Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education, PSHE

Health and Puberty​

1. Making choices about your health: In this lesson, students explore what influences diet and exercise choices and how to discern between reliable and less reliable health information.​

2. Maintaining physical health: s. In this lesson students learn why health-related decisions might vary from person to person, and about barriers to making healthier choices and strategies for overcoming these.​

3. Puberty and emotional changes: This lesson supports students to understand the emotional changes that occur during puberty and how these changes might affect their relationships. It develops a deeper understanding of the process of puberty.​

4. Menstrual Wellbeing: This lesson promotes understanding of menstrual wellbeing and helps young people to familiarise themselves with and evaluate a variety of menstrual (period) products.

Being Safe​

1. Cybercrime: This lesson raises awareness of the risks associated with cybercrime, including the reasons why young people may engage in criminal activity online and its impact on both individuals and the wider community.​

2. First Aid: Students will investigate basic first aid. ​

3. FGM: This lesson explains what Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is, the law in relation to FGM and supports development of protective factors that will support young people to speak up, seek help and report if they or others are at risk, or have experienced FGM.​

4. Travel Safety: Students will investigate the impact of travel and road safety.

Diversity​

1. Identity and Community: This lesson focuses on the similarities and differences between people within a community and how communities can foster feelings of belonging.​

2. Bias and Stereotypes: This lesson explores types of bias and stereotypes and how these thinking patterns can affect behaviour.​

3. Discrimination and the Protected Characteristics: This lesson explores the characteristics that are protected by law, what constitutes discriminatory behaviour, and safe ways to challenge or report discrimination.​

4. Values and constructive disagreement: This lesson explores what values people hold and how people may act on these values in different ways. Students will also explore how to manage disagreement constructively.

Eco​

1. KNOW: Climate change & climate literacy; This lesson includes a google quiz to ascertain student literacy re climate crisis, and the opportunity to gather some pupil feedback on what is important to them and what they would like to learn ​

2. UNDERSTAND: The second lesson involves watching the documentary 'Climate Change: The Facts' which explores the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.​

3. DISCUSS: the third lesson gives students dedicated time to discuss the documentary & the climate crisis in a meaningful way – its causes, the effects, and how we tackle it – plus opportunities to acknowledge pupils’ very real concerns. Talking can help students comprehend and voice the complex, challenging, and potentially overwhelming topic of climate breakdown, plus provide the tools to act. Pupils start to consider collective solutions, picking a specific topic and a task to act upon.​

4. ACT: Lesson 4 allows pupils to put their ideas into action; we then return to the initial quiz to review what students have learnt.

Finance​

1. Opening a bank account: This lesson explores the basics of owning a bank account. They will explore why they are important, how you set one up and then the advantages and disadvantages of different bank accounts.​

2. How to save money: Students will identify reasons why people need to save money. They will also assess different methods of saving money and will create a saving plan.​

3. Debit and Credit: This lesson explains the difference between a debit and credit card and will compare credit card payment options. Finally, they will demonstrate how to make conscious spending decisions.​

4. Debt: In this lessons students will explain the difference between good and bad debt and will describe how borrowing works and the different forms of borrowing.

Friendship and Bullying​

1. Friendship and Empathy: This lesson focuses on the role empathy plays in making and maintaining positive friendships, as well as effective strategies that can be used to include others.​

2. Bullying and Bystanders: This lesson focuses on developing an understanding of what bullying is and the impact it can have. Students will consider how individual actions based on empathy, together with wider school support, can reduce the likelihood of bullying happening. ​

3. Friendship Challenges: This lesson focuses on when challenges and conflict arise within friendships, giving students the opportunity to explore different forms of communication and rehearse conflict management strategies, in order to reconcile after disagreements. Students will also consider when friendships pose a risk to themselves and explore exit strategies for such situations.​

4. Similarities, differences, and peer influence: The lesson focuses on students’ understanding that people have similarities and differences, and that equality and a culture of inclusion can reduce bullying. They will explore strategies to manage peer influence and develop an understanding of how peers can support others to resist pressure around bullying behaviours.

