity to better understand your own
wellbeing and that of others. There are 5 different topics:
What’s this course all about?
Unit Title Credit Value
01 Introduction to stress & stress management 3
04 Develop an awareness of substance misuse 2
05 Personal safety awareness 2
07 Introduction to alcohol awareness for the individual 3
11 Weight management & body image 3
13 credits = Level 1 Certificate

5.  Primarily me, your tutor - Michelle
 Other staff at Waterside – pink lanyards
 Learning Support worker – Rachel
 Each other!
 Lancashire Care: Minds Matter (NHS)
If you feel that you would benefit from more
personalised support in relation to your wellbeing, you
may benefit from contacting the above service.
Referral details available
What support is available?

6. Learner information
 Appeals and grievance procedure – Speak to tutor, Info + at Main College or
www.accross.ac.uk – Getting it right form
 Code of Conduct/IT acceptable use policy – Copy in classroom and reception. Please
familiarise yourself with it
 Confidentiality – What we do with your information
 Safeguarding – Building, lone working
 Equality & Diversity – As a College, we ensure all learners receive fair and equal
treatment on their journey. If you feel this isn’t the case then please speak to
someone about it.
Ask if you are unsure 

7. Assessing your work
 Your workbook and submissions on ItsLearning will be
marked by myself
 Please use correct grammar (capital letters and
punctuation) and be careful with your spellings. If you
are unsure, ask.
 Keep your workbook tidy
 Any corrections will be given back to you and marked
again once completed
 Completing the criteria and ALL associated tasks will give
you a Level 1 Certificate in Wellbeing

8. Work outside of class time
 You will be given tasks/assignments to complete, outside of class time
 These will be set each week and they should be completed by logging
into ItsLearning* (you will be given details for this before you leave
today)
 This work needs to be completed as it will always relate to what we are
covering next and will sometimes expand on what we have covered in the
session
*You must speak to the tutor if you are having trouble logging in or are
unable to complete the homework on ItsLearning (you must still complete
the homework) as these are mandatory parts of the course.

9. Any questions so far?

10. Paper Airplane Game
• So that we can get better acquainted with one another, we are going to throw
some paper planes around the room…
• You will be given a sheet of A4 paper.
• On this sheet ……
• Write your name
• Your favourite food
• A hobby or interest
• Something that we don’t know about you
• Then fold the sheet of paper into your best airplane.
• When we are all ready, we will commence throwing the airplanes round the
room (not at each other)
• Pick up whichever plane is nearest and introduce the person on that plane.

11. Committed – Paperwork time
We must sign up to ACCROSS for our accreditation…
This includes...
Enrolment Form to ACCROSS
Finance form – Declare benefit and evidence
Individual Learning Plan (ILP) – No need to complete
Literacy / Numeracy Assessment Booklet
Community Learner Survey - Feedback
(given to you at the end of the course)
You will need to show evidence of benefit entitlement. Please remember…
“This course is (ONLY) free to people who are unemployed, actively seeking
work and claiming a benefit…”

12. BREAK
15 mins

13. One minute masterpiece
1. Get into pairs with someone you don’t know and
arrange your chairs to sit facing each other.
2. Each partner needs a blank sheet of paper (A4), a
marker pen and a hard surface to draw on (table?)
3. You will have 1 minute to draw a picture of each other –
nobody is allowed to look at the paper as they draw
their partner (not even the person drawing)
I will say “Go!” to start and “Stop!” to… stop
ICEBREAKER

14. It relates to the Wheel of Well-being and the 5 ways to well-being:
 You listened to instructions.
 Your brain made sense of the language (understood that it was English,
not Chinese, for example!) and what you had to do (the instructions).
(Mind - Keep Learning)
 Your brain told your eyes to ‘see’ the person you had to draw and to really
look at the person. (Place - Take Notice)
 Your brain told your hand how to hold and move the pen and what to do
to draw the picture. (Body - Be Active)
 Possibly - your minds were telling them something funny was going on
with your partner and the others in the group – and it made some people
laugh. (People - Connect)
 You shared your masterpieces with your partners – and gave them a gift.
(Spirit - Give)
Why that activity..?

15. GROUP RULES
To make sure that everyone is happy, comfortable and able to learn, we need to
decide on some standards or rules that we are going to stick to during this course.
Task: In groups of 3 or 4 (swap groups) write a list of ground rules that you would
like everyone (including yourself) to adhere to for the next 10 weeks
 Each team will have the opportunity to share their ideas and then negotiate with
other teams if they would like to keep/abolish their proposed rules
 If you do want to get rid of a rule then you MUST explain why and if it needs
voting on then you can vote to keep or abolish
Eg. “no throwing chairs at your tutor!”
Now create a group rules list.
Tutor will type up the agreed list and you will sign this document (it’s a contract)

16. According to the ONS, Wellbeing is measurable…
“In October 2014 we released the first ever combined 3 year Personal Well-being Annual
Population Dataset”
This survey asked 4 key questions…
 “How satisfied are you with your life nowadays?”
 “To what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile?”
 “How happy did you feel yesterday?”
 “How anxious did you feel yesterday?”
1. Out of 10 what do you think the UK population results are for the questions above?
2. Based on the words used in the questions, what do you think personal wellbeing is
about?
What actually is Wellbeing?

17. “Evidence suggests there are five steps we can all take to improve
our mental wellbeing. Try approaching them with an open mind and
judge the results for yourself.”
Q - Does anyone remember which activity you took
part in relating to the five steps?
Your Wellbeing..?

18. LO 1: Discuss the course overview
LO 2: Complete induction paperwork
LO 3: Take part in getting to know you activities
LO 4: Create ground rules
LO 5: Discuss Wellbeing
Week 1 Learning Outcomes
Did we…

19. Use the ‘Stress and the Brain’ hand-out to help you provide your own
answer to the following;
 Outline what is meant by stress (1.1)
 Outline the purpose / usefulness of stress on the body (1.2, 2.2)
Log in to ItsLearning. Your assignment will be listed as
‘Week 1 Assignment’ in the Week 1 folder.
Please upload your typewritten document to this area.
You will not need to complete that section in your workbook as I will
assess your work online.
Self study & homework are a requirement of this course – If you are having trouble
accessing ItsLearning then you need to let me know. You will still be required to do
any homework given.
Homework