Personal Development

INTENT

Our curriculum has a clear purpose and is focused around our school ethos of Encouraging Excellence, Valuing People. Our intention when delivering Personal Development is to widen the understanding of learning beyond the classroom in order to prepare our pupils to be successful adults upon leaving South Charnwood High School.

We aim to:

Develop our pupils’ understanding of Personal Development and Citizenship topics. These would include, but not be limited to: British Values, Relationships, Sex and Health Education, Careers and SMSC. The purpose is to develop the appropriate subject specific knowledge, skills and understanding as set out in the 2019 RSHE guidance provided by the government, so that South Charnwood High School pupils can flourish, reach and exceed their potential academically, physically, socially and emotionally.
Develop the character of our pupils. To enable learners to develop a holistic set of values that prepares them for life in the diverse, ever changing communities they are growing up in and work places they will enter. We aim to nurture key skills such as leadership, communication, resilience, adaptability and problem solving. Using all opportunities possible to allow our pupils to develop the interpersonal skills necessary for their success in the future.
Develop behaviours and habits to become effective pupils. To develop the behaviours learners need to succeed in the world such as concentration, perseverance, imagination, co-operation, the enjoyment of learning, self-improvement and curiosity.
Develop the moral compass of our pupils. To understand morality in themselves and others, develop social skills and understand society, build a firm set of personal beliefs, and to engage in the community they live alongside.

At South Charnwood High School we are committed to developing the whole child, their personal development is part of our school ethos and permeates everything that we do. Particular elements of their personal development are taught explicitly through the following curriculums and activities:

IMPACT

The impact of our PDC curriculum is measured in the following ways:

Confidence checkers at the start and end of every unit
End of unit quizzes
Pupil/parent surveys completed annually
Pupil focus group feedback
Governor visit feedback

The impact of our Careers curriculum is measured by:

Pupil/parent surveys completed annually
Pupil focus group feedback
Governor visit feedback
DFE destination data

To view Personal Development sample resources for all years please click here.

YEAR 7

CORE THEME	UNIT NAME	LESSONS
Life beyond school	Managing change	1. Intro into PSHE 2. Getting to know people 3. What is a community 4. Careers & your future 5. Sleep & relaxation 6. Financial education 7. Transition points in your life 8. LEBC Careers project
Health & wellbeing	Puberty & Body Development	1. Families 2. Roles & responsibilities 3. Puberty - personal hygiene 4. Growing up & FGM 5. Assertive consent 6. Self esteem
Staying safe on & offline	Staying safe on & offline	1. Avoiding gangs 2. Staying safe online 3. Online gaming & Fortnite 4. Drugs Ed - What is alcohol? 5. Drugs Ed - What is smoking? 6. Drugs Ed - Vaping & shisha 7. Drugs Ed - Energy drinks & caffeine
Relationships & sex education	Friends, respect & relationships	1. Consent and boundaries 2. Respect and relationships 3. What makes a good friend? 4. Managing friendships 5. Being positive 6. Pressure and influence 7. What it means to ‘be a man’ in 2023
Celebrating diversity & equality	Celebrating differences	1. Multicultural Britain 2. What is your identity? 3. Nature vs nurture 4. The Equality Act 2010 5. Breaking down stereotypes in society 6. Prejudice & discrimination 7. Challenging Islamophobia
Rights, responsibilities & British values	Politics & parliament	1. Why is politics important? 2. How is our country run? 3. Creating a political party 4. Elections and campaigning 5. Political debates and parliament 6. Exploring inside parliament

YEAR 8

CORE THEME	UNIT NAME	LESSONS
Health & wellbeing	Physical health & wellbeing	1. Health and wellbeing 2. What is mental health? 3. Positive body image 4. Child abuse 5. Types of bullying 6. Healthy eating and cholesterol 7. Stress management
Staying safe on & offline	Dangers in society online & offline	1. County Lines - what is it? 2. County Lines - who is at risk? 3. Substance misuse 4. Online safety - cyber bullying 5. Grooming - boys and girls 6. Child exploitation and online protection.
Relationships & sex education	Identity, relationships & sex education	1. Intro to RSE 2. Healthy relationships 3. Dealing with conflict 4. Sexual orientation 5. Gender identity 6. What is love?
Life beyond school	Proud to be me	1. Employability skills practice 2. Proud to be me & careers 3. Career interests & job ideas 4. Self esteem & the media 5. Labour market information 6. Exploring careers
Celebrating diversity & equality	LGBTQ+ explored	1. What is LGTBQ+? 2. Homophobia in school and society 3. Supporting those who are LGBTQ+ 4. Challenging homophobia 5. Transphobia 6. Coming out
Rights, responsibilities & British values	Law, crime & society	1. Desert island living 2. Desert island - building a community 3. Desert Island - making decisions 4. Criminals, law and society 5. Law making in the UK 6. Prisons, reform and punishment.

