PSHE

Subject Leader: Miss Martin - smartin@tqacademy.co.uk

AIMS OF THE PSHE DEPARTMENT

To cover the key areas of Health & Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World:

1. Students know how to keep themselves healthy and safe.
2. Students will recognise the positive and negative relationships in their life.
3. Students will be confident in making career decisions and understand their place and contribution to the community.

OVERVIEW OF KEY STAGE 3 CURRICULUM

We follow the curriculum set out by the PSHE association.  We cover the major topic areas of Health & Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World.  These are then built upon in KS4 in age appropriate ways resulting in a spiral curriculum.

OVERVIEW OF KEY STAGE 4 CURRICULUM

Course Title: PSHE

Course Lead: Miss Martin

What will I study?

Health & Wellbeing covers healthy lifestyles, including food choices, exercise, sleep, dental health, drugs, alcohol, first aid, emergency life-saving skills, sexual health, fertility, managing risk and personal safety.

Relationships covers positive friendships, bullying, unsafe relationships, relationships values, marriage, parenting, consent and how to safely engage in relationships online.

Living in the wider world covers economic well being, career pathways, career choices, GCSE options, work experience, digital literacy, media literacy, young people’s rights in the community and social issues such as extremism & radicalisation.

How and when will I be assessed?

Tassomai online homework includes questions about the PSHE topics covered. Students self assess their learning at the end of most sessions. 

OVERVIEW OF KEY STAGE 5 CURRICULUM

Course Title: PSHE

Course Lead: Miss Martin

Course description

The KS5 programme is our last opportunity to ensure that students have real competence in the skills and strategies they’ve been developing throughout their PSHE education — and to extend the knowledge and understanding that they need to equip them for independent living and the next stage in their education or career.

What will I learn?

Core theme 1: Health and wellbeing

• Mental health and emotional wellbeing
• Healthy lifestyles
• Managing risks and personal safety
• Secual health
• Drugs, alcohol and tobacco

Core theme 2: Relationships

• Relationship values
• Forming and maintaining respectful relationships
• Consent
• Contraception and parenthood
• Bullying, abuse and discrimination

Core theme 3: Living in the wider world

• Choices and pathways
• Work and career
• Employment rights and responsibilities
• Financial choices
• Media literacy and digital resilience

CAREERS INFORMATION

Career opportunities and choices are covered in the living in the wonder world section. Our careers fairs and interviews with local employers expose students to a wide range of further education routes and career choices.