Staff
Mr I Noble, Head of Personal Development and Wellbeing
Ms K Forrester
Miss L Parr
Ms S Richards
Key Stage Three
Students receive one PSHE lesson every two weeks as part of the schools RE provision. The course is divided into modules and the content of these is outlined below.
Year Seven topics
New beginnings – transition issues, friendships, personal hygiene, puberty and the menstrual cycle
Well-being – building resilience, recognising emotions and dealing with emotions
Celebrating difference – Islamophobia, sexism and issues surrounding Transgender
Social Media – cyberbullying and digital tattoos
Cycle safety
New beginnings – transition issues, friendships, personal hygiene, puberty and the menstrual cycle
Well-being – building resilience, recognising emotions and dealing with emotions
Celebrating difference – Islamophobia, sexism and issues surrounding Transgender
Social Media – cyberbullying and digital tattoos
Cycle safety
Year Eight topics
Well-being – building resilience, recognising emotions and dealing with emotions
Sex and Relationships – an introduction to body image and what makes an appropriate teenage relationship?
Drugs – alcohol and smoking
Celebrating difference – Islamophobia, Sexism and issues surrounding Transgender
Careers – starting a careers journey, identifying personal skills and building skills
Year Nine topics
Using social media – cyberbullying, the effect of a digital tattoo and the problem with selfies
Careers – Twenty-first Century skills, the importance of enterprise, goal setting and problem solving, choosing your GCSE options
Sex and Relationships – Contraception, STI’s, abuse within relationships and consent
Drugs – Why are drugs dangerous and New Psychoactive Substances (legal highs)
Key Stage Four
Students receive one Personal Development lesson each week in Y10 and one per fortnight in Y11. Half of these lessons deliver statutory RE and the other half deliver the students PSHE entitlement.
Year Ten topics
Sex and Relationships – rape/consent and the use of pornography
Drugs – Cannabis
Careers – Preparation for work experience, understanding financial capability, awareness of business and industry, preparation for mock interviews and employability skills
Wellbeing – the importance of sleep
Local issues – County Lines and knife crime
Year Eleven topics
TBC – first teaching in 2020-2021 academic year
