PSHE
Head of Department
Lead Teacher
Teaching Staff
Mrs C Lister (clr@priorycofe.com)
Mrs S Hastings-Holland (shd@priorycofe.com)
Miss J Roach (jrh@priorycofe.com)
Department Information
There are 2 lessons a fortnight on the timetable for KS3 and 1 lesson a fortnight for KS4.
PSHCE is broken down to 3 units:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Relationships
- Living in the Wider world
KS3
Year 7
Health & Wellbeing –
Transition and safety
Transition to secondary school and personal safety in and outside of school, including first aid and road safety.
Living in the wider world –
Developing skills and aspirations
Careers and teamwork and enterprise skills and raising aspirations
Relationships –
Diversity
Diversity, prejudice and bullying. Looking at different types of bullying e.g. physical, emotional, online
Health & Wellbeing –
Health and Puberty
Healthy routines, influences on health, puberty, and unwanted contact
Relationships –
Building Relationships
Self-worth, romance and friendships (including online) and relationship boundaries
Living in the wider world –
Financial decision makers
Saving, borrowing, budgeting and making financial choices
Year 8
Health & Wellbeing –
Drugs and alcohol
Alcohol and drug misuse and pressures relating to drug use
Living in the wider world –
Community and careers
Equality of opportunity in careers and life choices, and different types and patterns of work
Relationships –
Discrimination
Discrimination in all its forms, including: racism, religious discrimination, disability discrimination, sexism homophobia, biphobia and transphobia
Health & Wellbeing –
Emotional Wellbeing
Mental health and emotional wellbeing, including body image and coping strategies
Relationships –
Identity and relationships
Gender identity, sexual orientation, consent, ‘sexting’, relationships in the media/real life
Living in the wider world –
Digital literacy
Online safety, digital literacy, media reliability and gambling hooks
Year 9
Health and Wellbeing –
Peer influence substance use and gangs
Healthy and unhealthy friendships, assertiveness, substance misuse, and gang exploitation
Living in the wider world-
Setting goals
Learning strengths, career options and goal setting as part of the GCSE options process
Relationships –
Respectful relationships
Families and parenting, healthy relationships, conflict resolution and relationship changes
Health and Wellbeing –
Healthy lifestyle
Diet, exercise, lifestyle balance and healthy choices and first aid
Relationships –
Intimate relationships
Relationships and sex education including consent, contraception, the risks of STIs and attitudes to relationships
Living in the Wider World –
Employability Skills
Employability and online presence
KS4
Year 10
Health and Wellbeing –
Mental Health
Mental health and ill health, stigma, safeguarding health, including during periods of transition or change
Living in the wider world –
Financial decision making
The impact of financial decisions, debt, gambling and the impact of advertising on financial choices.
Health & Wellbeing –
Exploring influence
The influence and impact of drugs, gangs, role models and the media
Relationships –
Healthy Relationships
Relationships and sex expectations, myths, pleasure and challenges, including the impact of the media and pornography
Addressing extremism and radicalisation
Communities, belonging and challenging extremism
Living in the wider world –
Employability skills
Employability and online presence
Before the year 10 mocks time is given to revision techniques and ideas to help with exam stress
Year 11
Living in the wider world –
Next steps
Application processes and skills for further education, employment and career progression
Relationships –
Communication in relationships
Personal values, assertive communication (including in relation to contraception and sexual health) relationship challenges and abuse
Health and Wellbeing –
Independence
Relationship health choices and safety in independent contexts
Relationships –
Families
Different families and parental responsibilities, pregnancy, marriage and forced marriage and changing relationships
Revision skills
Revision skills and time to revise.
Before the mocks and GCSEs students will have revision technique lessons.
Enrichment Opportunities
LGBTQ+ Club – Tuesdays lunchtime