PSHE

The PSHE programme at Devonport High School for Boys uses the PSHE Association, Unifrog and CDI frameworks to provide out students in Year 7-11 with an enriching

The scheme of work is broken down into 6 key themes based broadly on the PSHE Association programme of study, the CDI framework for careers and additional topics required by statute or that form part of the provision.

Those six themes are:

• British Values

• Relationships

• Society & Me

• My Future

• Keeping Safe

• Staying Healthy

Year 7 explores what it means to be British; respectful relationships & friendships; Internet safety and harms; an introduction to careers development using Unifrog; health, prevention & First Aid (delivered by the Red Cross); and mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Year 8 also cover a range of topics within the six themes: British diversity; our Compassionate Community (a unit based on the St Luke’s compassionate school project); risks associated with online use and media; building on their career path ideas; the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco; promoting positive physical health, fitness and healthy eating.

Year 9 have themes that will build on their topics from KS3 including: the history of Plymouth and the role of the slave trade; modern families; the risks of online content including pornography; next steps & preparing for work experience; being safe in relationships including consent; changing adolescent body and self-checking.

Year 10 explore crime & punishment in the United Kingdom; creating and maintaining positive relationships; my identity - including the Equality Act; budgeting for my future and how to save; intimate and sexual relationships & contraception - with one lesson each term delivered by an external agency (The Zone); the impact of gaming on adolescents, which also looks at gambling and micro-transactions.

Finally Year 11 expressed their wish to cover topics they felt were important to them and hadn’t been covered enough in previous years, so they are now learning about: how to vote in the UK and how to register as a voter; the impact of social influences on their lives; considering how their digital footprint could affect their future; how to apply for mortgages and pensions; safer sexual relationships; and exam stress and mental wellbeing in preparation for mock exams and the summer GCSE season.

The KS3 and KS4 overviews can be accessed here: Key Stage 3 PSHE | Key Stage 4 PSHE