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 Seminar (PSHE & RSE) - St Mary’s Catholic High School
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Seminar (PSHE & RSE)

PSHE

Pupils in Years 7-10 receive off timetable seminars twice per half term, to cover the PSHE curriculum. In Year 11 this is taught through form time, and in KS5 this is taught in timetabled Inauro sessions. Our PSHE programme is based upon, in the first instance, the requirements of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education statutory guidance (2019) and is supplemented further by topics selected from the PSHE Association’s Programme for Study Key Stages 1-5 (2020).

 

Creation Term

Advent Term

Epiphany Term

Lent Term

Easter Term

Pentecost Term

Year 7

Assembly: Introduction to PSHCE

 

Assembly: Pedestrian safety

 

PSHE: First aid

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Mental wellbeing

 

 

 

 

Assembly: Introduction to bullying

 

Assembly: Young carers

 

PSHE: Appearance ideals

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Extremism and radicalisation

 

Assembly: Introduction to British values

 

PSHE: Advertising influences

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: County lines

 

Assembly: Social media curation

 

Assembly: Cyberbullying

 

PSHE: Unhelpful comparisons

 

Science: Sexual innuendo

 

Science: Personal hygiene

 

Science: Self-examination

 

Science: Puberty

 

Science: Pregnancy

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Internet safety

 

Assembly: Sun safety

 

Assembly: Vaccinations

 

PSHE: Changing appearance conversations

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Domestic abuse

 

 

Assembly: Sexual Harassment

 

Assembly: Windrush Day

 

PSHE: Sleep

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: FGM

 

Year 8

Assembly: Cyclist safety

 

PSHE: Study skills

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Mental wellbeing

 

Assembly: Disablist bullying

 

Assembly: Young carers

 

PSHE: Financial choices

 

PSHE: Budgeting

 

Science: Healthy eating and health risks

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Extremism and radicalisation

 

Assembly: British values- Individual liberty

 

PSHE: Gambling

 

PSHE: Education and Income

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: County lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assembly: Catfishing

 

Assembly: On-line challenges

 

PSHE: Ethical Spending

 

PSHE: Meaning of LGBT+

 

Science: Drugs education

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Internet safety

 

Assembly: Water safety

 

Assembly: Calling 999

 

PSHE: LGBT and language

 

PSHE: LGBT bullying

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Domestic abuse

 

Assembly: Image sharing

 

Assembly: Windrush Day

 

PSHE: LGBT Stereotypes

 

PSHE: LGBT rights/support

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: FGM

Year 9

Assembly: Dog safety

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Mental wellbeing

 

 

Assembly: Racism

 

Assembly: Young carers

 

PSHE: Mental health and mental illness

 

PSHE: Stigma of mental illness

 

RS: Relationships including marriage

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Extremism and radicalisation

Assembly: British Values- Mutual respect and tolerance

 

PSHE: Resilence

 

PSHE: Fear of failure

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: County lines

 

 

Assembly: Grooming

 

Assembly: Cyberbullying

 

PSHE: Depression

 

PSHE: Racism

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Internet safety

 

Assembly: Rail safety

 

Assembly: Abuse of NHS staff

 

PSHE: Racism

 

PSHE: Racism

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Domestic abuse

 

Assembly: Flirting vs. sexual harassment

 

Assembly: Windrush Day

 

PSHE: Racism

 

Science: Sex Education

 

RS: Relationships Education

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: FGM

 

 

Year 10

Assembly: Visibility at night

 

PSHE: First Aid

 

PSHE: Free Speech

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Mental wellbeing

 

Assembly: Homophobia

 

Assembly: Young carers

 

PSHE: Fake News

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Extremism and radicalisation

 

Assembly: British Values- Rule of law

 

PSHE: Extremism and radicalisation

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: County lines

 

 

Assembly: Livestreaming

 

Assembly: Revenge pornography

 

PSHE: Marginalisation and manipulation

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Internet safety

Assembly: Fire safety

 

Assembly: Health and Safety

 

PSHE: Signs and support

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Domestic abuse

 

Assembly: Dating abuse

 

Assembly: Windrush Day

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: FGM

 

 

Year 11

Assembly: Motorbike safety

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Mental wellbeing

 

Assembly: Transphobia

 

Assembly: Young carers

 