Mental Health and Wellbeing​

1. Attitudes to Mental Health: This lesson builds on existing knowledge on the mental health and emotional wellbeing. It addresses misconceptions about, and examines attitudes towards, mental health.​

2. Promoting Emotional Wellbeing: This lesson focuses on how young people can maintain daily wellbeing, through a range of resilience-building strategies.​

3. Digital Resilience: This lesson focuses on ways to develop ‘digital resilience’ to support mental health.​

4. Being Left Out: This lesson looks at how personal qualities, attitudes, skills and achievements are evaluated by others, affects confidence and self-esteem. Students will also evaluate the impact of being left out.

Fundamental British Values​

1. How is Britain ran?: In this topic students will be introduced to Fundamental British Values and what this actually means. In lesson one they will consider the term “Britishness” before exploring democracy and how Britain’s politics is organised. ​

2. Rule of Law: The second lesson looks at Rule of Law and how our human rights and responsibilities correlate with this.​

3. The Tripartite System: In this lesson students will explore how the country is run through the Tripartite System (Government, Parliament and Courts of Law) before watching some clips of students taking part in a mock trial and considering how this would benefit them.​

4. Debate: Students will take part in a debate on whether the voting age should be lowered to 16.

Discrimination​

1. Stereotypes and Visible Differences: Students will learn about visible differences and the effects that stereotypes in films and on TV, which are often negative, can have on people who look different.​

2. Racism: This lesson ensures students can explain what the term ‘racism’ actually means, and that people often make assumptions about racial differences that aren’t true.​

3. ImWithSam: This lesson looks at raising awareness and challenging perceptions of people with learning difficulties and autism as part of a diverse society, asks pupils to reflect on the impact of ways in which people with learning disabilities and autism are perceived, judged, described and treated, and explores how to question, challenge and change these behaviours.​

4. Diverse and Supportive Communities: This lesson looks at the benefits of an inclusive and diverse community and how members of communities can support one another.

Families​

1. Marriage and Family Types: This lesson explores the different types of families and the laws surrounding marriage/civil partnerships including forced and arranged marriages. Finally, students will consider family roles in their own families and how these have changed over time.​

2. Parenting: This lesson evaluates parental responsibilities and how these change as a child grows up. ​

3. Responses to Unplanned Pregnancy: Students will consider the possible responses to unplanned pregnancies, including looking at case studies and considering the influences which play into the decisions made in these situations. They will also consider the common arguments around abortion.​

4. Domestic Violence and Abuse: In this lesson students will explain what is meant by domestic abuse and identify different types of abuse and the support available. They will also consider views on domestic abuse which are not their own.

Emotional Wellbeing​

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1. Unhealthy Coping Strategies: This lesson focuses on unhealthy coping strategies, specifically self-harm and eating disorders.​

2. Healthy Coping Strategies: This lesson focuses on developing healthy coping strategies.​

3. Change, Loss and Grief: This lesson focuses on strategies of managing change, loss and grief looking at different types of grief and how to access support. ​

Finance​

1. Food Origins and Waste: This lesson will explore the process of how we get food to our plates. In doing so we will research where certain foods originate from and how revenue, profit / loss is distributed. Students will also understand what ‘Fair Trade’ is and how we can make a difference by buying these products.​

2. Internet Shopping: Students will look at marketing techniques used by companies and how we can make sure we stay safe when shopping online. ​

3. Online Gaming and Gambling: In this lesson students will explore how online gaming can lead to gambling and evaluate the risks associated with online gaming and gambling.​

4. Money Management and Transactions: This lesson will introduce the most common transactions and how you can successfully manage your money.

