What is PSCHE?
P- Personal
S- Social
C- Citizenship
H- Health
E- Economic
PSCHE education equips young people with knowledge, understanding, attitudes and practical skills to live healthy, safe, productive, fulfilled, capable and responsible lives. It encourages them to be enterprising and supports them in making effective transitions, positive learning and career choices and in managing their finances effectively. Through the PSCHE curriculum at Kirkby College, students are able to reflect on and clarify their own values and attitudes, and explore the complex and sometimes conflicting range of values and attitudes they encounter now and in the future.
What do students do in PSCHE?
Here at Kirkby College PSCHE is an important part of our school curriculum. All students in Years 7 -11 will receive 1 timetabled lesson of PSCHE over two weeks. Students in Years 12 & 13 will complete PSCHE activities during their extended tutor time.
In Year 7 Students will cover:
- Starting School
- Human Rights
- Identity
- Careers
- Puberty and Personal Hygiene
- Friendships & Bullying
- Finance
- Drugs Education
In Year 8 Students will cover:
- PSCHE DAY- Personal Safety Morning & Careers Morning
- Homelessness & Refugees
- Relationships & LGBT
- Careers & Option Choices
- Government & Politics
- Healthy Lifestyles
In Year 9 Students will cover:
- PSCHE DAY- Step into the NHS Competition
- Global Conflicts
- Sex and Relationships Education
- Personal Safety
- Smoking, Alcohol & Cannabis
- Fair Trade
- Government & Politics
In Year 10 Students will cover:
- PSCHE DAY- Ambitious in Ashfield Careers Programme
- Careers
- Sexual Exploitation & Teen Pregnancy
- Discrimination, Racism & Equality
- The World Around Me
- Work Experience Preparation and Evaluation
In Year 11 Students will cover:
- PSCHE DAY- Work Experience Launch and Careers
- The World of Work
- Planning for the Future
- Finance and Debt
- Drugs Education
- Revision Techniques
- PSCHE DAY- Trip to the NEC Skills Show
Sex and Relationships Education (SRE)The purpose of SRE at Kirkby College is: to prepare students for the physical and emotional changes of growing up; to give them the knowledge and skills to make informed and healthy choices; to build their confidence and skills to deal with situations they may encounter; to help them to stay safe and know where and how to ask for help if needed.
If you have any concerns or would like to withdraw your son/daughter from SRE lessons, please contact the PSCHE staff.
As part of PSCHE education lessons, students take part in a series of sex and relationship education lessons. These focus mainly on explaining and preparing students for the physical and emotional changes associated with puberty. They also consider the changing nature of a range of relationships, including friendship, family relationships and intimate relationships.