PSHE & Citizenship
For each year group, the following key areas will be covered across the academic year:
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Personal and social relationships
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Health and well-being
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Preparing for the future
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Life in the wider world
PSHE and Citizenship Education will be delivered in fortnightly sessions where the usual timetable is suspended for a 1-hour teaching slot, each fortnight. In addition, there will be two full days where all five periods are dedicated to PSHE and Citizenship Education, as well as Timanyane Day in July. During each of the three terms, plus two calendared drop-down days, each year group will have a topic within one of these over-arching themes to ensure continuity and meaningful learning; it allows students to engage with the material and draw links between their learning, which should prepare them well for synthesising new information in school, as well as in their lives beyond.
Each term or day will typically include a range of different sessions, including external speakers, taught lessons and practical workshops that allow students to approach each of the key themes from a range of different perspectives and learning styles.
Students will have a designated PSHE and Citizenship Education exercise book kept by their tutors, where all relevant work will be completed; this includes all termly sessions, drop-down days, connected tutor sessions and some other activities/speakers/assemblies. While this will stay in school, there may be opportunities at Parents’ Evenings or other face-to-face meetings for parents to see this, as requested.
Staff are also receiving professional development opportunities to enable them to offer confident and high-quality education across the PSHE and Citizenship curriculum.
Year 7
| Delivery | Theme | Day Topic | Key learning |
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TERM 1 September - December |
Personal & Social Relationships | Transition to Secondary School | Exploring new personal and social relationships that Year 7 students are likely to be making in their early days of secondary school, including forming positive relationships, understanding expectations, and looking to their future at Prince Henry’s. |
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Day One Mid-November |
Health & Well Being | Healthy Lives | Focusing on staying both physically and mentally well, during a period of significant change in young people’s lives, including conversations on puberty, personal hygiene, developing healthy habits and awareness of personal safety. |
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TERM 2 January - March |
Life in the Wider World | Developing Skills & Aspirations | Working on developing students’ personal goals and academic targets, with identification of needs and wants, skills and attributes, early career aspirations and positive, productive study skills. |
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Day Two Late January |
Preparing for the Future | Diversity & Justice | Identifying and evaluating core values in young people’s lives to ensure everyone can co-exist fairly and equally within society; sessions will explore prejudice and discrimination, action and charity groups, human rights and diversity. |
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TERM 3 April - July |
Preparing for the Future | Moving Friendships Forward | Revisiting some of the personal and social aspects of life as a Year 7 student introduced in September, focusing on reflections on the first year, student self-worth, maintaining positive and healthy relationships with peers, including identifying and avoiding bullying. |
Year 8
| Delivery | Theme | Day Topic | Key learning |
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TERM 1 September - December |
Health & Well Being | Ways of Coping | Exploring ways of coping with some of the common challenges in young people’s lives, including alcohol consumption, drugs, sleep habits, body image and online stress. |
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Day One Mid-November |
Life in the Wider World | Introducing Digital Literacy | Examining the realities of living in a digital age and the importance of being technologically literate; sessions will explore life online, including age restrictions and accessibility, social media use, news and media outlets, and security online. |
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TERM 2 January - March |
Preparing for the Future | Building Identity & Relationships | Exploring young people’s personal identities and interpersonal relationships, with session content including students’ sense of identity, self-confidence and influences, awareness of learning disabilities and the variety of gender identity and sexual orientation. |
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Day Two Late January |
Personal & Social Relationships | Exploring our Experiences | Discovering the realities of students’ own and alternative lived experiences, encouraging insight and empathy for different identity, sense, cultural, socio-economic and other life experiences. |
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TERM 3 April - July |
Life in the Wider World | Employment & Earnings | Investigating the employment market from the perspective of under 16s, with part-time work and volunteering as a minor; students will also revisit their relevant skills and attributes, explore pocket money, budgeting, and possible careers research. |
Year 9
| PSHE Day | Theme | Day Topic | Key learning |
