Life Education: Programme of Study – Module 4

PSHE/RSE/Citizenship Focus

  • Behind the Lens’ LGBTQ+ History Month – The Hays Code.
  • Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
  • Relationships
  • Bullying, abuse and discrimination
  • Social Influences

Enquiry Question/Statement

How can we learn from the lived experience of marginalised groups?

Celebration/Commemoration/Awareness for Main Hall Assembly

LGBTQ+ History Week

PSHE/RSE/Citizenship Focus

  • Health and wellbeing: healthy body, healthy mind
  • Mindfulness and coping with stress
  • Staying proactive and motivated

iDEA (Years 9-11)

Enquiry Question/Statement

‘All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.’ – Matilda by Roald Dahl

Celebration/Commemoration/Awareness for Main Hall Assembly

  • National Storytelling Week
  • International Book Giving
  • World Book Day

Student leaders unable to help due to mocks week.

PSHE/RSE/Citizenship Focus

  • Health and wellbeing: How to manage anger and develop interpersonal skills
  • Maintaining genuine friendships

Enquiry Question/Statement

How can I better use my voice for kindness, my ears for compassion, my hands for charity, my mind for truth and my heart for love?

Celebration/Commemoration/Awareness for Main Hall Assembly

  • Random Acts of Kindness
  • Student Volunteering Week
  • Comic Relief/Red Nose Day
  • STEM Day

PSHE/RSE/Citizenship Focus

  • Health and wellbeing: How drugs affect the body and brain (the science)
  • Laws around illegal drugs
  • The human impact of drug addiction

iDEA (Years 9-11)

Enquiry Question/Statement

How can we change attitudes around gender stereotyping?

  • ‘Proportionately, female pupils were less likely to rank a STEM-related subject first for enjoyment: 32% compared to 59% of males.’
  • ‘Females were also less likely to consider themselves to be best at a STEM subject: 33% compared to 60% of males.’

Celebration/Commemoration/Awareness for Main Hall Assembly

Science Week

PSHE/RSE/Citizenship Focus

Health and wellbeing:

  • Cancer awareness
  • Dealing with loss
  • Depression and anxiety

Enquiry Question/Statement

‘I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.’

Celebration/Commemoration/Awareness for Main Hall Assembly

Walk all over Cancer Week

PSHE/RSE/Citizenship Focus

Health and wellbeing:

  • Celebration assemblies
  • Equal access to education
  • Personal development and target setting

iDEA (Years 9-11)

Enquiry Question/Statement

‘Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.’

Celebration/Commemoration/Awareness for Main Hall Assembly

Celebration (Small School in Main Hall)