Aberdeenshire (ALEC)

Aberdeenshire Life Education can deliver all educator led workshops in Aberdeenshire Schools with children and young people from Nursery to P7. 

These interactive workshops support young people to develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes to help them to make informed decisions.   Please contact us directly for further information.

Our ALEC educators offer regular staff training sessions on SCARF, for Aberdeenshire staff, bookable via ALDO

 Our Local Feedback

• 100% of teachers thought that ALEC workshops were well delivered. (148 respondents)
• 100% of teachers felt that their ALEC workshop met the needs of their class. (148 respondents)
• 100% of teachers would recommend Life Education and SCARF to another school. (148 respondents)
• 84% of S2 pupils felt our sessions had given them a greater understanding of the risks associated with illegal drugs. (147 respondents)

“The lesson encompassed so many aspects of keeping healthy and children had ample opportunities to say what they thought. There are so many good resources online as well. Every time it's just such an exciting experience for the children. They love it. When a child saw the pop-up tent, his response was: 'I got so much goose bumps right now!'”  --Teacher  

“…also worth mentioning the impact on teaching confidence and pupil development in health and wellbeing with the support that our ALEC educator gives throughout the year. They are always so helpful, knowledgeable and at the end of a phone or email. They are always willing to give us their time to show all staff the new features and lessons on the SCARF website too.” -- Teacher  

“Our ALEC educator was very good and the whole class was engaged the whole lesson. The input was a good balance of interactive activities, listening activities and learning. Learning consisted of various topics like healthy eating, taking care of their body physically and mentally.” -- Teacher 

“Just wanted to drop you a short message to thank you so much for all the hard work you do with the children in Aberdeenshire. It very much appreciated, the topics you cover and especially the way in which you cover them, this is invaluable and amazing. I was very fortunate to attend a recent parent session and it was very apparent the skills and experiences which the educator demonstrated along with the session delivery that these are so helpful in enabling our children learning and developing in such a nurturing and inclusive environment.” -- Parent 

“SCARF provides a very comprehensive and user friendly resource for schools, covering all aspects of Health and Wellbeing. It is fully aligned to CFE and provides very useful planning facilities at class, stage, multi stage and whole school level. Staff can feel confident in their delivery of Health and Wellbeing entitlements using this resource. Further to this SCARF provides support to whole school development through audit materials that are linked to How Good is our School and the resources also align with the principles of GIRFEC. Overall, a whole school package which will certainly support planning and delivery of all aspects of Health and wellbeing.” -- Kay MacDonald, Aberdeenshire Council