RHSE
Teachers will deliver at least one lesson of RSHE/PSED a week across both Key Stages
RHSE
Teachers will deliver at least one lesson of RHSE/PSED a week across both Key Stages:
RHSE/ PSHE education is integrated into the whole school curriculum at Woodstock School and is delivered using an overarching theme for each term (Health and Wellbeing, Relationships, Living in the Wider World). This is to ensure learning in PSHE is revisited, reinforced and extending in age-and stage-appropriate contexts. Each overarching theme fits with world and societal awareness days allowing us opportunities to invite in guest speakers and outside agencies.
Our RHSE and PHSE of work aims to equip children with essential skills for life. It aims to develop the whole child through carefully planned and resourced lessons that develop the knowledge, skills and attributes children need to protect and enhance their wellbeing. Through these lessons, children will learn how to stay safe and healthy, build and maintain successful relationships and become active citizens, responsibly participating in society around them. Successful RHSE curriculum coverage is a vital tool in preparing children for life in society now and in the future. Our units aim to cover a wide range of the social and emotional aspects of learning, enabling children to develop their identity and self-esteem as active, confident citizens.
The themes and topics support social, moral, spiritual and cultural development and provide children with protective teaching on essential safeguarding issues, developing the knowledge of when and how children can ask for help. Our RHSE PSHE and PSED resources are fully in line with the Learning Outcomes and Core Themes provided by the PSHE Association Programme of Study which is widely used by schools in England and is recommended and referred to by the DfE in all key documentation relating to RHSE provision in schools.
This scheme of work covers all of the required objectives and follows the three core areas of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World. The scheme of work fulfils the requirements of 2020 Statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education, setting these learning intentions in the context of a broad and balanced PSHE curriculum.
This scheme of work provides Northstar with an effective curriculum for wellbeing. Children are enabled to develop the vocabulary and confidence needed to clearly articulate their thoughts and feelings in a climate of openness, trust and respect, and know when and how they can seek the support of others. They will apply their understanding of society to their interactions within communities, from the classroom to the wider community of which they are a part. Our RHSE/ PSHE scheme of work supports the active development of a school culture that prioritises physical and mental health and wellbeing, providing children with skills to evaluate and understand their own wellbeing needs, practise self-care and contribute positively to the wellbeing of those around them.
Successful RHSE education can have a positive impact on the whole child, including their academic development and progress, by mitigating any social and emotional barriers to learning and building confidence and self-esteem. Evidence suggests that successful RHSE education also helps disadvantaged and vulnerable children achieve to a greater extent by raising aspirations and empowering them with skills to overcome barriers they face.
Year 10
Term 1
Living in the Wider World
- Crime – Anti social behaviour, money laundering.
- Hate crime.
- How does the criminal justice system work?
Term 2
Celebrating Difference (Relationships)
- Gender and Trans identity
- LGBT+ – Non-binary terminology.
- Sexism, gender prejudice and stereotypes
Term 3
Mental Health (Health and Wellbeing)
- Homelessness – Why is it on the increase.
- Binge drinking – what are the risks and why do people do it.
Term 4
Mental Health (Health and Wellbeing)
- How can we manage grief and bereavement?
- How can we manage social anxiety?
- Suicidal thoughts and why do some people commit suicide?
Term 5
Relationships (RSE)
- Conflict management – exploring strategies to resolve and manage conflicts.
- Forced and arranged marriages
- Harassment and stalking.
- Pornography
- Relationships with role models – what makes someone a positive or negative role model.
- Same-sex relationships
Term 6
Life Skills (Living in the Wider World)
- How can we prepare for work experience (Work experience opportunity)
- Rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
- Different careers – qualifications.
Year 10
Term 1
Living in the Wider World
- Independent living
- Applying for college and University
- How can we successfully prepare for a job interview (Mock interviews)
Term 2
Relationships (RSE)
- Bullying and body shaming.
- Different types of relationship – ‘Non-traditional’
- Consent, rape and sexual harassment – identify cases where sexual boundaries have been crossed and crime has been committed.
- Relationship break ups – feelings and how to support friends through break ups.
- Fertility and reproductive health issues
Term 3
Mental Health and Wellbeing (Health and Wellbeing)
- Sleep deprivation – Why do we need sleep?
- Happiness and positivity – what ways we can help ourselves and others improve our moods in a healthy way.
Term 4
Mental Health and Wellbeing (Health and Wellbeing)
- Risk taking
- Gambling and online gaming
- The dark web
- Digital footprint
Term 5
Exam Preparation
- GCSE Revision and study skills lessons
Term 6
Exam Preparation
- GCSE Revision and study skills lessons
