ABSTRACT
The issue of school and community interface emerged as an area of central importance in the 1980 World Health Organization European Region Symposium held in Gent, Belgium. The spiral curriculum operates in schools by the choosing of areas of study which are seen to be ‘worthwhile’ educationally. These can be divided into the two facets of school life, generally referred to as the ‘academic’ and the ‘pastoral’. ‘Academic’ refers to those traditional subject areas of the school curriculum which form the ‘backbone’ of teaching in the school. ‘Pastoral’ is used as an all-embracing term for those areas of school life which encourage the social and personal development of pupils. It is possible to argue that health education can be seen primarily as an orchestration of the many influences to which individuals are exposed. The ‘bullseye’ represents the degree of coordination among various community agencies resulting in a coherent policy.
