Lawnswood School

PSHE

The Curriculum Intention

The Lawnswood School PSHE Curriculum aims to provide students with life skills for the future. We deliver information across 4 keys strands. These being RSE, drugs education, financial capability and health and well-being. The curriculum strives to be proactive and ever changing to maintain its up to date and relevant status. Students are delivered a plethora of information to allow them to make informed choices in risk taking situations as well as daily life. It is designed to filter into every day life within the Lawnswood community via morning registration, assemblies, weekly themes and set curriculum lessons. We work closely with specialists from the council to ensure resources and information is kept up to date in relation to city wide issues as well and our school.

The Implementation; how the Lawnswood Links are addressed

Confidence

KS3

We follow a set progressive timetable across all forms within the KS to support consistency in delivery, provide a rounded experience and help prepare students for KS4 and beyond.
We liaise with the council and other school to make sure that the materials delivered to students are up to date and current.
Staff are offered opportunities to attend CPD and are encouraged to have a specialised area to support other colleagues.
Best practice is shared amongst colleagues within the year teams and materials are shared.
In house CPD is shared on sensitive areas – some whole school, some optional drop ins.
Each lesson is taught to build on the next which will then progress throughout each year.

KS4

Same as above. However some more sensitive and mature topics delivered. Staff supported prior to delivery and materials given to support quality and consistency.
Topics given to tutors the year ahead to allow for planning.
Students to evidence learning within their books as a brief reflection.

Ambition

Students will be given opportunities to access further career enrichment opportunities such as university visits. Students will discuss careers throughout the program and also will discuss finances in relation to further education. Students Will look at other relating topics such as the impact of having children early on their careers.

Communication

Literacy is developed at KS3 through Oracy, students are encouraged to use technical language to discuss topic areas and debate. Through Oracy, teachers encourage correct terminology of key vocabulary and full sentences to be used in answers in order to support literacy development. Students write a reflection and where possible are encouraged to write full sentences either in bullet point form or continuous pros. Various methods are applied: written articles, quotes, audio/videos etc.