How is primary Social, Personal and Health Education organised?

The Wellbeing Specification for Primary and Special Schools (NCCA, 2025) has 3 strands: Emotional and relational education, Health education, Community and belonging. Learning outcomes are written for the end of each stage.

Social, Personal and Health Education planning for primary

The new Wellbeing specification is being introduced from September 2026, one area at a time. If your school hasn't started this area yet, you're still teaching the 1999 curriculum. Tell Heapso which one you're using and it plans to that.

Strands

Emotional and relational education
IE-P-SPHE.ERE
Identity, Emotional awareness and expression, Relationships, Resilience, Making choices
Health education
IE-P-SPHE.HE
Healthy living, Substances, Human development, Safety, Media and digital wellbeing
Community and belonging
IE-P-SPHE.CB
Sense of belonging, Family, Rights and fairness, Citizenship

Read the official specification on curriculumonline.ie The 1999 Social, Personal and Health Education curriculum

Other primary subjects

Questions teachers ask

How is primary Social, Personal and Health Education organised?: The Wellbeing Specification for Primary and Special Schools (NCCA, 2025) has 3 strands: Emotional and relational education, Health education, Community and belonging. Learning outcomes are written for the end of each stage.
Should I plan to the new Social, Personal and Health Education specification or the 1999 curriculum?: Schools start the new specifications one curriculum area at a time from September 2026. If your school hasn't started this area yet, you're still teaching the 1999 curriculum. Tell Heapso which one you're using in Settings and it plans to that.

Plan your next Social, Personal and Health Education unit

Heapso opens a unit plan set to the right stage. Add the learning outcomes you're teaching and Pip cites only those.

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