Identity and Relationships​

1. Relationship Values: This lesson allows students to explore their relationship values and enables them to practise managing difficulties in relationships.​

2. Sexual Harassment: The lesson explores how to identify behaviours that could be seen along with the difference between a compliment, banter and harassment. Students will discover where to get support if you have been a victim of sexual harassment. ​

3. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation: This lesson explores the distinctions between, and key terminology regarding, sexual orientation and gender identity. It provides students with the knowledge, skills and attributes to challenge unhelpful stereotypes and promote inclusive behaviour in school and the wider community.​

4. LGBTQ+ Prejudice and Discrimination: In this lesson students will look at the prejudice and discrimination that LGBTQ+ people face, the different forms in which it might present itself, and how we can challenge this.

Drugs and Alcohol

1. Understanding Drugs: This lesson introduces concepts of substance use through a focus on the risks and effects caffeine consumption.​

2. Tobacco – risks and influences: This lesson focuses on specific risks relating to tobacco and nicotine produce use and strategies to manage influences regarding use of these substances.​

3. Alcohol and Risk: This lesson focuses on specific risks relating to alcohol use and challenges some of the perceived social norms about drinking alcohol.​

4. Vaping: This lesson explores the consequences of vaping and the influences that might impact young people’s behaviour relating to vaping.

Online Safety

1. Social Media: In this lesson students will analyse the potential negative effects of using social media, including how social media may negatively impact self-esteem and body image.​

2. Fake News: In this lesson we will look at the differences between misinformation and disinformation and students will learn different techniques for identifying fake news. They will also consider the impact of social media platforms (especially TikTok) on the spreading of fake news.​

3. Online Grooming: Students will identify the characteristics of abusive behaviours such as online grooming and exploitation. They will also describe the warning signs and how to report abusive behaviours and access support.​

4. Online Relationships: To describe the different ways that online relationships can be conducted including the risk of online relationships including catfishing and dating sites.

Health Education

1. Allergies: This lesson looks at how we can identify if someone is having an allergic reaction and how we can help them. They will also look at how allergic reactions happen and how they can be treated.​

2. Asthma: In this lesson students will learn to identify when an asthma attack requires treatment and how to act accordingly. In addition, the students will gain an understanding of what can cause asthma and will understand when to call for help. The students must understand an asthma attack can be serious, even life threatening.​

3. Bleeding: Students will be able to identify when a casualty has a bleed that requires treatment and how to act accordingly. These actions should include administration of basic first aid skills and caring for a casualty. ​

4. Dental Health: This lesson encourages independence both in maintaining dental health and in accessing dental health services.

Intimate relationships​

1. Consent: Students will learn about what consent means, both legally and ethically, and what it looks like in practice.​

2. Sexual Health: This lesson explores commonly sexually transmitted infections and their symptoms. The aim is to help students understand the types and consequences of infection and the importance of prevention and testing, rather than for them to be able to ‘self-diagnose’ based on symptom recognition.​

3. Contraception: This lesson introduces the main types of contraception. We use the term contraception to include condoms, which might be used purely as

Respectful Relationships ​and Marriage

1. Managing Relationship and Family Changes: In this lesson students will identify factors leading to family changes and divorce, consider the feelings and practical difficulties involve.​

2. Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence: This lesson helps students to understand what forced marriage and honour-based violence are and be able to recognise the warning signs that a person might be in danger.​

3. 3. Coercive Control: In this lesson students will explore what we mean by coercive control and abusive relationships. We will consider the different methods by abusers to do this and why it can be hard to spot.

Influences​

1. Role Models: In this lesson students will identify what makes someone a positive or negative role model and evaluate the impact of role models on social media on young people.​

2. Anti-Social Behaviour and Peer Pressure: This lesson will look at the meaning of anti-social behaviour and how this impacts a community. Then, students will look at the impact of peer pressure and the major consequences of this with a focus on alcohol.​

3. Pornography: In this lesson, students will look at the impact of pornography and its impact on understanding consent.

Risk​

1. Water Safety: This lesson focuses on safety around inland bodies of water. It supports students to analyse risks around canals, rivers, waterways, lakes and ponds, including understanding the role peers can play in supporting each other to stay safe.​

2. Sexting: Students will evaluate how to manage risks of sending, sharing or passing on sexual images and how to secure personal information online ​

3. Knife Crime: In this lesson, students will identify the consequences of knife crime and why young people become involved. They will also look at methods of preventing knife crime and why there are a variety of outcomes from these.

