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Year 7 Curriculum plans
Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
Autumn |
Careers | Steps Careers Programme- Step Up booklet.Students will develop themselves (through careers, employability and enterprise education).Students will learn about careers and the world of work.Students will plan for the future (using career management, employability and enterprise skills). | Students will confidently explore what they have achieved to date, and what roles they consider to be successful. They will independently use the careers library and Unifrog resources to support their understanding of the world of work, and be able to set targets for their own learning. | Students' work booklets are regularly monitored by form tutors. Students will also self-assess through discussion, understanding and clarity of views. |
Spring |
Mental Health and Wellbeing | Learn to use appropriate language to discuss emotions. Understand the link between relationships and happiness. Know the common types of ill mental health.Know how diet impacts health; including links to cancer and tooth decay. | Students will be able to express emotion in a clear way using relevant language. Students will be able to see the connection between relationships and positive mental health. Students will be able to apply their learning to ensure they maintain a balanced diet and good physical and mental health. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Spring |
Personal Finance | Students will learn what are the functions and uses of money as well as the difference between credit and debt and income and expenditure.Students will be introduced to financial institutions and how you deal with them.Students will learn about how public money is raised and spent.The practice of budgeting and managing risk. | Students will be introduced to the various elements of the financial system and its workings,Student will be able to identify different financial institutions and the role they play,Students will understand the importance of budgeting for oneself and in a larger sense as a nation. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Summer |
Physical Health & Fitness |
Know the positive associations between physical activity and the promotion of mental wellbeing, including as an approach to combat stress. How can physical activity help us to be more mentally healthy? Understand the links between an inactive lifestyle and ill health. Know how to make better choices and improve our health. Know about personal hygiene, including viruses, how they spread and prevention. Links to attendance and prevention of spread. What is a healthy diet? How can we help ourselves to improve our diet? |
Students will be able to confidently and openly discuss their views on this topic. Students will be confident in asking questions to clarify their existing knowledge on this topic and feel comfortable having their views challenged by peers and staff. Students will be very specific about the choices that can be made to improve health. |
Questioning: Can students suggest links between mental and physical health? Can they understand what some of the key terms mean? Do they contribute to the session verbally? Do they actively do something as a result of these discussions? Do the students change what their routines are as a consequence of these discussions? |
Summer |
Relationships |
Know the characteristics of positive friendships including: trust, respect, honesty, kindness, generosity, boundaries, privacy, consent and the management of conflict, reconciliation and ending relationships. This includes different (non-sexual) types of relationships. Know practical steps they can take in a range of different contexts to improve or support respectful relationships Skills: Identify positive and healthy friendships in all contexts including online. |
Students will be able to confidently and openly discuss their views on this topic. Students will be confident in asking questions to clarify their existing knowledge on this topic and feel comfortable having their views challenged by peers and staff. |
Questioning: Do they understand what some of the key terms mean? Do they contribute to the session verbally? Do they actively do something as a result of these discussions? Do the students adapt their responses in relationship scenarios as a result of the learning?
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Year 8 Curriculum plans
Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
Autumn |
Careers | Steps Careers Programme- Step On booklet.Students will develop themselves (through careers, employability and enterprise education).Learn about careers and the world of work.Plan for the future (using career management, employability and enterprise skills). | Students will confidently explore what they have achieved to date, and what roles they consider to be successful. They will independently use the careers library and Unifrog resources to support their understanding of the world of work, and be able to set targets for their own learning. | Students' work booklets are regularly monitored by form tutors. Students will also self-assess through discussion, understanding and clarity of views. |
Spring |
Mental Health and Wellbeing | Students will learn about the impact of ill mental health and life choices.The importance of time outdoors and the benefits of physical exercise.Positive associations between physical activity and mental wellbeing. | Students will have the skills to reflect on personal choices and activities to reduce stress and promote positive mental health.Students will be able to apply their learning to themselves and others. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Spring |
Personal Safety and The Law | Students will be taught about the strategies used by gangs to exploit and manipulate young people and how to avoid them.We will give them a background to and awareness of County Lines and its dangers for young people.Students will be taught about criminal exploitation. and how this links to the law relating to the supply and possession of illegal substances.Explain the physical and psychological risks associated with alcohol consumption. | Students will be able to identify the different types of gang activity that they have to be aware of and the most effective ways of dealing with them, Students will be reminded of the grooming behaviours gangs use and the reasons for this.Students will be clear on CCE and its implications for those involved. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Summer |
Relationships and Online Safety |
To understand and identify the differences between the online world and the physical world. Identify what a healthy relationship looks like. Know their rights, responsibilities and opportunities online. To know the positive and negative activities of the online world. Know the laws associated with online behaviours including image and information sharing. Identify harmful behaviours online (including bullying, abuse or harassment) and how to report, or find support, if they have been affected by those behaviours. |
Students will be able to confidently and openly discuss their views on this topic. Students will be confident in asking questions to clarify their existing knowledge on this topic and feel comfortable having their views challenged by peers and staff. |
Discussion based- Question and answer with any subsequent interactions with individuals or groups which refer back to these sessions, underpinning the understanding. |
Summer |
Personal Finance |
Knowledge:
Know the functions and uses of money, the importance and practice of budgeting, and managing risk.
