PSHE is an integral part of learning at Saltash Community School, taught discreetly by the PSHE team as well as covered in our tutor times encompassing our reading programme, below is the outline of the programme and wider curriculum opportunities provided for our students.
The lessons will be delivered under the broader titles using the PSHE association framework, our concepts are:
Health and Wellbeing
Relationships
Living in the Wider World
Activities and learning:
in Personal Development and Be Well lessons are in black
Encourage pupils to develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy and safe, and prepared for life and work in modern Britain.
PSHE is the lifelong learning about physical, moral, economic, cultural, social, and emotional development. It is about the understanding of the importance of stable and loving relationships, family, respect, love, and care.
Helps pupils to achieve their academic potential, and leave school equipped with skills they will need throughout later life, giving them all the skills needed to achieve their aspirations and ambitions.
Intent:
Build pupils key skills and attributes for life and work the non-academic skills and attributes acquired through PSHE education have a positive impact on academic performance and life chances as well as being key to boosting the employability of school-leavers and improving social mobility.
Educating pupils about their health reduces risk-taking behaviours such as drug or alcohol addiction and improves diet and exercise levels, in turn boosting long-term life chances.
Promote positive outcomes relating to emotional health while reducing stigma and helping pupils learn where to go if they have mental health concerns.
Promoting positive mental health among pupils.
Give pupils information on where to go if they are worried about their own mental health or that of a friend or family member.
Reduce mental health stigma by teaching about the issue openly and honestly
Provide an opportunity to learn about aspects such as the impact of personal financial choices, an understanding of risk and responsibility, about different types of work and the influence of the media on financial choices (e.g., in relation to gambling).
Challenge pupils on unhealthy and exploitative relationships, both to safeguard them from being abused and prevent them from engaging in abusive behaviours themselves as well as informing students about child safety online and offline.
Implementation:
Plan a programme which introduces new and more challenging learning, while building on what has gone before, which reflects and meets the personal developmental needs of children and young people.
Take a positive approach which does not attempt to induce shock or guilt but focuses on what children and young people can do to keep themselves and others healthy and safe and to lead happy and fulfilling lives.
Offer a wide variety of teaching and learning styles within PSHE education including external agency and organisation input, with an emphasis on interactive learning, responding to the needs of our learners.
Rationale from KS2 through to KS5
The PSHE curriculum addresses both pupils’ current experiences and preparation for their future. This Programme of Study therefore provides a spiral curriculum to develop knowledge, skills, and attributes, where prior learning is revisited, reinforced, and extended year on year.
During Key Stages 1 and 2, PSHE education offers both explicit and implicit learning opportunities and experiences which reflect pupils’ increasing independence and physical and social awareness, as they move through the primary phase. It builds on the skills that pupils started to acquire during the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS) to develop effective relationships, assume greater personal responsibility and manage personal safety, including online. PSHE education helps pupils to manage the physical and emotional changes at puberty, introduces them to a wider world and enables them to make an active contribution to their communities.
At Key Stage 3, students build on the knowledge and understanding, skills, attributes, and values they have acquired and developed during the primary phase. PSHE education acknowledges and addresses the changes that young people experience, beginning with transition to secondary school, the challenges of adolescence and their increasing independence. It teaches the knowledge and skills which will equip them with the opportunities and challenges of life. Students learn to manage diverse relationships, their online lives, and the increasing influence of peers and the media.
At Key Stage 4, students deepen knowledge and understanding, extend and rehearse skills, and further explore attitudes, values and attributes acquired during Key Stage 3. PSHE education reflects the fact that students are moving towards an independent role in adult life, taking on greater responsibility for themselves and others.
At Key stage 5, the balance shifts towards teaching related to young people’s current experiences. The learning opportunities at Key Stage 5 assume that students have already covered those in Key Stage 4. This Key Stage represents the last opportunity to ensure that students have the knowledge and understanding, skills, strategies, and attributes they need for independent living and the next stage in their education or career.
