Skills for Living (A Lions Clubs Project) Inc.

By Jenni Brook – Administration Manager

WHAT IS LIONS QUEST?

Lions Quest Skills for Living programmes promote strengths-based practice in schools.

It is a value based social skills programme that provides essential tools for teachers to create classrooms that empower students to develop confidence, to be connected in relationships, become actively involved in a range of life contexts and to become life long learners.

Lions Quest programmes link directly to the New Zealand teaching curriculum with a focus on principles, values and key competencies. The workshop includes strategies for successful curriculum delivery and behaviour management. At the heart of the programme is the belief that young people are resources who can make a positive difference in the world.

The Ministry of Education New Zealand Teaching Curriculum recognizes these Key Competencies:

• Managing self

• Relating to others

• Participating and contributing

• Thinking – problem solving

• Using language, symbols and texts

Lions Quest programmes have been working along these lines since its inception and continues to do so.

Letter to Lions/Lions Quest Skills for Living.
Paparoa Street School has been using the Lion’s Skills for Growing programme for over 10 years now and it is an integral part of the daily life of the school with all 26 teachers trained. Paparoa Street School’s motto is Pathway for Lifelong Learners and we find that the Skills for Growing programme sits nicely alongside this in a variety of ways.  There are wonderful lessons supporting the values that our school holds dear – Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Co-operative, Be Fair, Be a team Player and Have a Positive Attitude. The programme is part of our regular timetable but is also used when a particular incident arises, as there is always an appropriate lesson.

Thank you Lions, for supporting us with this excellent programme.

Sue Ashworth – Principal
Paparoa Street School - Christchurch
(Paparoa Street school retrained all their staff earlier this year)

Please support your programme and your District Skills Chairperson.

You can also go to www.lions-quest.org.nz for further information.