PSHE – YEAR 7

AUTUMN TERM

Throughout the term pupils will have the opportunity to develop the following skills:

• recognise their own personal qualities
• reflect on personal strengths
• appreciate how other people see them
• assertiveness skills
• accessing help and support to support mental and emotional health
• recognise what makes them feel good
• assessment of own health profile
• recognise ways to keep themselves safe
• practising refusal skills

Drugs & Emotional Wellbeing – pupils will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge about:

• the definition of the word ‘drug’
• some of the risks involved with taking legal drugs
• what influences their perception of drug use and how this can differ from reality
• some key facts about young people’s drug use in the UK
• different strengths of alcoholic drinks
• how drinking to excess can affect the body
• why people consume alcohol
• the meaning of ‘being assertive’
• the difference between being assertive and being aggressive
• how mental and emotional health affect their ability to lead fulfilling lives
• the help and support available when mental and emotional health is threatened

Healthy Lifestyle & Risk and Safety – pupils will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge about:

• how an appropriate balance between work, leisure and exercise can promote health
• how to make decisions that affect your health
• choices you can make to keep healthy
• what ‘risk’ can mean
• positive and negative risks
• different attitudes to risk
• how to respond in risky situations
• how good communication can help us reduce risks
• refusal skills
• how to prevent bullying from happening
• the importance of speaking out against bullying

PSHE – YEAR 7

SPRING TERM

Throughout the term pupils will have the opportunity to develop the following skills:

• Recognising their personal strength and how this affects their self-confidence and self-esteem
• Building relationships
• Practise the skills of communication and negotiation
• Reflect on difference and what it means to individual people
• Listening skills
• Practise speaking and listening to others
• Create steps to achieve goals
• Turn steps into targets
• How to set up a budget and cope with the unexpected

Identity & Communities – pupils will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge about:

• Their identity and how it is affected by a range of factors, including a positive sense of self
• Self-esteem and that it can change depending on personal circumstances
• Different types of families
• How family relationships affect our wellbeing
• The roles and responsibilities of parents, carers and children in families
• How relationship skills can be built
• Being assertive
• How prejudice might be challenged
• The multiple roles and responsibilities in society
• Why positive relationships are helpful when working in groups

Planning for the future – pupils will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge about:

• The positive things they want to achieve in the future
• Managing their money and savings
• The role of banks and building societies

PSHE – YEAR 7

SUMMER TERM

Throughout the term pupils will have the opportunity to develop the following skills:

• Organising and speaking in a mock general election
• Reflect upon British Values in the UK and how they impact upon life
• Various strategies for coping with these changes and mood swings

Democracy & Law – pupils will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge about:

• the 3 parts which make up Parliament: the House of Commons, House of Lords, the Monarch
• what happens in Parliament and what each of the 3 parts is responsible for
• the differences in the role of Parliament and the role of the government
• what  a general election is and how it works
• how people vote in a general election and what happens afterwards
• some of the key terms associated with general elections and voting
• the importance of having laws.
• why laws are made.
• the role Parliament plays in passing new laws.
• the role of the Police in our communities
• why British Values are important to us

Puberty & Hygiene – pupils will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge about:

• the emotional and physical changes during puberty
• the importance of personal hygiene
• ways of maintaining personal hygiene
• about whether boys and girls receive equal respect
• about a range of situations related to gender and stereotypes
• that friendships affect everything we do
• that positive friendships are important in our lives
• that friendships can cause strong feelings and emotions
• how relationships change as we get older