Subject Staff

Name

Role

Contact

Mrs R Pearson Head of Department

Contact

Mr G Clark Teacher of Life

Contact

Miss M Timperley Teacher of Life

Contact

Mrs R Stephenson Teacher of Life

Contact

Miss S Parsons Teacher of Life

Contact

Mrs S Barlow-Houghton Teacher of Life

Contact

Mr R Kay Teacher of Life

Contact

Mr J Birdsall Teacher of Life

Contact

Mrs R Spence Teacher of Life

Contact

Mrs A Nuega Teacher of Life

Contact

Miss J Parsons

Teacher of Life

Contact
Miss R Holmes

Teacher of Life

Contact
Mrs V Crossman

Teacher of Life

Contact
Miss E Morel

Teacher of Life

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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

 

Term 1 Topics

Term 2 Topics

Term 3 Topics

Detailed Overview Curriculum Roadmap

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

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Year 8

Healthy Relationships (SRE)

Healthy Lifestyles and self-care (Health)

Rights and Responsibilities (LWW)

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Year 9

Sex and Relationships: Sexual Health 

Health: Risky Behaviour

Living in the Wider World: Government and Democracy

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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

 

 

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

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Year 11

Active Citizenship

Mental Health

Human Rights

Physical Health

Preparing for

next steps

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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

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.

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.

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

Week commencing

Theme

Week commencing

Theme

4.9.23

Introduction to school and safeguarding

19.2.24

Welcome back

11.9.23

Reading

26.2.24

World book day

18.9.23

International Day of Peace

4.3.24

National careers week

25.9.23

European Languages Day

11.3.24

Science week

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

16.10.23

Rewards and celebration

15.4.24

Welcome back – safeguarding

30.10.23

Welcome back- standards

22.4.24

Earth Day

6.11.23

Remembrance

29.4.24

Local/community history month

13.11.23

Anti- Bullying week

6.5.24

Mental health awareness week

20.11.23

Road Safety week, Friendship Day

13.5.24

Fairtrade day

27.11.23

Human Rights Day

20.5.24

Rewards and celebration

4.11.23

Foodbank

3.6.24

Welcome back- standards

11.12.23

Disability history month

10.6.24

PRIDE

18.12.23

Rewards and celebration

17.6.24

First aid

8.1.24

Behaviour and safeguarding

24.6.24

Assemblies held for year 6 pupils as part of transition week

15.1.24

World religions day

1.7.24

Safeguarding reminders

22.1.24

Holocaust Memorial Day

8.7.24

Malala Day

29.1.24

Storytelling week

15.7.24

Rewards and celebration

5.2.24

Rewards and celebration

 

 

Additional materials to support study:

Resource

Link

Newsround – current events

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Brooke – Health, Sex and Relationship resources and advice

https://www.brook.org.uk/pshe-curriculum/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwm9yJBhDTARIsABKIcGav4NF4MN_ADq-eq3C01pXI49K-85pLGGknutxKLpAzUDGXFarkc08aAqwxEALw_wcBm

Frank  - Drug and Addiction Resources 

https://www.talktofrank.com

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