Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education (PSHE) allows pupils to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives. As part of a whole-school programme of Personal Development, PSHE allows pupils to develop the attributes and qualities people need to thrive as individuals and members of local, national and global communities.
PSHE education assists in the personal development of young people. It helps build their confidence, self-esteem and personal identities. Our pupils will understand how to make personal choices, understand what influences decisions and develop key employability skills, self-understanding, empathy, and resilience.
Further information about our vision, focus and provision can be found in our PSHE Overview document.
PSHE and RSE is taught by a wide variety of teachers. Key Stage 3 pupils have one timetabled lesson per week and Key Stage 4 have one timetabled lesson per fortnight.
The PSHE and RSE Leadership team includes; Miss Cutts (Director of Humanities and lead for Personal Development) and Miss Ridley (Subject Lead for PSHE).
Relationship and Sex Education (RSE)
Relationship and Sex Education is lifelong learning about physical, moral and emotional development. It is about the understanding of the importance of positive and loving relationships, respect, consent and care. Our aim is to provide a stimulating and supportive learning environment in which pupils can develop their feelings of self-worth and confidence especially in relation to others. It is also about the teaching of sex, sexuality, and sexual health in a way that is age appropriate. It is not about the promotion of sexual orientation or sexual activity. RSE includes elements which are statutory requirements for all pupils to cover.
If you have any questions about the RSE curriculum, please contact the subject lead for PSHE or our school lead on Personal Development.
How PSHE and RSE is taught
PSHE is taught in a thematic approach at Malet Lambert, with the whole school focusing on one PSHE topic per half term. It is a spiral curriculum which means that each year group does the same units but that the knowledge and skills involved build each year. Each year group studies lessons within the theme which are appropriate to their age:
- Half Term 1: Identity and Diversity
- Half Term 2: Relationships and Sex Education (including the new compulsory elements of the curriculum)
- Half Term 3: Staying safe online and offline
- Half Term 4: Careers
- Half Term 5: Health and Wellbeing (including the new compulsory elements of the curriculum)
- Half Term 6: Contributing to your community
Details for each theme at every year group can be found below
Units taught in Year 7
Autumn Term
Identity and Diversity
What are the British Values and how far do we think Modern Britain reflects who we are?
Relationships Education
What are the signs of a healthy, platonic relationship and how can we communicate effectively within one?
Spring Term
Safety online and offline
What risks might we come across in life? What do we need to be aware of? Including bullying and trolling
Careers
What are we really good or passionate about in life and how can we turn that into a career?
Summer Term
Health and wellbeing
How can we maintain our physical and mental health through periods of stress, and pressure? Including puberty and hygiene
Contributing to our community
How could we become more involved in the community around us, including the political system and activism?
Main skills developed in Year 7
- Acquisition of information on a range of health issues that are relevant to age, maturity and understanding
- The development of emotional and social skills, including skills for learning, achieving, managing change and looking after health
- The exploration and clarification of values and beliefs, including respect, morality and an understanding of cultural diversity
- Developing a range of personal, listening and thinking skills within a variety of contexts
- Selecting evidence to support views
- Critically analysing information from a range of sources, including developing data analysis skills
- Developing relevant and specific vocabulary
- Talking and listening with peers
- Organising views into structured pieces of writing
Units taught in Year 8
Autumn Term
Identity and Diversity
What are the origins of prejudice and discrimination and why are hate crimes on the rise in the UK?
Relationships & Sex Education
What is attraction, sexuality, and how can we appropriately manage the feelings we have? Including consent
Spring Term
Safety online and offline
What risks might we come across in life? What do we need to be aware of? Including knife crime, drug/alcohol abuse
Careers
What would we look for in a job and how do we find the right job for us?
Summer Term
Health and wellbeing
How we can maintain our physical and mental health through periods of grief, stress, and pressure, including divorce
Contributing to our community
How could we become more involved in the community around us, including the political system and activism?
Main skills developed in Year 8
- Acquisition of information on a range of health issues that are relevant to age, maturity and understanding
- The development of emotional and social skills, including skills for learning, achieving, managing change and looking after health
- The exploration and clarification of values and beliefs, including respect, morality and an understanding of cultural diversity
- Developing a range of personal, listening and thinking skills within a variety of contexts
- Selecting evidence to support views
- Critically analysing information from a range of sources, including developing data analysis skills
- Developing relevant and specific vocabulary
- Talking and listening with peers
- Organising views into structured pieces of writing
Units taught in Year 9
Autumn Term
Identity and Diversity
What makes a successful local, national and global community?
