PSHE, Citizenship and Enrichment

Dr Bown is our PSHE, Citizenship and Enrichment Lead.

Mr Daniels is the subject lead for PSHE, Citizenship and Enrichment.

Read on for more information about our PSHE, Relationships and Sex Education and Citizenship topics.

Personal Social Health and Employment (PSHE)

PSHE at Cheney is divided into four key themes which are explored in each year group. The curriculum has been *5 developed in line with the new government guidelines introduced in 2020, so it is contemporary, interesting and relevant. In each year group, students will cover sex and relationships education; health and wellbeing; risk management and personal attributes and careers. PSHE will be covered once a week during tutor time. Additionally, all Year 9 students are currently receiving an enrichment curriculum in which they will study a number of PSHE topics to prepare them for life outside of school.

Here is an overview of the PSHE topics that will be covered this year:

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
7	Relationships (Diversity)	Sex Ed (Puberty)	Healthy Lifestyles	Personal Hygine (including FGM)	Aspirations and Careers	Personal Safety
8	Relationships (discrimination)	Sex Ed (Identity)	Drugs and Alcohol	Personal Hygine (including FGM)	Aspirations and Careers	Digital literacy
9	Respectful relationships	Sex Ed (Intimate relationships)	Drugs and Substances	Mental Wellbeing	Physical Wellbeing	Online Presence and digital footprint
10	Intimate relationships	Body Image	Addiction and Dependency	Mental Wellbeing	Physical Wellbeing	Online Presence and digital footprint
11	Healthy relationships	Managing Stress	Addiction and Dependency	Independence

Enrichment / Citizenship:

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
7				Active Citizenship		Sexting and Digital footprint
8				Rights		Sexting and the Law
9	Law		Personal finance		Careers - Next steps
10		Politics	Sex Ed	Careers
11		Politics	Sex Ed	Active Citizenship Project

YEAR 7	YEAR 8	YEAR 9	YEAR 10	YEAR 11
Puberty and emotional changes	Developing romantic feelings	Sexual Orientation	The facts of sex	The facts of sex
Puberty and emotional changes	Sexual orientation and gender identity	Gender identity	Contraceptive Methods	Contraceptive Methods
Romantic relationships	Respecting everyone’s identity	Homophobic bullying	Sexually transmitted infections	Sexually transmitted infections
Sex and Relationships	The influence of the media on romantic relationships	Intimate Relationships	The menstrual cycle and pregnancy	The menstrual cycle and pregnancy
Consent and Sex	Sending nude photos or sexting	Capacity to Consent	Female Genital Mutilation	Female Genital Mutilation
Applying Consent	Managing the Expectations of Others	Pornography	The impact of pornography	The impact of pornography

Intimate and Sexual Relationships Topics 2022 2023

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)

The statutory relationships and sex education (RSE) lessons will cover: Healthy relationships, including friendships and intimate relationships; families; growing and changing, including puberty; personal hygiene; changing feelings; becoming more independent; keeping safe and consent; developing self-esteem and confidence.

RELATIONSHIPS Scheme Of Work 2022 2023

YEAR 7	YEAR 8	YEAR 9	YEAR 10	YEAR 11
What is my identity?	What is discrimination?	Resolving Conflicts at Home	Stereotypes in relationships	How can personal values impact relationships?
What does it mean to live in a diverse society?	Understanding and tacking racism	Initiating Healthy Relationships	My values and relationship expectations	Assertive communication
Challenging Stereotypes and Discrimination	Understanding and tacking religious discrimination	Understanding features of healthy relationships	Conflict and compromise in relationships.	Managing relationship conflict and breakups
What are the signs and effects of bullying?	Understanding and tacking homophobia	Working on relationships	Consent	Relationship safety: Managing unwanted attention
How can I respond to bullying?	Understanding and tacking transphobia	Relationship changes and leaving safely	Understanding rape and sexual assult	Consent: Sharing sexual images
Supporting others	Disability based discrimination	Freedom and capacity to consent	‘Something’s not right’ abuse disclosure and support.	‘Something’s not right - reporting relationship abuse.

Response to Parental Survey on Relationship Lessons

KS3 Citizenship

In addition to PSHE, all KS3 students receive citizenship lessons in which they explore other issues that will help them to thrive in the modern world. Our current citizenship topics are:

Active citizenship (Y7)

Identity and values (Y7)

Rights and responsibilities (Y8)

The media (Y8)

The legal system (Y9)