PSHCE
2023/2024 teaching staff: Mr P Hagan, Mr L Shilling, Miss A Rogers, Mrs K Jones, Mrs C Bartlett, Miss K Dingwall and Mr R Bridges.
Oakwood School – Curriculum Overview
Faculty | Beliefs & Values |
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Head of Faculty | Mr P Hagan Contact for more details of Beliefs & Values curriculum |
Head of PSHCE | Mr P Hagan |
Statement of Intent | At Oakwood School Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE) is at the heart of all that we do. The course content is organised into the three core themes of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Living in the World and aims to develop core competencies related to resilience, choices and influences, and consent and respect. These themes and competencies are also reinforced by the wider academic and pastoral curriculum and the Oakwood 7cs values. Citizenship topics are also covered in PSHCE as well as in other subjects such as History. Positioned within the Beliefs and Values faculty, learners are provided with the knowledge and skills to live healthy, safe, productive, and responsible lives and are supported in making effective decisions about their future learning, career, and finances. We promote students’ self-esteem and emotional well-being and help them to form and maintain worthwhile and satisfying relationships, based on respect for themselves and for others. The course encourages students to play an active part in political and civil society and to have the confidence to affect change in their communities. |
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| Autumn | Spring | Summer | Rationale |
Year 7 | Topic Area/Key Question
| Resilience | Personal Health & Healthy Relationships | Personal Safety and Wellbeing |
The PSHCE programme at Oakwood School serves to provide students with the skills, knowledge and understanding to lead confident, healthy, happy, independent lives, now and in the future. The curriculum takes inspiration from the PSHE association’s programmes of study which are organised around the key themes of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Living in the World. The curriculum aims to provide every opportunity for students to develop their well-being, self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as the ability to make informed choices regarding their careers and their economic wellbeing, thus preparing them to be able to take their place in society with all the skills they need for life in the 21st Century.
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Content covered
| Transitions from primary to secondary school
Resilience – Bounce forward, this unit of work allows students to explore resilience, things that prevent them from being resilient and how to overcome these barriers.
| Gender and puberty and healthy routines surrounding puberty.
Friendships and healthy relationships
Anti-bullying week – sessions are run on the theme of Anti-bullying week of the academic year.
Consent and respect in friendships. | Respect - prejudice and diversity (no outsiders) racism and homophobia
Drugs and Alcohol - Caffeine
Tobacco/Vaping
Personal Safety
End of year reflection – Students reflect on what they have learnt during their first year at Oakwood. | ||
Assessment
| Students complete a poster or essay on resilience that asks them to draw on all the things they have learnt throughout this unit of work. | No formal assessment in this term. Formative assessment is ongoing throughout the term using questioning techniques by the teacher. | Students complete either a detailed spider diagram or a poster on the theme of healthy relationships. | ||
Literacy focus
| Students partake in a story about 2 students in Year 7 exploring the effects of resilience vs a lack of resilience. | There are opportunities for further reading on aspects of puberty and healthy relationships. This is encouraged by the PSHCE Department staff team – students are encouraged to ask if this is something they are interested in. | Students read an article on racism. This is then explored as a class discussion. | ||
Opportunities (links to careers/EDI/PSHCE)
| Students learn skills and appropriate coping mechanisms that can be used throughout their lives. | Students learn skills and appropriate coping mechanisms that can be used throughout their lives. | A special emphasis is placed on our “no outsiders” ethos when taking part in lessons on respect and prejudice. | ||
National Curriculum links / GCSE connections | Feeds into statutory guidance from the Government. | Students will cover similar themes in KS4 in a more detailed and age appropriate way. | The PSCHE curriculum builds so that students cover similar themes in KS4 in a more detailed and age appropriate way. |
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Year 8 | Topic Area/Key Question
| Health and Relationships | Health and Wellbeing | Personal Safety and Wellbeing |
The PSHCE programme at Oakwood School serves to provide students with the skills, knowledge and understanding to lead confident, healthy, happy, independent lives, now and in the future. The curriculum takes inspiration from the PSHE association’s programmes of study which are organised around the key themes of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Living the World. The curriculum aims to provide every opportunity for students to develop their well-being, self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as the ability to make informed choices regarding their careers and their economic wellbeing, thus preparing them to be able to take their place in society with all the skills they need for life in the 21st Century.
