Review of PSHEC

PARVA MAGNA CRESCUNT

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Here at Prince Henry’s we believe that a holistic approach is essential to enabling our students to grow emotionally, culturally, morally and physically developing into respectful, independent and empathetic youngsters with the skills they need for the next part of their personal journeys.

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 very ethos. It is embedded within our whole approach to Teaching and Learning and everything that goes here within school life.

PSHEC at Prince Henry’s enables students to develop knowledge skills and values to help keep themselves healthy and safe in our ever-changing and demanding society. It encourages students to actively and positively participate in their local community with the knowledge that they make a difference.

Through the curriculum both at Keys 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:

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• How to be a Good Citizen
• Cultural Diversity
• Human Rights
• Immigration
• War and Conflict
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy and Voting
• Inequality
• Globalisation and Sustainability
• Taxes and Finances
• The role of the Media
• Crime
• Extremism

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• Virtues
• Bullying (Including Cyber Bullying, Assertiveness, Sexual Bullying Sexting).
• Emotional and Mental Health and Well-Being. (Including Anxiety, Depression, Loss and Sadness)
• Relationships and Sex (Including  Good Relationship qualities,  Sexting Consent, Contraception and STI’s)
• Careers (Including Option Choices, meeting the Careers advisor and Fast Tomato)
• Drugs Awareness (Including use of ASK Frank, Effects and Legalities.

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• Drugs Awareness (Including  Peer Pressure, Sexual Exploitation, Alcohol and work with the Worcestershire Youth Support Team)
• Relationships and Sex (Including Teen Parents, Abortion, Contraception, Transgender, Homosexuality.)
• Emotional Well-Being (Including Positive Body Image, Mental Health, Mindfulness)
• Citizenship ( Including Democracy  Manifestos and the importance of Voting, Referendums, Budgets)
• Careers (Including Next Steps, Application Forms, Interview techniques and Health and Safety.)

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• Relationships and Sex (Including Abusive relationships, coercion Consent and Rape)
• Citizenship (Including Extremism and  Islamaphobia
• Ethics (Including the ethics of Genetic Engineering and Abortion – Pro Life and Pro Choice)
• Philosophy (Including whether we have Freewill)
• Careers (Including Finance, CV, Problem Solving)

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Besides the curriculum and learning that takes place in the classroom, students at Prince Henry’s have always been encouraged to take part in learning opportunities outside of the classroom and their personal achievements here are vast. The work carried out through our strong links with the Rotary Club and our Interact charity group highlight how much a part of the local community our students feel and how much they want to contribute.

Our many other varied opportunities and activities include the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Young Enterprise group, theatrical productions, Music tours, PE fixtures and much more.  These activities and opportunities enable students to develop different sets of attributes and skills whilst simultaneously allowing them to demonstrate the core values of Teamwork Respect, Tolerance, Patience, Independence and Empathy.

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.

REVIEW OF PSHEC AT PRINCE HENRY’S

‘I recently carried out a review of the Citizenship and PSHEC department.  I found the department to be expertly led by Miss Thomas and was impressed by the broad range and diversity of the topic areas which students study.  Some of these key areas include; human rights; the world as a global community; parliamentary democracy; drugs education; domestic abuse and transgender issues.  It was a real pleasure to visit the department and I thank the staff who accommodated me into their lessons and allowed me to gain such a valuable insight.’

Mr B Freeman
Assistant Headteacher