PSHE / RSE
Welcome to the PSHE / RSE department
Teachers
Miss Feltham
Mrs Hassett
Mr J Reich
Miss C Stainer
How the PSHE /RSE Curriculum has been adapted following the Covid-19 Pandemic
In redesigning our curriculum this year not only the needs of students in our particular school and community have been thought about but also the impact COVID-19 has had on them and their families. Discussions regarding mental health will take a priority and there will also be additional opportunities to look at safety including online but also out in the community such as rail and cycle safety.
PSHE Personal, Social and Health Education / RSE – Relationships and Sex Education
The personal and social development of our students is very important to us at The Bay CE School. We challenge every student to strive for the highest standards, not only academically, but also in their personal and social development.
In our Personal, Social, Health Education lesson, our students are provided with many opportunities to develop essential skills, knowledge and understanding, and to address attitudes and values, all of which are necessary to help students make sense of their life experiences and feel confident and informed now and in the future.
This programme includes Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education.
Our objectives are such that each student is encouraged:
- To develop self-esteem, confidence, independence and responsibility and to make the most of their abilities;
- To play an active role as future citizens and members of society;
- To develop a healthy lifestyle and keep themselves and others safe;
- To develop effective and fulfilling relationships and learn to respect the difference between people.
All students follow a course in PSHE delivered by teaching staff and specialists and there are many other opportunities where students are able to develop and practise their personal and social skills. These include:
- During assemblies;
- Being aware of the decision making processes through Student Voice;
- Curriculum Enrichment opportunities, theme days, outside speakers;
- Student Leadership, House reps and Captains, helping on reception duty;
- Extra-curricular activities like sports clubs.
We are committed to Personal, Social, Health Education because we know that the way students feel about themselves can have a significant impact upon their achievement, and by engaging our students in learning vital life skills we will equip them for their future away from The Bay CE School.
Click here to view some example lessons.
RSE Consultation and Policy – March 2024
The teaching of RSE and health education in secondary schools officially became compulsory from September 2020. Whilst we, alongside all schools, have been teaching this for many years, we do have the freedom to deliver the content within the context of our own school.
Please click here to find out more about the RSE Consultation.
Current PSHE/RSE Programme for each Year Group
Year 7:
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Term 1 Living in the wider world |
Term 2 Living in the wider world |
Term 3 Health and well being |
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Your values Values, faith beliefs and human rights including rights of the child |
Your community What makes a community? Multiculturalism, diversity Voluntary groups and organisations |
Healthy Lifestyle How are we? Healthy aspects such as eating and exercise. |
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Term 4 Health and well being |
Term 5 Relationships |
Term 6 Relationships |
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Substance facts Identifying illegal drugs Energy Drinks Tobacco |
Growing up Puberty Personal hygiene |
Positive relationships Positive and negative relationships Bullying and peer pressure The impact relationships can have on your mental health Families |
Year 8
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Term 1 Living in the wider world |
Term 2 Living in the wider world |
Term 3 Health and well being |
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Work and enterprise Learning styles Types of work and labour market The benefits of being ambitious and enterprising The skills required in enterprise The importance of protecting their reputation |
Being an individual in a community Who are we – how do we describe ourselves? Gender identity and how to support loved ones who choose to identify differently. Racial and cultural identity. |
Mental and emotional health Mental health Developing resilience How to manage our feelings How can we look after our emotional wellbeing? Cancer and cancer prevention, including healthy lifestyles and testicular self-examination, acknowledging that childhood and adolescent cancers are rarely caused by lifestyle choices. |
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Term 4 Health and well being |
Term 5 Relationships |
Term 6 Relationships |
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Illegal substances Illegal drugs, including classifications and laws Case study about cannabis and whether it should be legalised. Medical support if someone has taken drugs. How to say no or manage a situation where you are offered drugs. |
Types of relationships Healthy and unhealthy relationships Communicating with others about relationships Marriages and commitment |
Readiness for sex Choices around sex Consent Contraception |
Year 9
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Term 1 Living in the wider world |
Term 2 Living in the wider world |
Term 3 Health and well being |
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Money The value of things Saving and budgeting Gambling and borrowing Citizenship |
Communities and jobs Hate Crimes Radicalisation The pressure to go into a particular sector Different types of work The laws relating to getting a job |
Our health, our choices Body Image Eating disorders and extreme eating STI’s – Putting on condoms and having challenging conversations |
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Term 4 Health and well being |
Term 5 Relationships |
Term 6 Relationships |
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The impact of addition and drug misuse Alcohol Over the counter drugs Illegal drugs (psychoactive substances and nitrous oxide) Alcohol |
Sexual health Media and unrealistic expectations Pornography and sharing images Conception, pregnancy and birth |
Negative groups or relationships Transphobia, Homophobia and Biphobia Abusive relationships Gangs Knife Crime |
Year 10
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Term 1 Living in the wider world |
Term 2 Living in the wider world |
Term 3 Health and well being |
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Communities Equality act/hate crime and intolerance Challenging discrimination Extremism and cult recognition |
Money Budgeting Debit and credit ratings Responsible and ethical consumerism Money stresses and pressures |
Mental health Facts and perception of mental health Safeguarding mental health Dealing with stress/anxiety |
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Term 4 Health and well being |
Term 5 Relationships |
Term 6 Relationships |
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Substance misuse Habit/dependency Consequences of substance misuse; second hand smoking, on your health and managing the risks (checking yourself for cancer) |
Relationship qualities Positive relationship qualities including the positives of marriage Exploitive relationships (control, manipulation, bullying and domestic abuse, forced marriages, rape) Support available |
Sex in today’s society Sex myths, unrealistic imagery and gender double standards Assessing readiness for sex (contraception and consent reminders) Handling unwanted attention and ending relationships |
Year 11
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Term 1 Living in the wider world |
Term 2 Health and well being |
Term 3 Relationships |
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Employability skillsSkills and qualities employers wants Business structures Rights and responsibilities at work |
Health risksCosmetic procedures (tattoos, tanning lamps and piercings) Substance use on future plans including job opportunities The impact of lifestyle choices (such as the developing foetus, STIs) |
Having Children/Parenting including teenage pregnancy Fertility Treatments Adoption and Fostering Prochoice and Prolife |
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Term 4 Citizenship Electoral systems The role of parliament and government How laws are made |
Term 5 The programme will stop for the final term, in order to focus on revision and consolidation |
Term 6 |