Year 7 PSHE Programme and Implementation – One lesson per week
Each & Every Student
Autumn Term
What is PSHE, student’s reflection on their primary school education
Saltash school TEAM values
The importance of self-esteem and being an aspirational learner – HWB
Transition to secondary school and school trail – gaining knowledge of the school – LWW
Introduction of the University passport scheme and the benefits of the scheme – LWW
Building relationships – what are they and why are they important? – HWB
Who am I as a person, qualities, and opinions on a range of life areas? – HWB
How is our Brain structured and why do we react and respond in specific ways? – HWB
Triggers, reactions and support available for Mental health issues – HWB
Financial education – how we budget, savings, loans, and interests as well as different financial transactions – LWW
Barclays Bank visit – opening a bank account
The difference between wants and needs – LWW
Social media – understanding safe use – HWB
The film/book Wonder developing tenacity and resilience – HWB
Spring Term
Understanding stereotyping and prejudice – LWW
The components of a healthy lifestyle – HWB
Eating responsibly – HWB
Healthy living – exercise and keeping active – HWB
Legalised drugs – effects of energy drinks on the body – HWB
‘Me & My Future’ – students are encouraged to think about their future, their strengths, and areas for development, to ‘aim higher’ and to set personal targets and goals. They are encouraged to describe their dream job and why they aspire to it. Students are introduced to sources of information on different career pathways. Learning the six career principles, they are introduced to a timeline that can be used to map out how you see your life unfolding – LWW
‘I Love My Job’ event – speed networking event giving students the opportunity to meet business volunteers from a variety of occupational sectors. Volunteers answer questions about their job role including how it relates to curriculum subject areas – LWW
Mental health-what do we mean by this and why might people not want to talk about it – HWB
Managing anger and understanding the emotion of it – HWB
Summer Term
British values – what are they and what it is like to be British – R
British transport police – railway and personal safety – LWW
Different types of healthy relationships and friendships – R
Toxic behaviours in friendships – R
Love and relationships – dealing with new feelings – R
Bullying – Why and how can we stop it – R
Online behaviours – Cyber bullying – R
Puberty & Hygiene – emotional and physical changes to the body in both males and females and the need for personal hygiene – HWB
Drugs – To learn about the effects of legal drugs, such as alcohol, tobacco, and solvents – HWB
Drugs – smoking – the effects and consequences presented by the Breathers – HWB
Drugs – Legal and Illegal drugs – HWB
Drugs – To consider what we already know about drugs, what myth is & what truth is – HWB
Personal Identity and why diversity is so important – R
Additional
University Passport Scheme including university tripsTEAM week programme – allowing students to develop skills and qualities outside of the classroomExtra-Curricular programme including opportunities like Girls Active, please see separate programmeInter form Cross Country, Netball, Rugby, Football, Sports day and Athletics and school team opportunitiesStudent Council and House captain opportunitiesCarol concert, school production, and concert as well as the end of year celebration eventCharacter sessions and Well-being activity selection in tutor timeTEAM Reader schemeStudent ambassador scheme
YEAR 8 PSHE PROGRAMME – One lesson per week
Each & Every Student
Autumn Term
Y7 review and audit of key skills, setting targets for what they are going to do better in Y8 – LWW
Communities – To appreciate how a community may develop & the key elements of a community – LWW
Community design projects – students to collaborate using our TEAM values – LWW
Hate Crime awareness and understanding what it is like to be a refugee delivered by the Community police –R
Dreams – importance of aspirations, students to express their dreams in posters – LWW
Job Research – allocation of a virtual Job and typical days in different jobs – LWW
Job descriptions and terms of employment – LWW
Pocket money and age-related financial responsibility – LWW
Money, Spending & Personal Belongings – LWW
Transferable Skills and why they are needed – LWW
Job Loss & Curriculum Vitae’s – LWW
Time and how adults spend it compared to children – LWW
Spring Term
Following on from Hate Crime awareness workshops – National holocaust memorial competition – R
Social and moral dilemmas about the use of money – LWW
Assessment and management of risk in relation to financial decisions that young people take – LWW
