Blanchelande College PSHE - Blanchelande College

PSHE

Only the person who has questions can have real understanding. Examples of essential disciplinary questions that are vital to PSHE at Blanchelande are:

Who am I?
How do I find my place in the world, and in my community?
How can I keep myself (and those around me) mentally and physically healthy and safe – both in the physical and digital environments?
How do I become a responsible citizen?
Why is it important to understand and respect people who are different from me – and how do I learn to do this?
What impact do the rapid developments in technology (such as AI and smartphones) over recent years have on my life? In what ways are these technologies designed to be addictive and how does recognizing this help me to maintain a healthy balance?
What do healthy relationships look like, and how do I recognize unhealthy messages about relationships that I may be exposed to in media and entertainment?
How will the subjects I am learning in school connect to my life after school?

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) is taught to each year group through a weekly lesson, supported by assemblies, awareness days and guest speakers.

The Curriculum is designed so all students cover four strands:

Health and Wellbeing
Careers and preparation for living in the wider world
Relationships and Sex Education
Citizenship

Through these strands we provide students with opportunities to develop their character, attributes and skills.

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)

At Blanchelande, relationships and sex education is provided in partnership with parents, who are the first and best educators, especially in this area of personal development. All lessons and resources meet the UK government’s statutory requirements for RSHE and fulfil the Model Catholic RSE Curriculum by the Catholic Education Service, and we use the superb resources provided by Ten Ten programme ‘Life to the Full’. These lessons present RSE within the school’s ethos and, by opening up the conversation and debate, help students to develop a mature and reflective outlook; students are very much free to question positions different from their own and form their own opinions.

Ten Ten Resources – Resources for Catholic / Christian schools

Lower Seniors (Key Stage 3)

Year 7

Topic	Focus
Welcome to Secondary School Emotional Wellbeing	Welcoming students to Y7 – what to do in terms of worries and concerns at school, FOSIL, Homework, library, time management. This gives students an opportunity to share their worries and concerns so they can be answered and alleviated. Understanding emotions, bullying, social media, online safety and resilience
Healthy Living Relationships and Sex Education	First Aid, Body positivity, Drugs/Alcohol education, Nutrition and Healthy eating Who am I? Healthy inside and out, family and friends, Facts of Life
Careers	Unifrog

Year 8

Topic	Focus
Emotional Wellbeing Careers	Peer pressure, self-esteem, Mental health, social media, Bereavement, Loss and Grief, bullying Different careers, communication skills, Debating skills
Relationships and Sex Education Healthy Living	Created and Chosen, Before I was born, appreciating differences, diversity Nutrition, Healthy eating, drugs/alcohol education, First Aid, Data Protection
Citizenship	Debating skills, democracy, mutual respect, prejudice and discrimination, promoting tolerance

Year 9

Topic	Focus
Emotional Wellbeing Relationships and Sex Education	Resilience, growth mindset, healthy and unhealthy coping strategies (there will be mention of self-harm and eating disorders) The search for love, fertility and contraception, marriage, In control of my choices, love, honour, cherish
Careers Healthy Living	Options, how to decide which subjects are best for you, careers and future qualifications Sleep, drugs/alcohol education, domestic abuse, healthy relationships, healthy eating, child sexual exploitation
Citizenship	Fake news, digital literacy, impact of the internet and social media

Upper Seniors (Key Stage 4)

Year 10

Topic	Focus
Financial Decision making Careers	Managing your finances, bank accounts, savings, economic wellbeing A Levels, BTECs, CV writing, Work Experience, Unifrog
Healthy Living and Emotional Wellbeing Relationships and Sex Education	Body language, exercise, drugs/alcohol education authentic freedom, self-image, parenthood, pregnancy and abortion
Citizenship	Radicalism, extremism, fake news, social media

Year 11

Topic

Focus

Healthy Living

Emotional Wellbeing and Preparation for exams

CV writing, A Levels vs BTECS, interview practice, apprenticeships, Unifrog, Post-16

Metacognition, revision strategies, how to deal with exam stress, time management, study skills

Relationships and Sex Education

Preparation for GCSEs

Self-worth, addiction, eating disorders, fertility, STIs, pornography, coercive control

Stress management, what to do in the exams, healthy eating and sleep during exams, revision timetables, results day

Sixth Form (Key Stage 5)

The Sixth Form PDC curriculum is closely tailored to the needs of the students in the cohort. There is an emphasis on preparing students for life post-18.

Year 12

Topic	Focus
Welcome to Sixth Form Healthy Living	Study Skills, growth mindset, FOSIL, EPQ skills, A-Level mindset Drugs education, healthy eating, body image, online safety, driving safety
Relationships and Sex Education The World in which we live	The meaning of love, trust, healthy relationships, gender equality, consent Political systems, financial awareness, mortgages, budgeting, bank accounts and credit
Post 18 Careers	UCAS, Personal statements, work experience

Year 13

Topic

Focus

UCAS and Careers

Relationships and Sex Education

UCAS, personal statements, interview practice, gap years, Unifrog, student finance

Bakhita’s prayer (human trafficking), healthy and unhealthy relationships, safety on a night out, relationships at university

Healthy living and finances

Preparing for A Levels

Drugs/alcohol education, healthy eating at university, savings, how to manage student finances

Stress management, metacognition, revision

Enrichment

The department is supported in the teaching of specialist areas through inviting support agencies in.

Action for Children specialise in teaching students about drugs, alcohol and smoking
Police deliver sessions on antisocial behaviour, cyber-bullying, scooter safety and ‘run, hide, tell’
St John’s Ambulance deliver sessions on First Aid
Children’s Dental service deliver sessions on dental health to Year 7
Dementia Friendly Guernsey deliver sessions to Sixth Form
Chelsea’s Choice is a drama performance based on exploring Child Sexual Exploitation to Year 8
Time Out is a drama based performance focsed on exploring drinking and the affects aimed at Year 9

Licence to Kill is a multiagency presentation for Year 11 regarding Road Safety.

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