Understand income and expenditure, credit and debt, insurance, savings and pensions, financial products and services, and how public money is raised and spent. |
Students will be able to confidently and openly discuss their views on this topic. Students will be confident in asking questions to clarify their existing knowledge on this topic and feel comfortable having their views challenged by peers and staff.
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Questioning: Do they understand what some of the key terms mean? Do they contribute to the session verbally? |
Year 9 Curriculum plans
Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
Autumn |
Careers | Steps Careers Programme- Step Ahead booklet.Students will develop themselves (through careers, employability and enterprise education).Learn about careers and the world of work.Plan for the future (using career management, employability and enterprise skills). | Students will confidently explore what they have achieved to date, and what roles they consider to be successful. They will independently use the careers library and Unifrog resources to support their understanding of the world of work, and be able to set targets for their own learning. | Students' work booklets are regularly monitored by form tutors. Students will also self-assess through discussion, understanding and clarity of views. |
Spring |
Mental Health and Wellbeing | Know what constitutes personal hygiene, and how germs, including bacteria and viruses are spread.Know how to treat and prevent infection (antibiotics), Understand the basics of good dental health including healthy eating and check-ups.Understand the need for sufficient sleep for good health and the impact of poor sleep patterns on health and wellbeing. | Students will speak confidently about mental health and wellbeing and be able to provide detailed examples of how to treat and prevent poor health. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Spring |
Democracy and The Rule of Law | Understand the democratic government in the United Kingdom including the roles of citizens, parliament and the monarch.Have an understanding of human rights and international laws.Identify the different roles within a democratic government. | Students will be able to evaluate the political structures both domestically and internationally. They will have a clear understanding of what human rights are and how they apply to citizens in the United Kingdom. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Summer |
Democracy and The Rule of Law |
Students will know: The nature of rules and laws and the justice system, including the role of the police and the operation of courts and tribunals. Identify what Human Rights are and why they are important. The legal system in the UK, different sources of law and how the law helps society deal with complex problems. To know the nature and challenges of diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the United Kingdom and the need for mutual respect and understanding. |
Students will be able to confidently and openly discuss their views on this topic. Students will be confident in asking questions to clarify their existing knowledge on this topic and feel comfortable having their views challenged by peers and staff. Students will be able to articulate and support their views and be able to listen to the views of others on a range of related topics. |
Class discussion- question and answer. Matching activity/exit quiz. |
Summer |
Relationships and Families |
Students should know:
That there are different types of committed, stable relationships.
Be able to explain what marriage is, including their legal status e.g. that marriage carries legal rights and protections not available to couples who are cohabiting or who have married, for example, in an unregistered religious ceremony.
Why marriage is an important relationship choice for many couples and why it must be freely entered into.
