Overview of PSHE (including RSHE)
The PSHE and RSHE curriculum has been designed to be age appropriate and follows guidance from the Department for education and PSHE association. It aligns with statutory guidance. Our Relationships curriculum uses materials from Life Lessons.
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How can I have a balanced diet and quality sleep? What’s the big deal about energy drinks? Why is smoking so bad for us and why must we try to avoid second hand smoke? Which body parts are related to sexual reproduction and what are their functions? What are periods and how can these be managed? How does the body change through puberty? How can I maintain hygiene and dental health? What influences our body image and how can we practise self care? What is FGM and why is it so dangerous? |
How can I keep good friendships and avoid toxic ones? Exploring Identities and Similarities. Introduction to family relationships Love and relationships: falling in love and dealing with new feelings. Developing Sexual Awareness Bullying or banter? What is and isn’t acceptable? What is cyberbullying? How can we prevent it? Identifying and Challenging Bullying How do we keep safe and positive relationships (on and off line)? Evaluating Influence What is a community? Exploring identities and differences |
What is Living in the Wider World about? Is it important for me to save my money? If so, why? Where should I save my money? How can I earn money? How can money affect our mental health? How do I make sure I get the most from my money? What are the different ways to pay? What is budgeting? What is a community? How can we identify and understand bullying to protect ourselves and others? How can we challenge bullying and avoid the bystander effect? |
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What’s the link between physical and mental health and how can I improve mine? How can self confidence boost our achievement? How can I manage my own mental health? What are the risks and laws around cigarettes, vaping and alcohol? What are the risks and laws around drug (mis)use? Why do teenage parents have it so tough? How can we look after ourselves and others in an emergency? Personal safety and first aid. Why is self awareness in our actions towards others so important? What is mindfulness? How can this aid positive mental health? What exactly is cancer? Is there anything we can do to avoid it? |
Introduction to Relationships Maintaining healthy family relationships Healthy friendships Romantic relationships Physical intimacy Introduction to contraception How do we keep good sexual health and avoid STIs? What is consent and why is it important we know about it? Unhealthy relationships, boundaries and consent What is sexting and why is it so risky to send personal images? Relationships and intimacy online Media influence |
What is Living in the Wider World about? Is it important for me to save my money? If so, why? Where should I save my money? What is interest? How can I earn money? How can money affect our mental health? How do I make sure I get the most from my money? What are the different ways to pay? What is budgeting? What is discrimination and how can we support those who experience it? What is the history of racism and how does it impact the present? What is systemic racism and how can we begin to challenge it through activism? |
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How can we foster a Growth Mindset to succeed and achieve? How can we manage the stress of school and exams? How can I deal with and manage anxiety? How can I manage peer pressure? What are the risks behind drugs and how can I deal with emergencies related to drugs? Why do people take illegal drugs and what does the law say about drug use? What are the risks of alcohol and how can I deal with emergencies related to it? Why do people become selfie obsessed and what consequences can this have? What are the risks of gambling and online fraud and how can I access support? What is self harm and why do people do this? Why can’t some people access education? How Can We Prevent Cancer and Heart Disease? |
Who are the LGBTQ+ community and what would they like us to know? Forms of discrimination and allyship Developing sexuality and readiness for sex Consent Sexual health and STIs Contraceptive methods Sexual violence and harassment Peer pressure, exploitation and knife crime CSE – how are children and young people lured into dangerous relationships and what do these look like? What is peer-pressure – why is it so powerful and how can we overcome this? |
What is Living in the Wider World about? Is it important for me to save my money? If so, why? Where should I save my money? What is interest? How can I earn money? How can money affect our mental health? How do I make sure I get the most from my money? What are the different ways to pay? What is budgeting? What does ‘value for money’ mean? What are my options for borrowing money? How does knife crime impact our communities, why do some teens get involved and what are the consequences? |
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Can tattoos and piercings be dangerous? How can I manage influences and risks relating to cosmetic and aesthetic body alterations? What are common mental health issues and which strategies could I use? What attitudes do people have around mental health? How can we support ourselves and others? Why do some people become homeless and why is homelessness on the increase? What are hate crimes and why do these still happen? What are the signs of addiction and how can we support ourselves and others? What are emergency first aid skills relating to CPR, defibrillators, wounds and choking? What impact can social media have on self esteem? What are the dangers of excessive screen time? |
Making decisions to have sex Communication and vulnerability in relationships Revenge Porn – what is this and how can we prevent ourselves from being victims? Why do some people have same sex relationships and what is it like to be in one? Why is it important we learn about Sex, Gender and Trans identity? Why do sexism, gender prejudice and stereotypes still exist? What are forced and arranged marriages and what do we need to know? Abusive relationships Family relationships and value conflicts Parenting, the different types and styles and looking after a child Becoming a parent Pregnancy Marriage and civil partnerships |
What is Living in the Wider World about? Is it important for me to save my money? If so, why? Where should I save my money? What is interest? How can I earn money? How can money affect our mental health? How do I make sure I get the most from my money? What are the different ways to pay? What is budgeting? What does ‘value for money’ mean? What are my options for borrowing money? What are borrowing products and how does my credit history affect how much it costs to use them? What are the dangers of borrowing money? What are the big financial decisions I’ll need to make when I leave Tanfield and move on to my future life? What are earnings and deductions and how can I read a payslip? What is gross pay and net pay? What are pensions? Is there any help for low income families? Is this enough? |
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What influences our mental health and how does this link to our values and identity? What are the nature, causes, and effects of stress, and what are effective stress management strategies? Why do we need sleep and how does sleep deprivation affect us? How can we cultivate a healthy self-concept and enhance self-efficacy through motivation, perseverance, and resilience? What are societal beauty standards, the risks associated with altering one's appearance and body image-related disorders?What is the impact of sexually explicit media on individuals? What are positive and negative risks and how can we make better decisions? Why is gambling so addictive and how do online gaming sites hook us in? Personal safety: keeping myself and my friends safe What do we need to know about fertility and our reproductive health? What is CPR? How do we perform this and find sources of life-saving help? What is grief and how do people deal with it? |
What is ‘Good Sex’? Developing sexuality and readiness for sex Why is it essential we know about consent, rape and sexual abuse? Privacy and consent How can we manage break ups amicably and get over a broken heart? Relationship types and sexuality Gender norms Gender identities Appreciating diversity Gender stereotypes and relationships Sexual health and STIs Parenthood and fertility - choices in parenthood, pregnancy and birth Parenthood and fertility - routes to parenthood, infertility and miscarriages |
Examination Intervention |
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