Relationships & Sex Education
Consent, preventing STIs, and the importance of using effective contraception
Spring Term
Safety online and offline
What risks might we come across in life? What do we need to be aware of? Including exploitation, trafficking and extremism
Careers
What should we expect from the job market and expectations of the workplace? Including financial management, budgets and debt
Summer Term
Health and wellbeing
How we can maintain our physical and mental health through periods of grief, stress, and pressure, including airbrushing and addictions
Contributing to our community
How could we become more involved in the community around us, including the political system and activism?
Main skills developed in Year 9
- Acquisition of information on a range of health issues that are relevant to age, maturity and understanding
- The development of emotional and social skills, including skills for learning, achieving, managing change and looking after health
- The exploration and clarification of values and beliefs, including respect, morality and an understanding of cultural diversity
- Developing a range of personal, listening and thinking skills within a variety of contexts
- Selecting evidence to support views
- Critically analysing information from a range of sources, including developing data analysis skills
- Developing relevant and specific vocabulary
- Talking and listening with peers
- Organising views into structured pieces of writing
Units taught in Year 10
Pupils in Year 10 have one lesson a fortnight. This is a Personal Development lesson, which also involves themes to develop a students’ social, emotional and mental wellbeing. As such, three units are planned by the RS department and three are planned by the PSHE department. These units are on Risk and Safety, Relationships and Sex Education, and Health and Wellbeing.
The PSHE programme is supported by the Guided Discussion slot in tutor times and half termly assembly.
Main skills developed in Year 10
- Acquisition of information on a range of health issues that are relevant to age, maturity and understanding
- The development of emotional and social skills, including skills for learning, achieving, managing change and looking after health
- The exploration and clarification of values and beliefs, including respect, morality and an understanding of cultural diversity
- Developing a range of personal, listening and thinking skills within a variety of contexts
- Selecting evidence to support views
- Collating information from a range of sources
- Developing relevant and specific vocabulary
- Talking and listening with peers
- Organising views into structured pieces of writing
Units taught in Year 11
Students in Year 10 have one lesson a fortnight. This is a Personal Development lesson, which also involves themes to develop a students’ social, emotional and mental wellbeing. As such, three units are planned by the RS department and three are planned by the PSHE department. These units are on Risk and Safety, Relationships and Sex Education, and Health and Wellbeing.
The PSHE programme is supported by the Guided Discussion slot in tutor times and half termly assembly. Students in Year 11 focus particularly on mental health around exams and effective metacognitive strategies for success.
Main skills developed in Year 11
- Acquisition of information on a range of health issues that are relevant to age, maturity and understanding
- The development of emotional and social skills, including skills for learning, achieving, managing change and looking after health
- The exploration and clarification of values and beliefs, including respect, morality and an understanding of cultural diversity
- Developing a range of personal, listening and thinking skills within a variety of contexts
- Selecting evidence to support views
- Collating information from a range of sources
- Developing relevant and specific vocabulary
- Talking and listening with peers
- Organising views into structured pieces of writing
Extra Curricular
Pupils have the opportunity to support the schools yearly chosen charities, take part in drama activities, PE sessions and musical productions. They can join the Pupil Leadership Team for leadership and teamworking experience, Politics Club or become involved in the Holocaust Beacon School Projects.
How parents can help to support their child’s learning
- Encourage discussions about local and national issues with your child.
- Encourage your child to think and talk about their options post-16 and what they might like to do in the future.
- Talk to your child about your job and career path to show them how many different options there are.
Advice & Guidance
There are a wide variety of websites that can provide you with help and guidance for any issues you may be dealing with or want to find out more about. Please see below:
These sites have emotional health advice covering a variety of issues including dealing with stress, family and friends issues, feeling depressed as well as provide opportunities to talk to people and ask questions.
Samaritans provides completely confidential emotional support 24 hours a day by telephone, personal visit, email, and letter, through its branch network.
Rethink Mental Illness is a charity that believes a better life is possible for millions of people affected by mental illness.
This is the NHS website with a variety of links for general health, including addictions and physical health.
This website contains a wide variety of information on a variety of health issues.
A non profit organization that provides information about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other less-well-known food and weight disorders
Beat provides helplines, online support and a network of UK-wide self-help groups to help adults and young people in the UK beat their eating disorders
SEED are a local Hull-based charity who aim to support both sufferers and carers in the hope that they do not feel alone with their problems
Drinksense is a registered charity providing advice, information, therapeutic counselling and a range of support services for people with alcohol related problems and their carers and families in Cambridgeshire.
This is a fantastic website with a wide variety of information and help options.
Not In Our Community aims to raise awareness of exploitation
www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/drug-trafficking/county-lines
Information about County Lines and sources of help
www.rlss.org.uk/pages/category/water-safety-information
Water Safety advice from the RNLI, including in winter
www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
NSPCC advice for keeping children safe online
www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/gaming/
Advice for parents and gaming
www.victimsupport.org.uk/crime-info/types-crime/violent-crime/
Victim support services for violent crime