PSHE - Key Stage 4

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What students will learn

How it builds on learning

Exploring Influence

Starting with a look at the positive and negative role models in society and how students can become positive role models for their peers, we then move onto to a refresh on the Drugs and Alcohol topic previously looked at. Here students re-visit their learning about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and vaping and looks at issues surrounding these, including gangs and crime, looking at what to do if in a dangerous situation and how to keep safe.

Work Experience

Using Unifrog resources, we examine what the students have done so far to prepare them for their individual career journeys and look to the future, at what can be done to prepare for the best possible career. We also examine the changing world of work and consider what type of working situation would best suit each individual student. Finally, we introduce Work Experience (to be taken at the end of Year 10) and being to look at how to find and apply for appropriate Work Experience, utilising contacts and looking at how to apply, meet and complete a successful Work Experience

RSHE - Healthy Relationships

We begin our KS4 RSHE by looking at relationship values, assessing what is important to each individual. We examine the ethical and legal implications of consent, in all of its forms, including manipulation, coercion and capacity to consent. We then move onto examining abuse in relationships, learning where to get support and how to give support to those close to you who might find themselves in an abusive relationship. Finally, we look at the dangers of sexting and online pornography and how both can have detrimental effects on healthy relationships.

Mental Health

Building on students consideration of their career journeys in Term 1, here we look at how to revise and prepare for exams and consider how much preparation is required for success. We then link this learning to managing stress and reframing negative thinking, as well as revisiting the importance of sleep learning from Year 8.

Addressing Radicalisation and Extremism

Here students examine how people become radicalised and form extremist views, learning how to support and challenge friends who may be sharing concerning viewpoints. We link this to the role the Media plays in misinformation and manipulation and then move on to look at how to safely challenge discrimination, including that found online.

Financial Decision Making

In this unit, students learn how to manage budgets and understand debt, including how to understand credit ratings and the dangers of ‘pay day lenders’. We also look illegal financial activities, including fraud and cybercrime and learn how to manage risk in relation to financial activities. Finally, we look ahead to Work Experience (last week of the Summer Term) and prepare the students for their experiences, ensuring they have a clear understanding of how to present themselves, how to check and understand health & safety procedures and how to get the most of this exciting opportunity.

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What students will learn

How it builds on learning

Next Steps

Building on their Work Experience challenges and opportunities, here students begin to look more specifically at their post-16 choices and options and start looking at how to write the perfect personal statement to get them into the sixth form or college, or onto an apprenticeship, of their choosing. We examine how their options close and open up different career pathways for them and complete their applications forms on the MyChoice@16 platform. Finally, we look at employment and how to maximise employability skills, while also recognising the challenges that may be faced and/or overcome in the world of work.

Building for the Future

Here we link to our learning on employability to ensure students understand the dangers of judgements and stereotyping in the workplace and as an individual. We link this to the development of a self-concept; how to balance ambition and expectations and develop self-efficacy, including motivation, perseverance and resilience. Finally, we revisit the topic of stress and how to manage it though the all-important GCSE exam period and revisit online presence and the positive and safe ways to create and use content online.

RSHE – Communication in Relationships

Here we revisit all the RSHE learning that has taken place over the 5 years at Cambourne Village College and turn inwards, to explore individual core values and emotions. We recap our learning on gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as relationship values and how to stay safe. We extend the learning on values to consider what drives each of us as we move through the world. We then look at how to stay physically healthy and how to manage change in relationships. Finally, we revisit the dangers of sexting, including online, searchable profiles in terms of future employment and ensure that every student understands how different pressures in relationships can have negative effects and dangerous consequences.

Independence

Here we begin to prepare the students for their futures, by looking at how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and the importance of finding oy in growing older and embracing change. We look at the importance of cancer prevention in terms of smoking and vaping, as well as cancer fundraising and the hopes for a cure. Finally, we touch on some emergency first aid basics and learn how to assess and manage risk in emergency and non-emergency situations.

Final term round-up

As the GCSE exams begin, we use these lessons to revisit the key information required for moving on in the world – we look are managing personal finances, understanding tax and national insurance and how to manage a budget, as well as how to cope with loss and change in a meaningful way. We look at grief and bereavement and learn how to channel loss into a positive, by making positive life changes.