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Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Department Staff

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

PSHE is all about YOU

Preparing for life beyond school isn't just about getting good grades. It's about getting all the skills needed to live life to the full, confident that you are making choices you are happy with, comfortable being yourself and respecting the fabulous diversity of people around you. PSHE lessons provide a safe forum for you to develop your confidence and make the most of your abilities. Through PSHE you can learn to develop a healthy, safer lifestyle and form good relationships between people. PSHE also focuses on allowing you to become independent in both your thoughts and actions.

Beyond PSHE lessons you will find aspects of PSHE in tutorial time, assembly, hidden in lots of academic subjects from Science to Religious Studies and in any school activity which is concerned with your personal and social skills and happiness.

Course Content

The PSHE programme meets statutory requirements and is responsive to the current needs of pupils. The Head of PSHE (Miss Jane Clarkson) collaborates with the Deputy Head (Pastoral) Miss Louise Playfair and the Heads of Lower and Middle School (Mr Matthew Jelley and Mr Ed Wiseman) to provide a programme which complements pastoral care.

Lesson Time

The PHSE lessons take place as time-tabled, with two periods per (two week) cycle for First and Second Form, two per cycle for half a year for the Third Form and one per cycle for the Fourth and Fifth Form. Each topic is covered in roughly two periods. First, Third and Fifth Forms are taught in whole form groups with the Second and Fourth Forms being taught in half form groups.

PSHE Programme 2007 - 2008

First FormSecond FormThird FormFourth FormFifth Form
New SchoolFamiliesHuman RightsWhat is school for?Moving into the Fifth Form – maturity and responsibility
HomeworkRaceRights and responsibilities – local, national and globalBullying Discussing Sixth Form options
FriendsControlling anger and compromisePolitical systemsDrugsEmotional literacy
Peer pressure and bullyingAssertivenessCharity work and serviceTobaccoDiet and performance
Resolving conflictGender and sexuality AgeismAlcoholWork/Life balance
AlcoholPuberty DisabilityInfluences on sexual expressionFamilies
TobaccoConsidering sexual relationshipsMedia – news and current affairsRespecting sexual diversityPersonal finance
Revision techniquesSafer sex and contraceptionMedia – films and dramaSafer sex – abstinence, mutual monogamy and condomsSelf image and the media
Personal Safety including road, fire, water and internet safetyTime management and revision The EnvironmentContraception in a committed heterosexual relationshipManaging the summer
Food and YouRisk takingConsumer power and ethicsSexual health 
First AidControlled Drugs