Voting and why – To learn about the importance of voting, and how politics affects all aspects of our lives – LWW
To consider what MPs do, and why their job is important in a democracy as well as local politics – LWW
Climate change involving local organisation and plastic pollution – LWW
Mental health and wellbeing looking at healthy coping strategies – HWB
Health cancer prevention – HWB
First aid-basic skills including CPR – HWB
Summer Term
British values/our school values and what it is to be British – R
Online behaviours and the law around sharing images and digital footprint – HWB
YZYP session – Why do people take illegal drugs and the effects of different types of drugs –HWB
Online resilience and resisting fear of missing out – HWB
Healthy/Unhealthy behaviours in friends and relationships – R
Introduction to Tic Tac – What a confidential service is –R
Brook – Body image session –R
Family dynamics – how families can be fused in different ways – R
Drugs – Alcohol – short and long-term effects and addiction – HWB
Interactive ‘World of Work’ event organised by RIO –LWW
RSE – What is love, focusing on different types of love – R
RSE – Healthy/Unhealthy relationships and behaviours – R
RSE – Trust and reliable sources of information, expelling myths – R
RSE – Consent – What it is and how to seek it and give it – R
Additional
Children’s University Passport Scheme including university visits and the chance to be school ambassadors Full Extra-Curricular programme including opportunities like Girls Active, crafting, gardening, coding, Performing Arts (please see separate programme) Inter form Cross Country, Netball, Rugby, Football and Athletics and school team opportunities School production and celebration events UK Mock trial opportunity Character sessions and Well-being activity selection in tutor time TEAM Reader programme TEAM enrichment week with each day focused on our different values
YEAR 9 PSHE PROGRAMME – one lesson per week
Each & Every Student
Autumn Term
Developing self-awareness of skills and attributes – LWW
Understanding of group dynamics/ethos –LWW
Picture of me and how I can succeed –LWW
British values – separate lessons on all five of the British Values – Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Tolerance and Freedomlinked to school’s TEAM values –R
Extremism and PREVENT – session delivered by Devon & Cornwall police –R
YZUP – Drugs – reasons why people experiment with Drugs –HWB
How does knife crime impact our communities, why do teens get involved and what are the consequences –LWW
How does the law deal with young offenders –LWW
What rights do we have as shoppers and consumers –LWW
How can I stay financially savvy and avoid debts –LWW
Acid attacks – why are these on the increase and what we can do if we witness one –LWW
Why do people become selfie obsessed and consequences this can have on young people –LWW
Spring Term
Barnardo’s – Healthy relationships project – Stereotypes, Protected Characteristics, and online perception – R
Barnardo’s – Unhealthy Relationships and types of abuse –R
Barnardo’s – Negotiation and Managing conflict –R
Barnardo’s – Peer on peer abuse –R
Barnardo’s – Relationships and keeping safe online –R
Barnardo’s – Pornography –R
Options Support through PD lessons and Options Evening –LWW
Skills and qualities to base Option choices on –LWW
Programmes such as Unifrog, Kudos and career pilot –LWW
The Six principles of Careers Education-Grow through life, explore possibilities, manage career, great opportunities, balance life and work and seeing the bigger picture –LWW
Post sixteen routes and options, life in our Sixth form –LWW
Labour Market Information –LWW
Future First – ‘Where my subjects have taken me’ event
Employer Q&A about their GCSE Option choices
CSE and understanding concepts like money mauls –HWB
FGM – What is it and what would raise alarm or worry –R
Gender identity and sexuality – terminology and understanding inclusive language and behaviours using stonewall resources –R
Summer Term
Contraception-hormonal and barrier methods and signposting for support and sexually transmitted infections – focused on reducing risky behaviours and the signs and symptoms of them – R
Brook session – What a confidential service is and confidential questions –R
Options available in pregnancy – adoption, abortion and keeping the baby –R
Pregnancy, birth, and the facts –R
Parenting and relationship dynamics including marriage –R
Mental health conditions – understanding different mental health issues –HWB
Drugs – Alcohol and the law around it as well as looking into consequences of binge drinking –HWB
Drugs – A-Z of different drugs and their consequences – understanding visuals on certain drugs including Information from the local police around drug trends.Drugs and the Law Devon & Cornwall police –HWB