First Aid​

1. Head Injuries: Students will gain a basic understanding of anatomy and function of the brain and skull. They will learn that head injuries can be minor or severe and how to recognise common signs of a head injury. ​

2. Choking: In this lesson students will learn how to identify when a casualty is choking and be able to act accordingly. These actions should include looking after a casualty and reassuring them, seeking medical help if required and administration of basic first aid skills. ​

3. Basic Life Support: In this lesson students will learn how to identify when a casualty may require an assessment and possible life support. They will look at the purpose of a primary survey, the recovery position and CPR.

Wellbeing and Mental Health​

1. New Challenges: This lesson examines challenges facing young people as they transition into KS4 and how to promote positive mental health to manage change, now and in the future.​

2. Reframing Negative Thinking: This lesson focuses on resilience and reframing setbacks.​

3. Recognising Mental Ill-Health: This lesson focuses on mental health issues that can affect young people, examining mental ill-health warning signs and the range of sources of support available.

Gangs and Organised Crime​

1. How it might start: This lesson will explore the distinction between healthy relationships and those that exhibit unhealthy characteristics associated with gang membership. It will also explore factors which contribute to some people choosing to join a gang.​

2. Risks and Consequences: This lesson explores the risks and consequences of gang-related behaviours. It also considers the pressures and manipulation techniques used on young people to join a gang and how they can resist these.​

3. Getting Out: This lesson explores exit strategies and support systems who have concerns about gang activity.

Drugs and Alcohol​

1. Exploring Attitudes: This lesson will give the teacher a clear picture of students’ current understanding of drugs, explores attitudes towards their use and clarifies perceptions regarding the prevalence of drug use.​

2. Drugs and the Law: This lesson teaches students about the law in relation to drugs, the legal consequences of possessing or supplying drugs and how police officers enforce these laws in practice.​

   1. Drugs and their Effects: This lesson explores the effects of different patterns of alcohol use, in addition to the health risks associated with alcohol and cannabis use.

Lessons 1-2: What are incels, alpha males, misogyny and manosphere? This lesson will look at the impact of misogyny on society and on us as individuals and to be able to assess sources of information online. Students will also explain how listening to self-proclaimed online ‘experts’ or negative and prejudicial forums can impact our lives for the worse.​

3. Big boys do cry: This lesson will challenge negative ideas and stereotypes about people with mental Illness and address the stigma of talking about mental illness.

1. Protecting personal information: This lesson looks at the risks to personal information online, and how to protect personal information.​

2. Deepfakes and AI: This lesson will explain how new technology produced by artificial intelligence, such as deepfakes, can be used to malicious ends, as well as for entertainment purposes. ​

3. Digital Footprint and Reputation: This lesson will identify how we can take steps to manage our digital footprints, the types of content we would not want future employers to see and describe what the digital footprint of celebrities has revealed about them, even when deleted.

Staying Safe, Making Choices​

1. Extremism and Radicalisation: This lesson investigates the reasons for extremism and why/how individuals become radicalised.​

2. County Lines: This lesson looks at the existence of County Lines in a local area and why young people are so vulnerable to gangs through this method.​

3. Different Types of Relationships and Sexualities: Students will look at myths and misconceptions about relationships, to promote positive relationships. We will cover misconceptions and social norms about sex gender, abstinence and celibacy. They will also look at different types of sexual identities with a case study of a transgender person and explore how we can ensure society is a safe place for all.​

4. Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE): We will look at the signs and indicators of Child Sexual exploitation and where to get support if they are worried about friends or themselves. ​

5. Relationships, Consent and Rape: We will look at the age of consent and what the law says. How manipulation, coercion and capacity have an impact on consent and the existence of victim blaming. Students will look at the case study of Harvey Weinstein in this lesson.

