Year 7 PSHE Curriculum
Throughout Year 7 PSHE, students will develop the knowledge and skills needed to thrive both in and out of school. They will explore emotional wellbeing and strategies for managing change and transition, learn about careers and future aspirations, understand families and changing relationships, and study puberty, personal safety, healthy relationships, friendship and bullying. Alongside these topics, students will build their financial literacy, developing an understanding of money management, budgeting and making informed financial decisions.
What will I study?
There are six themes studied throughout PSHE. These include:
- Term 1 – Emotional Wellbeing: Managing Change and Transition + Financial Literacy
- Term 2 – Careers
- Term 3 – Families and Changing Relationships + Financial Literacy
- Term 4 – Puberty and Keeping Safe
- Term 5 – Influences on Relationships + Financial Literacy
- Term 6 – Friendship and Bullying + Financial Literacy
What skills/qualities are required?
- Working with others.
- Communications skills – both verbal and written.
- Respect and understanding of differing viewpoints.
- Ability to work independently.
How will I learn?
Whilst PSHE is mainly taught by tutors in form time using booklets to record learning, a variety of supporting materials are also used. These include outside speakers, video clips, discussion questions and other more interactive activities. Learning is also supported by weekly Head of Year assemblies and House assemblies.
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1 Emotional Wellbeing: Managing Change and Transition + Financial Literacy |
This unit helps students transition to secondary school, set learning goals and develop social and emotional skills. This unit also explores aspects of Financial Literacy. |
Developing Learning Skills |
Thriving in Secondary School |
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Goal setting |
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Wellbeing for Life |
Managing emotions |
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Managing distraction |
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Developing positive thinking habits |
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Managing rumination and worry |
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Managing tension and stress |
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Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign (FLIC) |
Making spending decisions |
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2 Careers |
Careers |
Who am I? |
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Exploring Possibilities |
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What is career? |
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What is an entrepreneur? |
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What is a work life balance? |
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Careers and the Future |
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Personality Profile and FSO |
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3 Families and Changing Relationships + Financial Literacy |
This unit covers the role of families, including caring for each other in changing circumstances, such as divorce or separation. This unit also explores aspects of Financial Literacy. |
Families and committed relationships |
Understanding Changing Relationships |
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Roles in the family |
Roles in the Family |
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Change, loss and grief |
Managing Change, Loss and Grief |
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Family Justice Young People’s Board |
Family Courts |
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Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign (FLIC) |
Budgeting |
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The Impact of Inflation |
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4 Puberty and Keeping Safe |
This unit revisits learning about puberty from KS2. It then focuses on specific learning about testicular and vulval health, as well as how to identify and report abuse. |
Puberty |
Puberty and emotional changes |
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Menstrual wellbeing |
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Highgate School and NHS Barts |
Testicular health |
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Canesten: The Truth Undressed |
Taking care of the vulva |
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Home Office: Something’s Not Right |
Making disclosures |
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5 Influences on Relationships + Financial Literacy |
This unit helps students consider influences on their expectations of–and attitudes towards–relationships, including online and media influences. This unit also explores aspects of Financial Literacy. |
Healthy relationships and sexual health |
Healthy and unhealthy relationships |
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Managing conflict |
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Consent |
Introduction to consent |
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BBFC: Making Choices |
Deciding what to watch |
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Relationships on-screen |
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challenging content |
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Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign (FLIC) |
The critical consumer |
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6 Friendship and Bullying + Financial Literacy |
This unit explores the principles of healthy and unhealthy friendships, as well as how to identify and respond to bullying incidents. This unit also explores aspects of Financial Literacy and Citizenship and British Values |
Friendship and Bullying |
Friendship and empathy |
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Bullying and bystanders |
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Friendship challenges |
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Similarities, differences and peer influence |
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Home Office: Preventing Involvement in Serious and Organised Crime |
Coercive friendships |
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Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign (FLIC) |
Decision making: Budgeting for a summer holiday |
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