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TERM 1 September - December |
Personal & Social Relationships | Intimate Relationships | Exploring the realities of intimate relationships, particularly focusing on the importance of consent, making sense of relationships, contraception, unplanned pregnancy, sexual health and the portrayal of sex in the media. |
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Day One Mid-November |
Health & Well Being | Choices & Influences | Examining the choices and influences of young people that may impact their physical and mental wellbeing; sessions will explore gang culture, carrying weapons, types of behaviour and the implications of drugs and alcohol. |
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TERM 2 January - March |
Life in the Wider World | Employability & Managing Money | Revisiting the employment market and student awareness of budgeting and financial management; sessions cover spending and personality types, getting value for money, bank accounts and transactions, positive personal image and considering the world of work. |
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Day Two Late January |
Preparing for the Future | Preparing for GCSEs & Beyond | Focusing on students’ forthcoming GCSE/KS4 options choices, there will be the opportunity to select and attend taster sessions in various subjects, as well as time for goal setting, study skills and future pathways discussions. |
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TERM 3 April - July |
Health & Well Being | Healthy Mind, Healthy Body | Identifying and engaging with how to keep a balance of good physical and mental health, including exploration of mental health triggers, assessing support and treatment, the importance of sleep, as well as focus on first aid, cancer and keeping physically well. |
Year 10
| PSHE Day | Theme | Day Topic & Sessions | Key learning |
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TERM 1 September - December |
Preparing for the Future | Being Financially Informed | Recognising and evaluating different financial concepts and choices, including managing debt, employment, income, taxation, risk, security and the impact of spending and advertising. |
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Day One Mid-November |
Personal & Social Relationships | 21st Century Relationship Realities | Exploring and revisiting the realities of romantic and sexual relationships for young people today; sessions will include societal concepts of sex and gender, consent, coercion and exploitation, conducting relationships online, pornography. |
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TERM 2 January - March |
Life in the Wider World | Addressing extremism |
Examining life in an increasingly globalised and politicised world, including addressing diversity, extremism and radicalisation, as well as understanding the politics and bias of the media, and challenging inequality and discrimination. |
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Day Two Late January |
Health & Well Being | Fostering Independence | Encouraging students to take an active and independent role in their own well-being and health decisions, introducing self-examination, health risks, vaccinations, cosmetic alterations and blood, organ and stem cell donation. |
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TERM 3 April - July |
Preparing for the Future | Life Online & Digital Resilience | Considering the way that young people’s lives have been shaped and influenced by the living in the internet age; sessions will explore social media, personal and professional reputation, assessing bias, reliability and accuracy, self-worth and resilience. |
Year 11
| PSHE Day | Theme | Day Topic & Sessions | Key learning |
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TERM 1 September - December |
Life in the Wider World | Families & the Future | Considering some of the personal and family realities young people may face both now and in the future, specifically exploring experiences surrounding family diversity, marriage, pregnancy, fertility, loss and parenthood. |
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Day One Mid-November |
Preparing for the Future | Post-16 Pathways | Focusing on students’ imminent post-16 pathways choices, there will be the opportunity to select and attend taster sessions in various Sixth Form subjects, as well as time for SMART goal setting, study skills and college and apprenticeships pathways. |
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TERM 2 January - March |
Health & Well Being | Managing Life in Exam Season |
Exploring the challenges of life during exam season; sessions focusing on managing stress, revision strategies, benefits of healthy eating and exercise, work-life balance and opportunities for subject specific revision workshops. |
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Day Two Late January |
Personal & Social Relationships | Communicating your Needs | Identifying and evaluating the need for communication in various types of relationships, including intimate and sexual relationships, warning signs of unhealthy relationships, as well as assessing other needs as a young adult. |
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TERM 3 April - July |
STUDY LEAVE/ GCSE REVISION |
NB: This page will be periodically updated as sessions and speakers are added or altered. Please refer back as required.
TIMANYANE DAY - Mid-July
This day will take a unique format and will be detailed on a separate document; it encourages our students to get to know each other and the world around them as local, national and global citizens, with a range of exciting opportunities and activities.