Personal, Social & Health Education

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Course Notes

Personal Social and Health Education is fundamental to understanding the way people live together and ‘interact’. It helps us function, cope and succeed in social life. It will be dealt with in all areas of school work as well as in the specific PSHE lessons. The School Council and Year Councils allow students to raise issues of concern and to debate them in a democratic forum. The school’s “ethos” and the happiness of our students are underpinned by the PSHE programme..

The themes and issues met in PSHE relate closely to the maturity of the students : therefore they may reappear in a ‘spiral’ model, being dealt with in greater depth, or with greater sophistication, as the students become older.

The programme is taught by the students’ tutor. It is designed to be as active as possible and will often lead onto social activities such as charity fund raising, first aid or community involvement. Appropriate speakers and theatre workshops are often invited in to enhance the programme.

Autumn Term

Study Skills - coping with homework;
Community - Year/School Council.
Christmas Activity.

Spring Term

Citizenship - rights & responsibilities;
Health Education - personal hygiene/adolescence/smoking;
Community - fund raising.

Summer Term

Citizenship – Disability/Racism/Animal Rights/ Personal Statements.