PSHCE – Website Information
PSHCE Curriculum Intent
The PSHCE curriculum intent here at Kepier is as follows:-
– To promote outstanding personal development so that learners become well-educated and well-rounded young adults.
– To promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development of learners and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.
– To promote good behaviour and positive character traits e.g. for example, resilience, self-regulation and empathy.
– To foster good mental wellbeing in students so that they can fulfil their full potential at school and are well prepared for life.
Personal, Social, Health and Careers (PSHCE) education is a subject through which learners develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future. These skills and attributes help learners to stay healthy, safe and prepare them for life after Kepier.
The intent of our PSHCE curriculum at Kepier is to deliver a curriculum which is accessible to all and ensures that each of our learners will understand more about how to play a positive and successful role within our society. Our aim is to support learners’ spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development, prepare and equip them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life. Our aim is to provide learners with a knowledge of their world, locally, nationally and globally and give them the confidence they need to go through their lives. We aim to provide our learners with opportunities for them to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to live in a diverse society.
PSHCE Curriculum Implementation
Kepier’s PSHCE curriculum complies with the statutory guidance for Relationships and Sex Health Education (RSHE). Our delivered curriculum reflects the needs of our learners at different stages of their school and life journey. We expect teachers to use the PSHCE programme to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions.
PSHCE education plays an important role for all learners by modelling, rehearsing and embedding practical skills. All learners are involved in a Class Contract and have the right to pass on any questions, this creates an inclusive and safe environment where learners are encouraged to explore and reflect upon any issues affecting them. It also enables them to develop strategies to manage real-life situations. For more information please click here:
PSHCE plays a vital part in our learners’ education therefore is taught once a week across Key Stage 3 (Year 7, 8 and 9) and in Key Stage 4, to Year 10. In Year 11 learners receive PSHCE and RPE as a combination (Curriculum for Life) CFL once a week. In order to adopt a holistic view of student wellbeing and development, our PHSCE pedagogy is linked to Personal Development across the school. Notably, in addition to PSHCE lessons, there are also opportunities to make cross curricular links, links within Coaching and also Assemblies. PSHCE is an important part of school assemblies, where children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) curiosity is stimulated, challenged and nurtured. We deliver our PSHCE curriculum by sharing good practice and it is every staff member’s responsibility to do this by being a positive role model, offering support and having the highest expectations of our learners.
The PSHCE curriculum is split into three core themes of:
| Health and Wellbeing |
| Relationships, Sex, Health Education (RSHE) |
| Living in the Wider World |
Learners will meet these themes throughout the course of the year and the themes are built upon as our learners move through Kepier. Our Curriculum builds upon previous learning within these themes, so that all of our learners should have a good balance of overarching concepts which also includes statutory RSHE content from DfE statutory guidance:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Assessing and Managing Risk
- Staying Safe Online and Offline
- Rights and Responsibilities within British Values
- Celebrating Diversity and Equality
- Relationship, Sex and Health Education
- Careers and Enterprise
Learners complete a ‘Check My Learning’ after each lesson, where they can show what they have learnt and how confident they are with the topic being taught. Within PSHCE we complete ‘Mini Reviews’ and ‘End of Topic Assessments’ to ensure any misconceptions are identified and addressed before moving on to a new topic. Learners are encouraged to independently research around key terms within topic areas.
Impact
We aim to prepare our learners for real life, helping them to really know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in this ever-changing world. We hope that through the teaching of the different threads in the PSHCE and RSHE curriculum, learners will develop strategies to help them stay safe and healthy and be able to manage their personal and social lives in a positive way. Key areas are revisited so children can gain a good understanding of the fundamentals of British Values, protected statues within The Equality Act And basic Human Rights to create healthy and respectful relationships, to look after their mental and physical wellbeing and to understand their role within an ever changing world.
How can parents/carers support their child’s progress in this subject?
Parents/carers can show an interest in the issues and ideas that our learners will hopefully share at home. Many of the issues we study will be relevant to the modern world, to current affairs or recent events/developments. A wider knowledge of society, news and events is always a useful tool for debate, supporting general knowledge and further cementing understanding of the world around us.
Year Overview of Topics covered
Year 7
| Topics Covered | ||
| Topic 1 | British Values | |
| Topic 2 | Respecting Others | |
| Topic 3 | Online Safety | |
| Topic 4 | You and Your Body (RSHE) | |
| Topic 5 | Making Choices | |
| Topic 6 | Getting Ready for Summer | |
Year 8
| Topics Covered | ||
| Topic 1 | Looking after Myself and Others | |
| Topic 2 | Society Today | |
| Topic 3 | What is a Healthy Relationship? (RSHE) | |
| Topic 4 | Our World | |
| Topic 5 | How to Save a Life | |
| Topic 6 | Giving More | |
Year 9
| Topics Covered | ||
| Topic 1 | Staying Out of Harm’s Way | |
| Topic 2 | The Before, During and After – Part 1 | |
| Topic 3 | The Options Process | |
| Topic 4 | The Before, During and After – Part 2 | |
| Topic 5 | The Dark Side of the Internet | |
| Topic 6 | What’s Next? | |
Year 10
| Topics Covered | ||
| Topic 1 | Getting back into the Swing of it | |
| Topic 2 | Risky Behaviours | |
| Topic 3 | Thinking Ahead | |
| Topic 4 | Keeping myself Right | |
| Topic 5 | Being Successful | |
Year 11
| Topics Covered | ||
| Topic 1 | Life Outside of Kepier | |
| Topic 2 | Religion, Philosophy and Ethics (RPE) | |
| Topic 3 | People Can Hurt People | |
| Topic 4 | Religion, Philosophy and Ethics (RPE) | |
| Topic 5 | Looking After My Future Self | |