Soft launch of work experience by local employer/organisation, such as Build Plymouth our EA Justine Foccone
Additional
Same as year 8 above but also including: Post-16 Options Evening open to all students and their parents Duke of Edinburgh Scheme Sports Leadership opportunities including Football leaders Options process including Options evening and Post 16 pathways evening TEAM Residential week
YEAR 10 PSHE PROGRAMME – One lesson per fortnight
Each & Every Student
Autumn Term
Work experience – logistics, practical details, and database to research for placements – LWW
Post sixteen options-Academic routes, College based options and Apprenticeships –LWW
Rights & responsibilities of employers and employees as well as what students can expect from, WE and what employers will expect from them –LWW
Apprenticeships – what can I do now to be more successful in gaining an apprenticeship – session by Cornwall College –LWW
Students to use Unifrog as both a research tool and a recording tool of competencies and experiences –LWW
Letters of application and different ways to get in contact to obtain work experience –LWW
The power of volunteering and making a difference – Plymouth Argyle –LWW
Telephone and online Interviewing skills –LWW
What a CV is and writing a CV – Understanding personal skills and qualities and how to utilise them within work experience –LWW
Anti-social behaviour and how this affects communities –HWB
Gang cultures and targeting the vulnerable –HWB
What it is to be homeless –HWB
Spring Term
Healthy lifestyles – recap over the components of a balanced lifestyle and understanding basic principles of healthy living and the dangers of certain diets and lifestyles – HWB
Understanding self-harm looking at eating disorders looking at anorexia and bulimia –HWB
Alcohol – session delivered on addiction and alcoholism from the AA –HWB
Recap over contraception – session delivered by brook –R
Sexually transmitted infections – session delivered by Kernow Positive –R
Smoking and Vaping as well as recapping over dental hygiene –HWB
Pornography and understanding about where to gain reliable sources of information to make healthy relationship choices –R
CSE and recap over consent and sexual assault referral –R
Summer Term
Rise above lesson on sleep – facts and advice – HWB
Rise above lesson on exam revision and dealing with stress –HWB
Managing social anxiety –HWB
Anti-racism and Institutional racism – BBC Documentary –LWW
Tattooing and piercings – what do you need to know? –HWB
Health and Safety in the workplace including statutory requirements –LWW
Preparation for work experience (2-hour session) with employers to talk about how students can get the best out of work experience –LWW
What you do in a range of situations on work experience –LWW
Terms and conditions of employment and acceptable behaviours –LWW
Work experience debrief and evaluation of the importance of thanking employers –LWW
Additional
Post-16 Options Evening open to all students and their parents Opportunity to become a Sports leader and take part in sport festivals and events DoE Silver opportunity Work experience Opportunities to represent school in teams and extra-curricular programme Character sessions/BV and Well-being activity selection in tutor time as well as TEAM reader programme
YEAR 11 PSHE PROGRAMME – Also taught during tutor time in Y11
Each & Every Student
Autumn Term
One-to-one careers interviews
Unifrog and Careers pilot – use of packages and online resources to support choices –LWW
Understanding the Apprenticeship route and the skills gap –LWW
Post 16 Options & Pathways – 3 main routes – academic, Vocational or Apprenticeship –LWW
Post 18 Options & Pathways, looking specifically at Higher education – Falmouth University –LWW
Cornwall College presentation focusing on vocational opportunities –LWW
Employability skills and what employers look for, as well as transferable skills –LWW
Labour Market information – focusing on the local labour market –LWW
CV updates ensuring it is employer/college ready –LWW
Letters of application and personal statements –LWW
Interview skills both face to face and online –LWW
NCS presentation on what I wish I know now –LWW
Animal rights and sustainability –LWW
Globalisation and Multiculturism –LWW
Pollution, plastic, and environment –LWW
Money laundering –LWW
Cybercrime and online fraud –LWW
Spring Term
City College presentation and learning styles –LWW
Discovery College presentation and what employers hope to see in interviews –LWW
ASK Apprenticeships in to do workshops –LWW
Finance focusing on financial needs at different ages, credit, and debit as well as risk, looking at high risk choices like gambling – LWW
Revenge porn and what it is – R
Relationship break ups and different types of relationships – R
