Learning with Your SCPO

The All Wales School Liaison Core Programme is a series of lessons that span Foundation Phase to Key Stage 4 (pupils age 5–16 years old) raising awareness of community issues and promoting crime prevention. These messages are delivered by School Community Police Officers (SCPO).

The Programme is a spiral scheme of work with each lesson being age appropriate with up to date contents building on the previous one. The lesson matrix shows the extent of the Programme available to schools. Follow up work for teachers on these topics is also available in the teacher's section.

As part of the Programme bullying is a key issue. Certain lessons deal directly with the topic while others have it embedded as an intrinsic element within it. Click below to view our lessons:

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Foundation Phase: Right or Wrong? (5–7 year olds)

Through discussion and drama pupils consider whether a range of actions are right or wrong. During ‘tell Tarian time’, they remind Tarian the Dragon puppet how to show respect, care and consideration for others.

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Lower Key Stage 2 Sticks and Stones (7–9 year olds)

Pupils take part in a variety of lively activities including watching a DVD to recognise different types of bullying and understand the effect it has on other people. They learn what to do and where to go for help.

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Upper Key Stage 2 Noughts and Crosses (9–11 year olds)

Through a variety of activities including discussion, decision making and role play, pupils are encouraged to value and celebrate cultural difference and diversity. Pupils are also taught to recognise how stereotypes can result in prejudice and hate crime.

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Upper Key Stage 2 Be Cyber Safe (9–11 year olds)

This lesson focuses on a young girl who unwittingly becomes a victim of cyberbullying. The DVD illustrates the vulnerability of children to this form of bullying and the impact it can have on their lives. The lesson highlights the problem and promotes discussion and debate around the issue.

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Upper Key Stage 2: The Right to Be Safe (9–11 year olds)

This lesson focuses on all children and young peoples' right to feel safe. Through class activities and group work pupils are asked to consider various safe and unsafe situations, how risks can be reduced, and who they can turn to if they need help or support.

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Key Stage 3: Breaking the Cycle (11–14 year olds)

Using a variety of photographs and scenarios pupils learn to empathise with other peoples' experiences and feelings. Pupils consider the harmful effects of bullying and assertive ways of dealing with it. The lesson also highlights that in later life aspects of bullying can become criminal offences.

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Key Stage 3: Hidden Hurt (11–14 year olds)

Through defining what makes a good relationship young people begin to understand the five types of domestic abuse. They are encouraged to become aware of what can be done and the agencies that are available for support.

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Key Stage 4: Community Diversity (14–16 year olds)

Through debate and group work young people learn to value cultural diversity and recognise how stereotypes can result in prejudice and hate crime. Problem solving scenarios help them to become more aware of community support agencies.