Body and Health Education

1. Sleep: This lesson seeks to help young people to expand their understanding of the impact of sleep quality in an age-appropriate context. It aims to address common sleep-related problems through information on getting sufficient, good quality sleep.​

2. Body Modifications: This lesson focuses on making informed decisions regarding cosmetic procedures and the use of sunbeds.​

3. Substance Use and Assessing Risk: This lesson considers the effects of alcohol and other drug choices on personal safety.​

4. Substance Use and Managing Influence: This lesson considers how different sources of influences affect decision-making: strategies to manage peer influence; and ways to act as a positive influence on peers.​

5. Help Seeking and Sources of Support: This lesson explores the journey of a drug to understand the wider consequences of drug use, strategies for seeking help regarding substance use and addresses any potential barriers to doing so.

Sexual Health​

1. Family Conflict: This lesson addresses the links between emotional and relationship conflict, and the implications of this. Students will also further develop the understanding and skills to negotiate relationship conflicts safely and effectively.​

2. Long Term Commitments: This lesson looks at the different types of commitment and why many people value commitment in relationships as well as the legally binding aspect of marriage. They will also look at forced marriages ​

3. Sexual Health, Fertility and Routes into Parenthood: This lesson recaps learning on sexual health from KS3 and introduces new learning about fertility and pregnancy choices. ​

4. Pregnancy Outcomes: This lesson looks at the possible outcomes of an unplanned pregnancy and also recognises the chance of miscarriage and support in relation to pregnancy or miscarriage.​

5. Pregnancy Choices: This lesson teaches students about the laws related to abortion, addresses myths and misconceptions and explores options for help and support.

Online Safety and Gambling​​

1. All about the money: This lesson draws on the research findings by Revealing Reality to explore motivations for creating content on social media and who benefits from it being shared. It looks at how social media platforms make money and how this business model affects content creation.​

2. Can it be trusted?: This lesson draws on research findings to explore the trustworthiness and accuracy of content posted on social media.​

3. How can we manage risk?: This is the first of three lessons promoting student wellbeing by helping them better understand risk-taking behaviours. This lesson explores risks in the wider sense before encouraging students to consider the specific risks associated with the gambling industry.​

4. Impulses and Influences: This lesson focuses on what contributes to risk-taking behaviours by investigating the concepts of temptation, impulsive behaviour and delayed gratification.​

5. Help and Support: This lesson looks at the difference between recreational and problem gambling and ways to support those who are experiencing gambling harms.

1. Introduction to Moral philosophy. This lesson introduces students to the idea of Absolutism and Relativism where students discuss the merits of each theory.​

2. Utilitarianism. Students look at the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, using the Trolley dilemma as a tool to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the theory.​

3. Kantian Ethics. Students look at the ethical dilemma of whether it is ever right to lie. Students explore and evaluate Immanuel Kant's theory of duty.​

4. Natural Law. Using the ethical topic of abortion, students explore whether doing what is natural is the right thing to do. Students examine Thomas Aquinas' theory of Natural law and whether abortion can ever be justified.​

5. Students examine all of the ethical theories they have studied and debate which is the most successful.

1. Corporate social responsibility. Students examine what is business ethics and whether businesses should be responsible for their ethical behaviour.​

2. Whistleblowing. Students examine what is Whistleblowing and look at examples such as Edward Snowdon to highlight the positives and negatives of whistleblowing.​

3. Globalisation: Students examine the effects of Globalisation, looking at the case study of Rana Plaza. Students assess the levels of responsibility global businesses have towards their stakeholders.​

4. Capitalism and Consumerism: Students assess whether Capitalism and Consumerism are good for humans by applying the ethical theories of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill to case studies.​

5. Good ethics is good business: Students examine whether good ethics is always good business, drawing upon the various case studies and theories they have examined in previous lessons. 