Keeping yourself safe – First Aid – HWB
Independent Living — HWB
How do trade unions protect us at work – LWW
Forced and arranged marriages as well as honour-based violence – R
Internet safety and the dark web – HWB
Summer Term
Revision Techniques and stress management – HWB
NCS – presentation 2, why doing NCS has so many benefits –LWW
Exam preparation and getting the most out of – HWB
How can we make ourselves and other people feel more positive and why is happiness important – HWB
The Importance of sleep – HWB
Vaccines and Cancer – HWB
Fertility and reproductive Health – HWB
Obesity and body positivity – HWB
Additional
Sports leadership programme NCS opportunity-to sign up and take part in the scheme Opportunities to represent school in teams and extra-curricular programme Character sessions and Well-being activity selection in tutor time as well CSW Ambitions project for additional transition RIO mentoring programme for selected students
Sixth Form
Activities and learning:
in PSHE are in red
in Assemblies are in Green
YEAR 12 PSHE PROGRAMME – One lesson per week
Each & Every Student
Autumn Term
Work Experience launch
NCS/Volunteering assembly
Unifrog use at KS5 –LWW
Can I evaluate my strengths and weaknesses-The Skills Builder? –LWW
Am I on the right courses? why does LMI matter to these choices –LWW
Mock Interviews –LWW
PwC Careers skills session
Royal Naval Reserve session
How can I maintain a positive body image? –HWB
Cancer prevention –HWB
Healthy romantic relationships –R
Spring Term
Future First ex-student Careers Panel
Apprenticeships assembly
MOOCs assembly
When is sexual behaviour inappropriate? – R
What do I need to know about first time sex? – R
Anatomy of pleasure and healthy sexual relationships – R
What does it take to make a relationship last? – R
How do I navigate the complexities of relationships? – R
What are the options when it comes to unplanned pregnancies? – R
Realities of parenthood – R
Do I have the knowledge to make good choices about my sexual health? – R
Degree apprenticeship session (Bath Spa)
Competitive Universities + Getting the most from your exhibition session (Exeter University)
You’re Hired assembly and heats
UCAS exhibition & Exeter campus visit
Summer Term
Personal statements session (University of South Wales)
Parents HE Information Evening (including Universities of Plymouth & South Wales)
You’re Hired heats
How can I safely protect myself and others from altercations? HWB
First Aid – HWB
How can I safeguard myself online? – HWB
Work Experience
UCAS registration – LWW
Personal statement writing – LWW
Work Experience preparation – LWW
Where we are now – reflection and research What are my Post 18 Options? – LWW
What are my employment rights? – LWW
What does professionalism look like? – LWW
Health and safety for work experience
Additional
Post-16 Options Evening open to all students and their parents National Citizenship Service Scheme (summer term) Various opportunities are advertised to students such as Exeter Scholars, Cambridge University Shadowing Scheme, Inspire2Involve (Oxbridge), Sutton Trust Summer Schools, Nuffield Research Fellowships etc. All of these have had students participating during the last three years. Invitations to open days and taster days are also passed on The opportunity to be on the head student team and take on responsibility roles within the Sixth form
YEAR 13 CAREERS & WORK – RELATED LEARNING
Each & Every Student
Autumn Term
Student Life session (University of Plymouth) –LWW
Marjon assembly (University of St Mark & St John) –LWW
Writing personal statements (Exeter University) –LWW
Personal action plans –LWW
Research and applications –LWW
Interview preparation –LWW
Targeted individual interviews (two lessons) –LWW
How can I manage a professional online identity? –LWW
Am I able to use social media for employment effectively? –LWW
What is Extremism –R
Can I revise consent –R
What does a safe relationship look like? – R
What do I need to know about Honour based violence? – R
Future First surviving the real-world panel and Future first registration / Careers survey –LWW
What do I need to know about choosing financial products? –LWW
What is the cost of living independently? –LWW
Can I budget effectively? –LWW
Additional
Post-16 Options Evening open to all students and their parents National Citizenship Service Scheme (summer term) Various opportunities are advertised to students such as open days, gap year schemes, Bettie Weissman International Summer Science Institute etc. The school takes part in Truro school’s Oxbridge preparation activities in the autumn term (focusing on interview). Mock interviews are also offered to all students. Tutor programme including well-being and character sessions Sports leadership programme Head student team opportunities Shared reading and peer mentoring