PERSONAL, SOCIAL, HEALTH & RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION
PERSONAL, SOCIAL HEALTH & RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION (PSHRE)
Within each academic year, students are given the opportunity to engage with and consider a wide variety of topics and issues which contribute to their personal and interpersonal welfare and development. The curriculum reflects the 2020 Statutory Framework which we have implemented with great success as early adopters.
Staff within the department ensure that the areas of the curriculum are taught with sensitivity, care and consideration, giving students time to engage and discuss all aspects thoughtfully and respectfully within a positive learning environment. Some topics will also be addressed through other mediums such as assemblies, and other subject areas.
In Year 9 students have one exclusive lesson of PSHRE per fortnight. This is built upon in Years 10 and 11 with one lesson per fortnight on a carousel basis.
Here at Prince Henry’s we believe that a holistic approach is essential to enabling students to grow emotionally, culturally morally and physically developing into respectful, independent and empathetic young people equipped with skills for the next stages of their personal journey.
The Personal, Social, Moral and Cultural development of students at Prince Henry’s is an area of focus that gives us our foundation and lies within our ethos. It is embedded within our whole approach to teaching and learning and all that goes on here within school life.
PSHRE at Prince Henry’s enables students to develop knowledge skills and values to help keep themselves healthy and safe in an ever changing and demanding society. It encourages students to actively and positively participate in their local community in the knowledge that they can make a difference.
Through the curriculum both at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, students are given opportunities to engage with and explore difficult thought provoking issues with lessons themselves enabling students to develop respectful discussion skills; allowing them to ask questions and share their opinions whilst at the same time being respectful and mindful of the views of others. Giving students such time and a safe environment to explore personal and social issues is invaluable. It may be the only opportunity they have to take time out to reflect on their own opinions on themselves, their aspirations and hopes as young people.
The topics they engage with during lessons may be something of significance now or it may be something that they can consider at a later stage. The relevance of the material being studied will be ongoing but as they have been given the opportunity to explore it they will feel a sense of confidence that they can deal with and manage any similar situations.
The programme of study here includes such units as:
- Emotional Well Being including Managing Change, Resilience and Good sleep habits.
- Education for a Connected World including: Cyber Bullying Fake News, Sending Nudes, Impact of Social Media and Digital Detox.
- Welfare in the Wider World including Knife Crime Bystanders Upstanders and BLM, Gambling Awareness
- Careers Including dedicated option choice support, Enterprise Day and other encounters with employers and apprenticeship and FE providers.
- RSHE Relationships Health and Sex Education including: Qualities of Healthy Intimate Relationships, Consent, Grooming and Exploitation impact of Pornography Contraception and STI’s.
- Healthy Choices and Physical Well Being including Drug and Alcohol Awareness
- Healthy Choices and Physical Well Being: including Risk taking Peer Pressure Alcohol and Drug Awareness.
- Emotional and Mental Well Being Including: Healthy ways to manage emotions Reframing Negative Thinking Patterns Support and raising awareness, Healthy Lifestyle choices and techniques for emotional well being.
- Careers Including Next Steps, Application Forms and Interview techniques and Health and Safety in the work place. Students will also participate in our Destinations day.
- RSHE including: Families and Forced Marriage Teen Parenthood Gender Identity and FGM
- Education for a Connected World Including: Online Reputation Digital Footprint Copyright and the impact of Social Media.
- RSHE including: Sexual Harassment; Consent; Coercion and Rape
- Ethics Including Blood Organ and Stem Cell transplants and Abortion
- Philosophy (RS) Including What it means to be Human
- Careers including understanding Finances and CV writing. Students participate in 3 days of Work Experience and Futures Day. They have a range of encounters with employers and apprenticeship and FE providers.
- Prevent including Social and Cultural Diversity and Prevent Extremism.
EXTRA CURRICULUM
Within each academic year, students are given the opportunity to engage with and consider a wide variety of topics and issues which contribute to their personal and interpersonal welfare and development. The curriculum reflects the 2020 Statutory Framework which we have implemented with great success as early adopters.
Staff within the department ensure that the areas of the curriculum are taught with sensitivity, care and consideration, giving students time to engage and discuss all aspects thoughtfully and respectfully within a positive learning environment. Some topics will also be addressed through other mediums such as assemblies, and other subject areas.
It is a joy and a pleasure to see each individual student flourish and blossom within their chosen activity, knowing they have gained personal fulfilment from their experiences, and that they play an invaluable role not only within the life of the school but the wider community also.
Prince Henry’s celebrates students’ achievements and success in whatever format this may take in the knowledge that it has contributed to their personal social and emotional development which lies at the heart of all that we do.
Department Staff
Head of Department
Miss S L Thomas
Teaching Staff
Mrs M Cook
Mr C Gardner
Miss J Hack
Mrs F Habgood
Mr J Kelly
Miss L J Woodman
Policies:
Our Relationship Sex Education Policy can be found on our Policies Page.
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