1. Embryo Research: Students look at using embryos for science and medicine. Ethical tension: saving lives vs. destroying potential life. Religious views stress sanctity of life (Christianity, Islam) and stewardship.​

2. Artificial Intelligence: Students consider AI in healthcare and society. Ethical issues: human dignity, jobs, accountability. Religious questions: uniqueness of humans, “playing God.”​

3. Surrogacy: Students explore parenthood through surrogacy. Ethical issues: exploitation, consent, child’s rights. Religious views vary — some forbid as interfering with God’s plan, others stress compassion.​

4. Transplants: Students examine organ donation and allocation. Ethical issues: consent, fairness, organ trade. Religious views: often seen as loving, but some stress bodily integrity after death.​

5. Cloning: Students examine reproductive vs. therapeutic cloning. Ethical issues: identity, human limits. Religious views stress sanctity of life and warn against “taking God’s role.”

1. Social Justice and Religious Freedom: Students explore the right to practise faith freely, raising ethical issues of tolerance and conflict. Religious teaching stresses respect and dignity. Enquiry: Should everyone always be free to follow their religion?​

2. Social Justice and the Role of Women: Students look at equality and gender roles in Christianity and Islam, from traditional roles to full equality. Ethical issues include fairness and opportunity. Enquiry: Are men and women truly equal in religion and society?​

3. Social Justice and Disability: Students examine the rights and inclusion of disabled people, linking to dignity and compassion in faith. Ethical issues include discrimination and value of life. Enquiry: How should society treat people with disabilities?​

4. Social Justice and Racism: Students look at the challenges of prejudice and inequality, with religious teaching on equality before God and loving one’s neighbour. Enquiry: Can religion help to end racism?​

5. Social Justice and Charity: Students consider poverty and responsibility, with religions emphasising generosity, stewardship, and care for the vulnerable. Enquiry: Is charity a choice or a duty?

Health Education​

1. Vaccinations: In this lesson students will consider different views relating to vaccinations including the opinions of anti-vaxxers.​

2. Donors: In this lesson students will learn about the different types of donations including blood, stem cell and organ donation. They will consider the importance of being a donor but also the ethical arguments surrounding donors.​

3. Breast and Testicular Cancer Awareness: Students will be introduced to the signs and symptoms of breast and testicular cancer and will learn about the importance of raising awareness on self-examination for both breast and testicular cancer.

Friendships and Relationships​

1. Bullying and Bystanders: This lesson will look at recognising and challenging bullying behaviour in a range of contexts as well as analysing the long-term effects of bullying.​

2. Pornography: This lesson explores the impact of pornography on young people’s understanding of consent, and challenges inaccurate messages and misconceptions about sexual relationships that result from this.​

3. Pressure, persuasion, and coercion: This lesson explores how getting someone’s consent differs from language and behaviours that put pressure on, or coerce, someone to do something they are not comfortable with. It also considers the possible consequences of persuasion and coercion.

RE Topic 1​

Philosophy​

1. Philosophy; What is the purpose of human life? Students examine different opinions and philosophical theories about the purpose of life, assessing whether there is more to reality than just this life.​

2. Can you encounter God? Students will explore different ways people say they have experienced God, Students will assess the impact having a spiritual/religious experience can have on an individual.​

3. What is the soul? Students examine both the religious and scientific ideas of the soul, looking at evidence to support this as well as analysing its validity.

RE Topic 2​

Ethics: Crime​

1. Free will & determinism. Students discuss whether they are free or whether their lives are determined. Students apply these ideas to case studies and examine whether free will is just an illusion.​

2. Crime: Gypsy Rose case study. Students examine whether Gypsy Rose was morally responsible for the murder of her mother, linking the views of hard determinism to the case study.​

3. Crime: Jamie Bulger case. Students examine whether you are born with a moral understanding of what is right/wrong. They will evaluate how much the roles of nature and nurture played in this murder case.