PCSHE/RSHE
"PERSONAL, CITIZENSHIP, SOCIAL, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION
Students will be expected to develop skills in the following areas:
- Critical thinking
- Decision-making and managing risk
- Developing relationships and working with others
- Understanding RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education issues)
- Citizenship
Within dedicated PCSHE lessons, these skills will be taught across the following themes:
- Health and wellbeing
- Relationships
- Living in the wider world
Our PCSHE curriculum reflects the fact that, by the time students finish their studies, student will be moving towards an independent role in adult life, taking on greater responsibility for themselves and those around them. We wish for our students to be as prepared as possible to be positive members of a healthy society.
PCSHE is also covered in a range of subjects across the curriculum, particularly in Science, PE, and Food Technology. Students will cover a wide range of areas within these lessons. The school regularly reviews the coverage of PCSHE across the wider curriculum to ensure that relevant curriculum content continues to be taught, and to ensure that the dedicated PCSHE lessons best complement student learning elsewhere. Hatch End also deliver PCSHE content during tutor periods and assemblies, whilst students may be withdrawn from regularly scheduled lessons to deliver certain units particularly when an outside speaker or organisation will deliver a high-quality session. We recognise the importance of expert and specialist guidance in the delivery of many of these topics.
In addition, RSHE (Relationships, Sex & Health Education) is a standalone statutory requirement. The Secretary of State for Education stated:
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Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people need to know how to be safe and healthy, and how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way. This is why we have made Relationships Education compulsory in all primary schools in England and Relationships and Sex Education compulsory in all secondary schools, as well as making Health Education compulsory in all state-funded schools. At secondary, teaching will build on the knowledge acquired at primary and develop further pupils’ understanding of health, with an increased focus on risk areas such as drugs and alcohol, as well as introducing knowledge about intimate relationships and sex. |
Our most sensitive RSHE topics are taught in the summer term to support pupil understanding by ensuring as much time as possible is given for their class teacher to build trusting and productive educational relationships with the class. A link to our full RSHE policy can be found below.
Finally, students can expect to have some additional sessions within the year as enrichment, based on student need, including responding to local, national or global issues arising during the academic year. These will be delivered on a flexible basis, and could occur in regularly scheduled lessons or assemblies, or in withdrawal lessons as required.
Methods of Assessment / Accreditation Structure
Students are involved in self and peer assessment during lesson time, reflecting on their own understanding of topics taught. Teachers of PCSHE will assess student understanding through appropriate questioning and by reviewing relevant tasks completed during the lesson using centrally provided lesson resources.
There is no formal qualification achieved in Personal, Citizenship, Social, Health and Economic Education.
Please click here for our website section on Promoting British Values.
For further information about Relationships and Health Education please click here to go to our full policy."
PCSHE/RSHE Curriculum Narrative and Map
For full details of the structure and content, please refer to the PCSHE Curriculum Narrative and Map.
PCSHE/RSHE Example Schemes of Learning
| Year 7 - Year 11 Example Schemes of Learning |
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PCSHE/RSHE Knowledge Organisers
Staff Contacts
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STAFF NAME |
ROLE |
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Mr A Hilsenrath |
Assistant Headteacher and PCSHE Co-ordinator |
Useful Links
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