Curriculum:
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Students Learn:
  • How to manage the judgement of others and challenge stereotyping
  • How to develop self-efficacy, including motivation, perseverance and resilience
  • How to maintain a healthy self-concept
  • About the nature, causes and effects of stress
  • Stress management strategies, including maintaining healthy sleep habits
  • How to manage work/life balance
  • Effective revision techniques and strategies
  • About positive and safe ways to create content online and the opportunities this offers
  • How to balance time online
  • How to use feedback constructively when planning for the future
  • How to set and achieve smart targets
  • How to balance ambition and unrealistic expectations
  • About application processes, including writing cvs, personal statements and interview technique
  • How to write a CV
  • How to maximise employability, including managing online presence and taking opportunities to broaden experience
  • About rights, responsibilities and challenges in relation to working part time whilst studying
Students Learn:
  • About different types of families and changing family structures
  • How to evaluate readiness for parenthood and positive parenting qualities
  • About fertility, including how it varies and changes
  • About pregnancy, birth and miscarriage
  • About unplanned pregnancy options, including abortion
  • About adoption and fostering
  • How to manage change, loss, grief and bereavement
  • About 'honour based' violence and forced marriage and how to safely access support
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Communication in Relationships
Students Learn:
  • About core values and emotions
  • About gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation
  • How to communicate assertively
  • How to communicate wants and needs
  • How to handle unwanted attention, including online
  • How to challenge harassment and stalking, including online
  • About various forms of relationship abuse
  • About unhealthy, exploitative and abusive relationships
  • How to access support in abusive relationships and how to overcome challenges in seeking support
Independence
Students Learn:
  • How to assess and manage risk and safety in new independent situations (e.g. personal safety in social situations and on the roads)
  • Emergency first aid skills
  • How to assess emergency and non-emergency situations and contact appropriate services
  • About the links between lifestyle and some cancers
  • About the importance of screening and how to perform self-examination
  • About vaccinations and immunisations
  • About registering with and accessing doctors, sexual health clinics, opticians and other health services
  • How to manage influences and risks relating to cosmetic and aesthetic body alterations
  • About blood, organ and stem cell donation
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At this point in the academic year, PSHE lessons become addition time for revision, exam technique and pace in other subjects.

Subject Overview:

Students in Year 11 have 1 PSHE lesson each week.

Students do not receive any PSHE homework.

Assessments:

Students have no official assessments. Instead students are expected to be holistic and reflective on the lessons rather than receive summative judgements on progress.