This document outlines the content and structure of a Level 1 Certificate in Understanding Wellbeing taught by Michelle Walsh at The Waterside Centre. Session 1 covers discussing course content, setting group rules, and completing initial assessments. It then focuses on defining stress and outlining its purpose in the body. Learners are asked to complete a homework task defining different types of stress. The session objectives are listed as outlining what stress is, describing its purpose in the body, and discussing the homework.

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

2. 1. Discuss course content
2. Discuss housekeeping
3. Set group rules
4. Complete enrolment and initial assessment
Workbook
5. Outline what is meant by stress (1.1)
6. Outline the purpose of stress on the body (1.2)
7. Discuss homework task (1.3)
Session 1 Objectives

3. Housekeeping
 Fire evacuation – Meeting point is skate park
 Toilets
 Smoking – Away from the front door
 Phone calls / appointments – Outside of classroom time
 Commitment
 Absences - Reported to tutor mwalsh@accross.ac.uk or
Waterside (01254 354210)
 Brews – 25p per session
 Questions?

4. Learner information
 Code of Conduct – Please make yourself familiar with this as the code of
conduct details what is expected of our learners and what you can also
expect from us
 Appeals and grievance procedure – Speak to tutor, Info + at Main College
or visit www.accross.ac.uk – Getting it right form is available in the
reception area
 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 

5. 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

6.  Primarily me – Tutor
 Each other
 Other staff at Waterside – Pink lanyards
 Support worker – Julie Barnes
 Dictionaries are available
 ACCROSS guidance team – Main College
 Varied assessment activities (to support all learning styles)
 Hand-outs can be on coloured paper if easier to read
 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?

7. Assessing your work
 Your workbook will be marked by myself
 Please use correct grammar (capital letters and punctuation) and be careful with
your spellings. If you are unsure, ask.
 Ensure you keep any additional evidence in the back of your file – This will be
tracked and part of your portfolio when you hand it in
 Keep your workbook tidy
 Any corrections will be given back to you and marked again once completed
 Completing the workbook and ALL associated tasks (to meet criteria) will give
you a Level 1 Certificate in Wellbeing

8. Any questions so far?

9. To ensure that we all have a happy and productive learning experience, we need to
establish some group rules.
 In groups of 3 write a list of ground rules that you would like everyone
(including yourself) to adhere to for the rest of the course
Each team will have the opportunity to share their ideas and then negotiate with other
teams if they would like to keep/get rid of their proposed rules
If you do want to get rid of a rule then you MUST explain why
Tutor will type up the agreed list for you to sign next week
For example: “be punctual at the start of session and after breaks”
Setting group rules

10. Paperwork time
We must sign up to ACCROSS for our accreditation…
Initial Assessment Includes...
 Enrolment Form
 Finance Form
 Travel Expenses (2 miles +) – This is a contribution towards your
travel, usually paid at the end of the course
 Literacy / Numeracy Assessment
 Community Learner Survey (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 an active benefit (JSA,
ESA (WRAG), UC…”

11. 20 minutes
BREAK TIME

12. 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

13. 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 their masterpieces with your partners – and gave them a gift.
(Spirit - Give)
Why that activity..?

14.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wkp_AfluP4
What is Wellbeing?

15. 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?

16. “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.”
http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/five-steps-to-mental-wellbeing.aspx
Watch the following video produced by the NHS, and then read and
complete the hand out provided by your tutor
Your Wellbeing..?

17. Wellbeing theory has many beneficial practical aspects to it, but
it is still a theory. It is therefore important that we question or
‘critique’ the information we receive, rather than simply
accepting it as fact.
Individually read the New Scientist article provided by your tutor.
There is space on side 2 for you to record any thoughts. Once you
have read the article we will discuss it as a group…
A word of caution…

18. STRESS & STRESS
MANAGEMENT

19.  Use the hand out ‘Your Stress’ to informally reflect on and assess your own
experience(s) of stress. Complete this task individually.
 You will use information recorded to answer 3.1 (p4) & 3.3 (p5) later. Make sure
you read and answer the questions fully.
 Ask for ‘Stress and your brain’ hand-out and read the information provided. Use
a highlighter to help you focus on information relating to the following
questions:
1.1 (p2) What is meant by ‘stress’
1.2 (p2) Outline the purpose of stress on the body
 We will discuss suggested answers before you complete written responses
What is it & why is it?

20. Complete 1.3 in your workbook
You can use the internet to help you
Define the following different types of stress
Homework
Type Definition
Positive stress
Negative stress
Time stress
Anticipatory stress
Situational stress
Encounter stress
…

21. 1. Discuss course content
2. Discuss housekeeping
3. Set group rules
4. Complete enrolment and initial assessment
Workbook
5. Outline what is meant by stress (1.1)
6. Outline the purpose of stress on the body (1.2)
7. Discuss homework task (1.3)
Have you completed
Session 1 Objectives?

22. You will be looking into;
 The effects of stress
 Possible causes of stress & how to recognise
stress
You are able to do research around these at home
or in the library, if you wish to.
Please do not complete them in your workbook.
Next Session

23. Questions