Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education - PSHE
‘Learning through which children and young people acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives, now and in the future.’ PSHE Association
What makes PSHE excellent at Chulmleigh?
We place great importance not only on our pupils achieving academic excellence, but also on the transformative power of education, which shapes our young people into contributing members of society. The PSHE curriculum is one way in which pupils can learn skills and knowledge that will keep them safe and help them to flourish when they leave us at the end of year 11. Pupils cover all aspects of the statutory Relationships, Sex and Health curriculum as well as citizenship, careers, finances and citizenship. The curriculum is adaptive and may change in sequence or in emphasis to suit specific cohort need. In this way, PSHE at Chulmleigh supports the safeguarding and behaviour of the school community. In addition to timetabled lessons in Years 7–9 and Year 11, pupils cover elements of PSHE in other subject areas, tutor time and assemblies. The curriculum is centrally developed and delivered by teachers, as well as drawing at times on the expertise of external facilitators.
For more information, please view our RSE and careers policies.
Assessment
This subject is non-examined, however teachers will assess pupils' understanding of key concepts through questioning and class discussion. The curriculum is a spiral curriculum, delivering knowledge in an age appropriate manner, so pupils have the opportunity to revisit and embed learning from previous years. Pupil feedback is sought and welcome to ensure that the curriculum remains relevant and meets the needs of our cohorts.
Year 7 Curriculum
Term 1
- Transition: Becoming independent at school
- Transition: Making new friends
- Transition: Becoming independent outside of school
- Community: What is a community?
- Healthy phone use and communication online
- Identifying and understanding Bullying
- Challenging Bullying- the bystander effect
Term 2
- Bodily changes through puberty
- Introduction to periods and period positivity
- Body image and self care
- Introduction to consent: What are my boundaries?
- Respectful Behaviours / Privacy and consent
- Difficult Friendships and
- Resolving Conflict
Term 3
- Earth Day
- Human Rights/Rights of a child
- FGM – female genital mutilation- and child marriage
- Personal Safety in everyday life- incl water safety
- Crime – County Lines
- Evaluating influences
Year 8 Curriculum
Term 1
- Introduction to relationships/relationship values
- Introduction to family relationships
- Maintaining healthy family relationships
- Healthy friendships
- Romantic relationships
- Unhealthy relationships- boundaries and consent
- Consent – avoiding assumptions
Term 2
- Relationships and intimacy online
- Diversity and equality in relationships
- Sexual orientation
- Online wellbeing- fake news and echo chambers
- Media influence – influencers, gender and age-appropriate material
- Media influence on body image
Term 3
- Careers focus- Careers and the climate
- Careers focus- challenges and reward of work
- Wellbeing- physical and mental wellbeing
- Attitudes to mental health-recognising and dealing with emotions
- Alcohol and vaping
- Drug misuse – link to mental health
Year 9 Curriculum
Term 1
- Personal strengths and online image
- Managing online image
- Showcasing your values
- Making a difference – aligning values to careers
- Basics of mental health
- Managing mental health including self harm
- Grief and depression
Term 2
- Respectful relationship behaviour
- Freedom and capacity to consent
- Depictions of relationships and sexuality
- Sexting
- Managing the end of relationships
- Body image- beauty standards Cultivating a positive relationship with your body
Term 3
- Forms of discrimination and allyship
- Peer pressure exploitation and knife crime
- County Lines
- Drugs and drug related emergencies
- Alcohol and alcohol related emergencies
- Drugs, the law and risks
Year 10 Curriculum
Year 10 do AR instead of timetabled PSHE lessons, however will cover tutor time sessions in careers, finances and WEX preparation.
Year 11 Curriculum
Term 1
- Valuing diversity
- Understanding and preventing extremism
- How are people drawn into extremist groups?
- The teenage brain
- Dealing with stress
- Facing challenges
- Pressures and influences
Term 2
Term 3
- All of the below is revisiting year 10 tutor time in greater depth.
- Managing your money
- Managing finances in the world of work
- Gambling - risks and consequences
- Money talks- volunteering vs paid work
- Is AI a threat to our jobs?
Future Careers
PSHE develops core, transferable skills such as self-awareness, personal planning, financial awareness, decision making and employability skills. It also refers to many different types of career and pathway, supporting pupils in exploring their future.
Curricular enhancement opportunities (e.g. Fieldwork, trips, competitions etc)
We have focus mornings throughout the year when pupils have the opportunity to learn about topics in greater depth. In addition, focus days provide opportunities for our young people to learn from others. For example in our careers focus morning, local professionals delivered workshops to our year 7 and 9 pupils, so that they could learn about a range of careers. In addition, the Breck Foundation delivered talks to our pupils in the primary and secondary schools about online safety.