Senior Cycle Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) is designed to support schools in providing a minimum of 60 hours learning in SPHE over the final two years of senior cycle education. Learning in SPHE aims to empower students to be healthy, resilient, confident, responsible and empathetic young adults nurture respectful, loving and caring relationships and prepare for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life now and beyond school SPHE Specification SPHE Toolkit