YEAR 9

CORE THEME	UNIT NAME	LESSONS
Health & wellbeing	Body confidence	1. Self esteem changes 2. Homophobic/biphobic/transphobic bullying 3. Dealing with grief & loss 4. Media & airbrushing 5. Cancer prevention & healthy lifestyle
Health & wellbeing	Mental health & wellbeing	1. Child abuse CSE 2. Screen time & safe use of mobiles 3. Common types of mental health 4. Self harm 5. Suicide (thoughts & feelings) 6. Promoting emotional wellbeing
Staying safe on and offline	Legal & illegal drugs	1. Introduction to drugs. 2. Different types of addictions 3. Drugs - cannabis products. 4. Drug classifications 5. Party drugs 6. Illegal drugs 7. Volatile substance abuse
Relationships & sex education	Sex, the law & consent	1. Sexual consent and the law 2. FGM and the law 3. Delaying sexual activity 4. Why have sex? 5. Relationships and partners
Life beyond school	Essential life skills	1. From failure to success 2. First aid lesson 3. The importance of happiness 4. What is anger? 5. Saving & managing money 6. Employment & financial management 7. Social media & online stress
Rights, responsibilities & British values	Combating extremism	1. Conspiracy theories and extremism 2. Extremism 3. What is terrorism? 4. Proud to be British. 5. The radicalisation process 6. Counter terrorism 7. Anti-semitism

YEAR 10

CORE THEME	UNIT NAME	LESSONS
Staying safe on & offline	Violence, crimes & seeking safety	1. Honour based violence 2. Forced marriages 3. Online gambling 4. Social media validation 5. Keeping data safe 6. Modern day slavery 7. Causes of knife crime
Relationships & sex education	Warnings, relationships & sex education	1. Body image & self esteem 2. Healthy relationships 3. Consent 4. Sex & the bits no one talks about 5. Pornography
Life beyond school	Rights and responsibilities	1. Instagram generation 2. Targeted advertising & your data 3. Marriage 4. Rights & responsibilities 5. Consumer rights. 6. Employment rights 7. Exploring a paycheck 8. Careers unit 9. CV writing 10. Writing a personal statement
Celebrating diversity & equality	Exploring world issues	1. International organisations 2. Brexit 3. Aid & supporting other countries 4. Fairtrade 5. Peace, war and conflict 6. Women’s rights and equality 7. Me too and times up movement
Rights, responsibilities & British values	Exploring British values	1. Critical thinking & fake news. What is a cult? 3. Exploring Britishness & British values 4. LGBTQ+ rights and British values 5. What are human rights? 6. Exploring human rights
Health & wellbeing	First aid unit	1. Coping in an emergency 2. Communication & casualty care 3. Primary survey 4. Choking 5. Asthma 6. Fainting 7. Bandages and slings 8. Mental health 9. Recovery position 10. CPR11. AED

YEAR 11

CORE THEME	UNIT NAME	LESSONS
Health & wellbeing	Adult health & looking after yourself	1. Organ donation & blood donation 2. Teenage pregnancy choice 3. Abortion laws, morals & ethics 4. Testicular & prostate cancer 5. Cervical, breast & ovarian cancer 6. Parenthood 7. Love & abuse
Staying safe on & offline	Staying safe	1. Virtual reality & live streaming 2. Drugs NPS3. 3.Festivals, drugs and nitrous oxide 4. War on drugs 5. Cosmetic surgery 6. Drugs & substance addiction 7. Online reputation & digital footprint.
Relationships & sex education	Sexual health unit	1. Peer on peer bullying 2. Impacts on fertility 3. Alcohol & bad choices 4. Importance of sexual health 5. Revisiting contraception 6. Revisiting STI’s 7. Respect & relationships
Life beyond school	Your future and beyond	1. Time management 2. LGBTQ+ rights across the world 3. Exam stress & relaxation 4. Insta life vs real life 5. Post 16 applications (PS16) 6. Mock interviews