Year 08 PSHE
Curriculum:
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Drugs and Alcohol
Students Learn:
- About the over-consumption of energy drinks
- About the Media's responsibility to market products responsibly
- About the relationship between habit and dependence
- About the different types of drug; medicinal, recreational, prescription and over the counter
- About medicinal drugs
- About recreational drugs
- About the risks of recreational drugs (physical, personal)
- How to use over the counter and prescription medications safely
- How to assess the risks of alcohol
- How to assess the risks of tobacco/nicotine
- How to assess the risks of e-cigarettes
- How to manage influences in relation to substance use
- How to recognise and promote positive social norms and attitudes
Setting Goals
Students Learn:
- About equality of opportunity in life and work
- How to challenge stereotypes and discrimination in relation to work and pay
- About employment and different types of employment (temporary work, zero-hours, part time, flexible working, shift work etc)
- About self-employment and the requirements of the self-employed
- About voluntary work and the benefits (both personal and professional)
- About working in the Health sector
- About working in the Financial sector
- About working in the Legal sector
- How to set aspirational goals for future careers and challenge expectations that limit choices
- About GCSE and post-16 options
- Skills for decision making
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Discrimination
Students Learn:
- About my own beliefs and decisions
- How to manage influences on beliefs and decisions
- About group-think and persuasion
- How to develop self-worth and confidence
- About the equality act and what it upholds
- About gender identity, transphobia and gender-based discrimination
- How to recognise and challenge homophobia and biphobia
- About age-based discrimination and prejudice
- About disability-based discrimination
- About religious discrimination
- About racism
- How to recognise and challenge racism and religious discrimination
- How to celebrate and recognise diversity
- How to respect and practice tolerance of other people
Emotional Wellbeing
Students Learn:
- About what Mental Health is
- About attitudes towards Mental Health
- About stigma towards Mental Health
- How to challenge misconceptions/stigma
- How we can help our Mental Health
- About daily wellbeing
- How to manage emotions
- How social media can affect us
- How to develop digital resilience
- About body image
- About unhealthy coping strategies (eg self harm and eating disorders)
- About healthy coping strategies
- About self-care
- How to plan our own self-care
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Intimate Relationships
Students Learn:
- About forming new partnerships and developing relationships
- About the law in relation to consent
- That the legal and moral duty is with the seeker of consent
- How to effectively communicate about consent in relationships
- About the long and short term consequences surrounding consent
- The risks of 'sexting'
- How to manage requests or pressure to send an image (sexting)
- About the long and short term consequences surrounding sexting
- About basic forms of contraception, e.g. Condom and Pill
- About right to access contraception
- About the long and short term consequences surrounding contraception
- How to maintain positive, healthy relationships
Digital Literacy
Students Learn:
- About online communication
- How to use social networking sites safely
- How to distinguish between content which is publicly and privately shared
- How to recognise online grooming in relation to sexual exploitation
- How to recognise online grooming in relation to financial exploitation
- How to recognise online grooming in relation to extremism and radicalisation
- How to respond and seek support in cases of online grooming
- How to recognise biased or misleading information online
- How to critically assess different media sources
- About age restrictions when accessing different forms of media and how to make responsible decisions
- How to protect financial security online
- How to assess and manage risks in relation to gambling and chance-based transactions
Subject Overview:
Students in Year 8 have 2 PSHE lessons 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.
