Year 11 PSHE Curriculum
Throughout Year 11 PSHE, students will continue to build the lifelong wellbeing, knowledge and independence they need as they prepare for life beyond school. They will explore health choices and wellbeing, learning how to look after themselves, make safe decisions and understand the impact of drugs and personal safety on long-term health. Students will deepen their understanding of careers and future pathways, developing confidence in planning ahead, evaluating options and making informed choices about their next steps. They will examine safe relationships and sexual health, gaining clear, age-appropriate knowledge about consent, respect and recognising abuse, alongside learning about families, fertility and pregnancy in a factual and supportive way. As they mature, students will learn to manage influence, understanding how pressure, persuasion and harmful behaviours can affect decision-making. They will also navigate the online world, developing the skills to stay safe, think critically and act responsibly, including recognising and avoiding online financial harms that could impact their future security.
What will I study?
There are four themes studied throughout PSHE. These include:
- Term 1 – Life Long Wellbeing + Drugs and personal safety
- Term 2 – Careers
- Term 3 – Safe Relationships and Sexual Health + Families, Fertility and Pregnancy
- Term 4 – Online financial harms
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 Life Long Wellbeing + Drugs and personal safety |
This unit revisits and builds on prior learning about mental health, helping students to explore strategies that support wellbeing, especially when managing workload and preparing for exams. This unit supports students to understand the risks linked to substance use and gang involvement, manage external influences, and develop strategies to stay safe and seek support. |
Wellbeing for Life |
Managing Stress and Tension |
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Seeking Help and Support |
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The sleep factor |
The Importance of Sleep |
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Managing change, loss and grief |
Managing Change, Loss and Grief |
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Drug Education |
Assessing Risk |
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Managing Influence |
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Help Seeking |
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Gangs: Managing Risks and Staying Safe |
Gangs - How it Might Start |
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2 Careers |
Careers |
What are my employability skills? |
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Post16 Choices |
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Decision Making: Post16 Pathways |
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Researching Paid and Volunteer Work |
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Apprenticeships vs Higher Education |
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Is AI a threat to jobs? |
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FSQ Learner PowerPoint Presentation |
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3 Safe Relationships and Sexual Health + Families, Fertility and Pregnancy |
This unit helps students to recognise healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviours, explore power and control, set boundaries, manage conflict and breakups, and make informed decisions about sexual health. This unit explores family life, including committed relationships and parenting responsibilities, fertility and routes to parenthood, and options in the case of unplanned pregnancy |
CEOP – Exploited |
Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships |
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Healthy relationships and sexual health |
Relationship Behaviours |
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Choices Related to Sex and Contraception + Sexual Health |
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Committed relationships and family life |
Long Term Commitments + The Legal Status of Marriage |
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Committed relationships and family life Fertility and pregnancy choices |
Parenting + Fertility and Routes to Parenthood |
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Fertility and pregnancy choices |
Pregnancy Outcomes + Pregnancy Choices |
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4 Online financial harms |
This unit supports students to understand online financial risks, manage spending safely, and recognise and respond to financial exploitation. |
Online financial harms |
Making money online: Rights, risks and cryptocurrencies |
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Wanna bet? Controlled and uncontrolled online spending |
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Financial exploitation online: Factors, strategies and support |
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CIFAS – Anti-fraud education |
Money laundering |
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Social engineering |
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