Subject Staff
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Name |
Role |
Contact |
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Mrs R Pearson |
Head of Department |
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| Mr Kay | Teacher of Life | |
| Mrs Dickson | Teacher of Life | |
| Mr Cheesbrough | Teacher of Life | |
| Mrs Crossman | Teacher of Life | |
| Mr Clark | Teacher of Life | |
| Mr Moore | Teacher of Life | |
| Miss Hayes | Teacher of Life | |
| Mr Nesbitt | Teacher of Life | |
| Miss Vedick | Teacher of Life | |
| Mrs Prestwood |
Teacher of Life |
Contact |
| Ms Lilley |
Teacher of Life |
Contact |
| Ms Timperley |
Teacher of Life |
Contact |
| Mrs Buchanan |
Teacher of Life |
Contact |
Our Intent:
Personal Development
At Central Lancaster High School our goal is to equip all pupils with the relevant skills they need for life outside the classroom. In our curriculum we endeavour to build personal resilience and through honest, open and relevant schemes of learning, we aim to empower our pupils to make informed, thoughtful and well considered choices when presented with the many challenges young people face in the modern age.
Based on the PSHE Association guidance we have planned a curriculum which focuses on the themes of Health and Wellbeing, Sex and Relationships and Living in the Wider World. This curriculum is regularly reviewed based on feedback from pupils, parent voice, the year 6 transition process and an annual report from Lancashire County Council based on the year 9 Health Needs Questionnaire. This regular feedback ensures our curriculum is meeting the needs of pupils in our school.
This curriculum is delivered through timetabled Life lessons, planned personal development activities in tutor time, assemblies and across the wider curriculum. Our provision is further enhanced by external visitors, including the fire service, police and further and higher education providers. The delivery of our personal development curriculum will take into account the age, ability, readiness and cultural backgrounds of children to ensure that all can fully access the personal development provision. Personal Development education helps to reduce or remove barriers to learning such as bullying, low self-esteem and unhealthy or risky behaviours.
As a result of the personal development programme of learning pupils will:
- know and understand how to keep themselves and others safe
- have the necessary skills to succeed in the wider world
- be confident to form and maintain positive relationships
- be tolerant and respectful of beliefs and lifestyles
- be physically, emotionally and socially healthy.
Additionally, we are proud to teach an LGBT* inclusive personal development curriculum and cover many issues aimed at supporting our LGBT* students, parents and local community.
KS3 overview of Life Schemes of Learning:
At KS3 pupils have 1 lesson per fortnight of Life. This subject combines key aspects of PSHE and Citizenship.
The detailed overview documents refer to specified content from the PSHE Association. To view this document in full, click here.
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Term 1 Topics |
Term 2 Topics |
Term 3 Topics |
Detailed Overview | Curriculum Roadmap |
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Year 7 |
Living in the wider world: You and Your Community |
Sex and Relationships: You and Your Body (Puberty and self-care) |
Health: You and Your Health |
View Document | View Document |
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Year 8 |
Sex and Relationships: Sexuality and Gender |
Sex and Relationships: Healthy Relationships |
Health: Healthy Lifestyles and Self Care |
View Document | View Document |
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Year 9 |
Sex and Relationships: Sexual Health |
Health: Risky Behaviour |
Living in the Wider World: Government and Democracy |
View Document | View Document |
Key Stage 4 Life Schemes of Learning
At KS4 pupils have 2 lessons per fortnight of Life. This subject combines key aspects of PSHE, Citizenship, and Religious Education.
The teaching order of these topics may vary depending on timetabling.
The detailed overview documents refer to specified content from the PSHE Association. To view this document in full, click here.
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Half Term 1 | Half term 2 | Half term 3 | Half term 4 | Half term 5 | Half term 6 | Detailed Overview | Curriculum Roadmap |
| Year 10 |
Money Management Child Exploitation |
Healthy Lifestyles Sex and Relationships |
View Document | View Document | ||||
| Year 11 |
Active Citizenship Mental Health |
Human Rights Physical Health |
Preparing for next steps |
View Document | View Document | |||
Tutor time curriculum
At KS3 pupils have dedicated personal development tutor time each week, covering topics of personal development and careers. This is supplemented by weekly assemblies delivered by staff or by appropriate external visitors.
Tutor time Personal Development sessions
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Year group |
PD Topic |
Careers sessions |
|
7 |
Rights and Responsibilities |
Changes, what have you achieved? who can help? what influences me? Roles that I think are successful, what are you like? Skills for life, how do you learn? This is me, what is work? Using the careers library, changes in the world of work, how creative are you? Reviewing learning, setting targets. |
|
8 |
Finance |
Your beliefs, are school and work different? What do you want from work? Job families, can anyone predict the future? Being assertive, who does the job? Are you sure that’s true? Budgeting, how do you make decisions, writing an action plan, reviewing my learning, looking ahead, reviewing learning, student evaluation. |
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9 |
Finance |
Plan your year, my network, personal qualities, personal qualities and jobs, Skills, skills and jobs, using reliable information, qualifications, choosing options, skills for life and work, why should it be you? Learning styles, being enterprising, reviewing learning., working today, Eastern delights. |
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10 |
Revision Techniques |
Exploring possibilities, work experience introduction, work and lifestyle, world of work- legal limits, rights at work, responsibilities at work, application skills- CV, covering latter, thinking ahead, work experience launch, developing a sales pitch, different qualifications, reviewing learning, looking ahead. |
|
11 |
Revision Techniques |
Year planning, tracking progress, your skills and interests, what are you like? different qualifications, which way do you go? The changing job market, Money matters, choices now and later, writing a CV, writing a covering letter, preparing for an interview, where have you got to so far? |
Assembly schedule
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Week commencing |
Theme |
Week commencing |
Theme |
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4.9.23 |
Introduction to school and safeguarding |
19.2.24 |
Welcome back |
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11.9.23 |
Reading |
26.2.24 |
World book day |
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18.9.23 |
International Day of Peace |
4.3.24 |
National careers week |
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25.9.23 |
European Languages Day |
11.3.24 |
Science week |
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2.10.23 |
Black History Month |
18.3.24 |
World maths day |
|
9.10.23 |
World Mental health day |
25.3.24 |
Rewards and celebration |
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16.10.23 |
Rewards and celebration |
15.4.24 |
Welcome back – safeguarding |
|
30.10.23 |
Welcome back- standards |
22.4.24 |
Earth Day |
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6.11.23 |
Remembrance |
29.4.24 |
Local/community history month |
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13.11.23 |
Anti- Bullying week |
6.5.24 |
Mental health awareness week |
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20.11.23 |
Road Safety week, Friendship Day |
13.5.24 |
Fairtrade day |
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27.11.23 |
Human Rights Day |
20.5.24 |
Rewards and celebration |
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4.11.23 |
Foodbank |
3.6.24 |
Welcome back- standards |
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11.12.23 |
Disability history month |
10.6.24 |
PRIDE |
|
18.12.23 |
Rewards and celebration |
17.6.24 |
First aid |
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8.1.24 |
Behaviour and safeguarding |
24.6.24 |
Assemblies held for year 6 pupils as part of transition week |
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15.1.24 |
World religions day |
1.7.24 |
Safeguarding reminders |
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22.1.24 |
Holocaust Memorial Day |
8.7.24 |
Malala Day |
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29.1.24 |
Storytelling week |
15.7.24 |
Rewards and celebration |
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5.2.24 |
Rewards and celebration |
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Additional materials to support study:
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Resource |
Link |
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Newsround – current events |
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Brooke – Health, Sex and Relationship resources and advice |
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Frank - Drug and Addiction Resources |
