PHSE At Key Stage 4

Developing confidence and responsibility and making the most of their abilities:

We aim to teach our pupils:

• assess their qualities so they can set personal goals
• to have a sense of their own identity and be able to adapt to different situations
• learn from past experience
• how to deal with pressures
• to look at budgeting and managing money
• look at options post 16
• to look at the help available to them about their future options

Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle

We aim to teach our pupils:

• to look at consequences when making decisions about personal health
• to use assertiveness skills to resist pressure
• to look at the management of stress
• to look at the health risks and consequences about future decisions
• to look at relationships, sexual health and consequences to health

Developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people

We aim to teach our pupils:

• the diversity of ethnic groups
• be aware of exploitation in relationships
• to challenge discrimination
• to look at and talk about the different forms of relationships
• to look at the family and the importance of family life

We aim to teach our students the knowledge, skills and understanding through opportunities to:

• take responsibility
• feel positive about themselves
• make real decisions
• meet and work with people, for example work experience
• develop relationships, for example working in new groups
• prepare for change