Teach young people to be peacemakers for life
ages 12-14 | Course 5
typically years 7-8 of school
Help youth have better relationships and resolve conflict in a healthy way
PeaceWiseYouth is a Christian program that equips young people to deal with challenging relationships and conflict in healthy, constructive & life-changing ways.
Every lesson begins with our engaging teaching videos – then you take over to teach the rest of the lesson using the material we provide.
NEW Course 5 coming January 2027!
A flexible course, redesigned to include extra wellbeing and Bible pathways! The new course brings together refreshed visuals, substantially enhanced content and a teaching approach. The course is also pitched to be slightly more mature, given the previous course was created 10 years. The new course will be available in January 2027, in time for the Australian school year.
The new structure includes:
- 8 core lessons that teach foundational peacemaking principles and tools.
- 8 optional wellbeing lessons tackling challenging life issues students face (mapped to the Stage 4 PDHPE Australian Curriculum).
- 8 optional Bible lessons connecting peacemaking principles to deeper biblical truths and their application in everyday life.
The scope and sequence (pdf) provides more detail to help with your planning for the 2027 school year.
meet the NEW course 5 characters…
Grumph
The sceptical overthinker
He’s right, others are wrong
Not easily convinced of anything!
Ariel
The optimist
Warm, real, open
Loves Grumph despite his flaws…
Blessing
Bringing the chill factor
Calm, patient, understanding
Loves Grumph too.
students will learn…
understanding conflict
responding to conflict
be peacemakers for life
course content
PeaceWiseYouth aims to teach young people to be peacemakers in all parts of their life and for all of their life.
Whilst the practical focus of the course is on teaching how to have strong relationships with others through practising peacemaking using the principles found in the Bible, the course also aims to reveal to the students both how great God’s love for them is, and how wonderful Jesus is.
Students will recognise their own responses to conflict and understand that biblical peacemaking is based on a four-part process of:
• putting God first (1 Corinthians 10:31),
• owning their part in a conflict (Matthew 7:3-5),
• talking it over with the other person (Galatians 6:1) and
• making it right between them (Matthew 5:23-24).
where do I teach it?
The class teacher will decide where best to fit the content within their learning plans for each week. For example, some teachers may prefer to teach a whole topic at once, whilst others will prefer to break the content up through the week.
The course has been designed to map to Australian Curriculum descriptors spanning a wide range of subjects including Health and Physical Education, English, The Arts, HASS and Science/Maths.
did you know?
PeaceWiseKids programs are featured in the ACER Wellbeing Program Guide, a national resource from Australia’s leading independent educational research organisation, helping schools find quality school-based programs that support student wellbeing.
current course details at a glance
For NEW course details, see 2027 Scope and Sequence (pdf).
15 topics/lessons taught in three modules
number of topics
- 5 topics in Module 1 – understanding conflict
- 5 topics in Module 2 – responding to conflict
- 5 topics inModule 3 – embedding the concepts and skills – learning to peacemakers for life
All topics and modules are designed to be done sequentially, as each builds on the one before.
Approximately 30-50 minutes
lesson length
An example lesson breakup could be…
- 5-7 minutes of video content
- 15-25 minutes of teacher directed activities
- 10-18 minutes of online or workbook time
Videos + class interaction + online or in class activities
course format
- Stimulus videos with key teaching input
- Teacher directed lessons
- Student activities – either online or workbook
12 months
how long can I use it?
Purchase of this course provides the user with a 12-month licence to use all course content.
For schools and home schools, the 12 months runs on the school year of the country in question (e.g. Jan to Dec in Australia and New Zealand, Sep to Aug for the US)
current course 5 characters
Jacob
The stirrer
Likes to be cool in front of his friends
Often denies there’s a conflict or his part in it
Charlotte
The one he stirs most!
May react to teasing with gossip
Does prefer to make peace though…
The rest of the gang
Hunter, Hayley, Ethan and more
Getting involved in all kinds of challenging situations – sometimes helping, sometimes not!
download a sample of the current workbook and lesson plans
benefits of a whole school approach
For schools, there is the unique opportunity to have everyone in the school using the same language, concepts and relational principles.
This is because:
- there are courses available from Kindergarten through to the end of school
- all courses are mapped to Australian Curriculum outcomes,
- all courses have the same core underlying framework and topics – but adjusted to different age levels and with different themes and ways of presenting the content.
This means those teaching the principles can share the same core concepts and tools across multiple age groups, and there is consistency of learning at all age levels. There is the development of a “common language” within the School.
For example, a school could run the program in both primary and high school, or across multiple year groups in either, and the students and staff will all be “on the same page” with what is being learned.
Note that within schools, there is also the option for PeaceWise to deliver Everyday Peacemaking for Schools training for all staff, as well as parent seminars.
This opens up the prospect of building a healthy relational “culture” with the whole community and facilitates a “whole of school” approach.
get started
Take the next step by hitting one of the buttons below to get started – and please feel free to reach out to us if you need help.
For larger groups like schools, we highly recommend you contact us before you buy so we answer any questions about the course and help you make sure you pick the right resources for your students. 😉
For schools, we also have package pricing for whole of school purchases.