PSHE

Personal, Social, Health and Economic education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education is a school subject through which students develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future. It helps children and young people to stay healthy and safe, while preparing them to make the most of life and work. PSHE education also helps students to achieve their academic potential. Most of PSHE education is statutory under the Children and Social Work Act 2017. This includes Relationships Education, Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education at key stages 3 and 4, and Health Education.

PSHE education helps to provide students with knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to play a full and active part in society. At Melbourn Village College, we follow the ‘Life Lessons’ spiral curriculum, a carefully designed programme that meets the statutory requirements for PSHE while promoting Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE).

Homework

There is no homework in PSHE.

What Will Students Learn?

The Life Lessons curriculum is structured to build knowledge and understanding gradually over time, appropriate to students' age and maturity. A copy of the curriculum can be found on the website, the topics covered include:

• Healthy relationships, consent, and respect
• Emotional wellbeing and mental health
• Online safety and digital relationships
• Puberty, reproductive health, and body changes
• Sexual health and contraception (in later years)
• Family life, including different types of relationships

This school is guided by a number of policies ratified by The CAM Academy Trust including  the Relationships & Sex Education (Secondary) Policy and can be found here – Policies - The Cam Academy Trust

Please take the time to talk to your child about any issues that arise in the news or other popular media about Health and wellbeing, relationships between people, groups or countries and skills or rights regarding the world of work. Some useful websites include:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news

https://www.brook.org.uk/

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/

 

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