Safeguarding focus: Extremism and radicalisation

 

Assembly: British Values- Democracy

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: County lines

 

Assembly: Phishing

 

Assembly: Digital footprint

 

Outside Speaker: Revision

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Internet safety

Assembly: Leave no trace

 

Assembly: Missing appointments

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Domestic abuse

 

 

Year 12

Assembly: Seatbelts

 

PSHE: Importance of sleep

 

PSHE: Mental illness

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Mental wellbeing

 

Assembly: Sexism

 

Assembly: Young carers

 

PSHE: First aid

 

PSHE: Self examination

 

Safeguarding focus: Extremism and radicalisation

 

Assembly: British Values- Mutual respect and tolerance

 

PSHE: Sexual health

 

PSHE: Consent

 

PSHE: Sexual harassment

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: County lines

Assembly: Passwords

 

Assembly: Malware

 

PSHE: Self-esteem and body image

 

PSHE: Recognise, de-escalate, exit

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Internet safety

 

Assembly: Drink spiking

 

Assembly: Festival safety

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Domestic abuse

 

Assembly: Stalking

 

Assembly: Windrush Day

 

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: FGM

 

 

Year 13

Assembly: Alcohol and driving

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Mental wellbeing

 

Assembly: Inappropriate behaviour in the workplace

 

Assembly: Young carers

 

PSHE: Illness and young people

 

PSHE: Being a sritical consumer of media messages

 

Safeguarding focus: Extremism and radicalisation

Assembly: British Values-Voting

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: County lines

 

Assembly: On-line dating

 

Assembly: On-line purchases

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Internet safety

 

 

Assembly: Getting home safely

 

Assembly: Travelling safely

 

Safeguarding focus assembly: Domestic abuse

 

 

 

RSE (Relationships and Sex Education)

Our RSE programme enshrines Catholic values relating to the importance of stable relationships, marriage and family life.  It also promotes those virtues which are essential in responding to the God’s call to love others with a proper respect for their dignity and the dignity of the human body.  The following virtues will be considered, explored, and promoted: faithfulness, fruitfulness, chastity, integrity, prudence, mercy, and compassion.

Three aspects of RSE - attitudes and values, knowledge and understanding, and personal and social skills are provided in three inter-related ways: the whole school/ethos dimension; a cross-curricular dimension and a specific relationships and sex curriculum.

In Science, our programme covers an introduction and exploration of the reproductive system; sex and pornography; drugs, alcohol and consent; fertility and pregnancy; contraceptive; STIs; Responsibility and abortion.

In Religious Studies the programme covers an introduction to the course and consider issues surrounding body image; why are we special?  Church teaching on sex and relationships; the benefits of Church teaching; partners and relationships; marriage and commitment; consequences – sexting, grooming, pornography, domestic abuse and the law; and saying no.

 

Year

Department

Work Covered

7 – Spring Term

Biology

Female Reproductive System.

Male Reproductive System.

The Benefits of Regular Self-Examination.

Key facts about Puberty.

Key facts about Menstrual Wellbeing.

Key facts about Pregnancy.

9 – Summer Term

Religious Studies

Why study RSE?

Boundaries.

Stereotypes.

Personal Perceptions of Self and Media Perceptions.

Relationships and Positive relationships.

Unhealthy relationships – Domestic Violence, Grooming, Peer on Peer abuse, Up skirting.

Tactics to keep Safe.

Consent/the Law and Saying No.

Catholic Beliefs about Marriage.

Forced Marriage and honour based violence.

Catholic teachings about Sex/Theology of the Body.

Misuse of Sex – Pornography/Sexting.

Evaluation with Q&A.

9 - Autumn Term

Biology

Facts about Reproductive Health – Fertility and the Menopause.

Miscarriage.

9 – Summer Term

Biology

FGM.

Pornography.

Contraception; including NFP as the Church’s response to responsible parenthood.

STIs.

Alcohol and Risky Sexual Behaviours.

Responsibilities of Parenting.

10 – Autumn/Winter Term

RS

Sanctity of Life

Humanist criticisms of Sanctity of Life.

Social Injustice.

Catholic Social Teaching.

Abortion.

Cafod.

SVP.

Interfaith Dialogue.

11 – Winter Term

Biology

Contraception – recap.

 

Our RSE and PSHE policies can be found in the policies section of the website.