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Content covered
| Self- worth and target setting Resilience recap Making choices about diet and exercise Boundaries, assertiveness and peer pressure Online relationships Online Sexual Harassment Digital resilience | Body image and social media influences Gender identity Mental health Respect - Challenging misconceptions Unhealthy coping strategies
| Drugs and alcohol - Tobacco/Vaping
Drugs and Alcohol – Alcohol
Anti-social behaviour / Young offenders
Personal Safety | ||
Assessment
| Students complete a poster or essay on resilience, health and relationships. This should bring together the core knowledge and skills that students have learnt during their first term in PSHCE. | No formal assessment in this term. Formative assessment is ongoing throughout the term using questioning techniques by the teacher. | Students create a poster or write an essay on the theme of “navigating year 8”. This should bring together the core knowledge and skills that students have been learning this year in PSHCE. | ||
Literacy focus
| Students read and learn from particular situations that are aimed to make students think about the topics studied and how they can be applied to their own lives/the lives of others. There are opportunities for further reading on aspects such as online safety/diet and exercise. This is encouraged by the PSHCE Department staff team – students are encouraged to ask if this is something they are interested in. | Students read and learn from particular situations that are aimed to make students think about the topics studied and how they can be applied to their own lives/the lives of others. There are opportunities for further reading on aspects such as gender and mental health. This is encouraged by the PSHCE Department staff team – students are encouraged to ask if this is something they are interested in. | Students read and learn from particular situations that are aimed to make students think about the topics studied and how they can be applied to their own lives/the lives of others. There are opportunities for further reading on aspects such as drugs and alcohol. This is encouraged by the PSHCE Department staff team – students are encouraged to ask if this is something they are interested in. | ||
Opportunities (links to careers/EDI/PSHCE)
| Students learn skills and appropriate coping mechanisms that can be used throughout their lives. | A special emphasis is placed on our “no outsiders” ethos when taking part in lessons on mental health. | Students learn skills and appropriate coping mechanisms that can be used throughout their lives. | ||
National Curriculum links / GCSE connections | All aspects of our PSCHE curriculum feed into statutory guidance from the Government. | Students will cover similar themes in KS4 in a more detailed and age appropriate way. | The PSCHE curriculum builds so that students cover similar themes in KS4 in a more detailed and age appropriate way |
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Year 9 | Topic Area/Key Question
| Mental Health and Wellbeing | Living in the Wider World | Healthy Relationships and Personal Wellbeing |
The PSHCE programme at Oakwood School serves to provide students with the skills, knowledge and understanding to lead confident, healthy, happy, independent lives, now and in the future. The curriculum takes inspiration from the PSHE association’s programmes of study which are organised around the key themes of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Living the World. The curriculum aims to provide every opportunity for students to develop their well-being, self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as the ability to make informed choices regarding their careers and their economic wellbeing, thus preparing them to be able to take their place in society with all the skills they need for life in the 21st Century.
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Content covered
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Students think about and discuss 50 things to do before they turn 20. This is to let them start thinking about their peculiar interests and how these can be positively channelled to improve their quality of life and general wellbeing. Students also learn more about resilience and how it can improve their mental health and general wellbeing. Students then learn about how to recognise circumstances that could lead to intense emotions which may be difficult to manage. They then learn about a range of positive/healthy coping strategies that can help manage these difficult emotions, and the importance of asking for support when it’s needed.
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Students think about and discuss what makes a good life at 40. They think about and discuss careers, hobbies, relationships and their responsibilities in the wider world as they grow. Students then learn about what makes a good job, where they discuss their interests, career expectations such as salary, hours of work, holidays, working conditions, opportunities to progress, etc. Finally, students think about and discuss what makes a good option choice. This helps them to start preparing for their option choices, linking them to what they’ve learned so far about living in the wider world. |
Students deepen their knowledge and understanding of consent and respect in a healthy relationship. Students also learn about attitudes to and impact of pornography, contraception and STIs, understanding and challenging discrimination, drugs and alcohol, first aid (CPR) and personal safety. These lessons are aimed at helping students stay safe, keep others (friends and family) safe and maintain healthy relationships. | ||
Assessment
| Students complete a poster or essay on mental health and wellbeing. This should bring together the core knowledge and skills that students have learnt during their first term in PSHCE. | No formal assessment in this term. Formative assessment is ongoing throughout the term using questioning techniques by the teacher. | Students create a poster or write an essay on the theme of “navigating year 9”. This should bring together the core knowledge and skills that students have been learning this year in PSHCE. | ||
Literacy focus
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Students read and learn from particular situations that are aimed to make students think about the topics studied and how they can be applied to their own lives/the lives of others. There are opportunities for further reading on aspects such as resilience and positive coping strategies. This is encouraged by the PSHCE Department staff team – students are encouraged to ask if this is something they are interested in.
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Students read and learn from particular situations that are aimed to make students think about the topics studied and how they can be applied to their own lives/the lives of others. There are opportunities for further reading on different career paths. This is encouraged by the PSHCE Department staff team – students are encouraged to ask if this is something they are interested in.
Keywords: career : Read, Watch, Listen library (unifrog.org) |
Students read and learn from particular situations that are aimed to make students think about the topics studied and how they can be applied to their own lives/the lives of others. There are opportunities for further reading on aspects such as discrimination, drugs and alcohol. This is encouraged by the PSHCE Department staff team – students are encouraged to ask if this is something they are interested in.
Keywords: discrimination : Read, Watch, Listen library (unifrog.org)
The Truth About Alcohol : Read, Watch, Listen library (unifrog.org) | ||
Opportunities (links to careers/EDI/PSHCE)
| A special emphasis is placed on our “no outsiders” ethos when taking part in lessons on mental health.
| Students learn skills and appropriate coping mechanisms that can be used throughout their lives. Students have a lesson in a computer room, where they use Unifrog to carry out job searches.
| Students learn skills and appropriate coping mechanisms that can be used throughout their lives.
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National Curriculum links / GCSE connections | All aspects of our PSCHE curriculum feed into statutory guidance from the Government. | All aspects of our PSCHE curriculum feed into statutory guidance from the Government. | All aspects of our PSCHE curriculum feed into statutory guidance from the Government. |
Exam Board N/A
Subject Documents |
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Delivery of Relationships and Sex Education |
PSHCE policy |