Know that some types of behaviour within relationships are criminal, including violent behaviour and coercive control. |
Students will be able to confidently and openly discuss their views on this topic. Students will be confident in asking questions to clarify their existing knowledge on this topic and feel comfortable having their views challenged by peers and staff. Students will be able to articulate and support their views and be able to listen to the views of others on a range of related topics. |
Class discussion- question and answer. Matching activity/exit quiz. |
Year 10 Curriculum plans
Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
Autumn |
Careers | Steps Careers Programme- Step Forward booklet.Students will develop themselves (through careers, employability and enterprise education).Learn about careers and the world of work.Plan for the future (using career management, employability and enterprise skills). | Students will confidently explore what they have achieved to date, and what roles they consider to be successful. They will independently use the careers library and Unifrog resources to support their understanding of the world of work, and be able to set targets for their own learning. | Students' work booklets are regularly monitored by form tutors. Students will also self-assess through discussion, understanding and clarity of views. |
Spring |
Mental Health and Wellbeing | Understand the key language needed to describe Mental health crises in a mature way and describe the steps to address them.To know the key factors associated with maintaining positive mental health.Understand the balance between physical and mental health and how it is interlinked. | Articulate clearly the link between physical and mental health and use appropriate language and terminology to describe mental health crises. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Spring |
Healthy Relationships | Know that there are different types of stable, committed relationships.Understand the differences between safe and unsafe relationships and how to report concerns.Identify the characteristics of positive and healthy friendships. | Students will give clear examples of the differences between safe and unsafe relationships.They will articulate the characteristics of a variety of relationships using mature language and terminology. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Summer |
Healthy relationships |
Students will know the practical steps they can take in a range of different contexts to improve or support respectful relationships.
Students will know that some types of behaviour within relationships are criminal, including violent behaviour and coercive control.
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Students will be able to confidently and openly discuss their views on this topic. Students will be confident in asking questions to clarify their existing knowledge on this topic and feel comfortable having their views challenged by peers and staff. Students will be able to articulate and support their views and be able to listen to the views of others. |
Discussion based- Question and answer with any subsequent interactions with individuals or groups which refer back to these sessions, underpinning the understanding.
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Summer |
Study Skills |
Students will learn a range of effective ways to revise and prepare for their exams. Students will be able to implement a range of strategies to reduce exam stress. Students will develop the skills to manage personal health (sleep/ diet/ exercise) to optimise performance in exams and study.
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Students will be open to implementing a range of revision strategies/ techniques. They will be willing to try new things and be able to self- reflect on the effectiveness of their self- study. Students will be able to identify how to manage their own performance by optimising sleep, nutrition and hydration. Students will be able to recognise the signs of stress and be able to manage these thoughts/ feelings effectively using strategies discussed in class. |
Discussion based- Question and answer with any subsequent interactions with individuals or groups which refer back to these sessions, underpinning the understanding.
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Year 11 Curriculum plans
Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
Autumn |
Careers | Steps Careers Programme- Step Into The Future booklet.Students will develop themselves (through careers, employability and enterprise education).Learn about careers and the world of work.Plan for the future (using career management, employability and enterprise skills).Students will also use the ?Unifrog? platform to explore the variety of post-16 choices available.They will become familiar with and use the Unifrog Know-how library.to explore a variety of jobs and post 16 opportunities.They will develop an understanding of BTEC subjects, the difference between BTECs and A-levels, and to tackle negative stereotypes. They will explore what A-Levels are and the factors to consider when choosing A-Level subjects. | Students will confidently explore what they have achieved to date, and what roles they consider to be successful. They will independently use the careers library and Unifrog resources to support their understanding of the world of work, and be able to set targets for their own learning. | Students' work booklets are regularly monitored by form tutors. Students will also self-assess through discussion, understanding and clarity of views. |
Spring |
Mental Health and Wellbeing | To understand the changes in the brain during adolescence and the impact of this on emotional and mental health.Helpful strategies for dealing with exam stress.How to stay physically and mentally healthy, Students will be able to apply their knowledge to promote positive mental health in themselves and others. | Students will have a clear understanding of the changes in the brain during adolescence and the impact of these changes on emotional and mental health. They will be able to give examples of strategies that will help to manage stress as well as maintain good mental and physical health in general. Students will be able to demonstrate use of appropriate strategies in order to maintain good mental health. | Students will complete a variety of tasks within the tutor programme. They will be assessed via discussion, paired work, and short written tests. |
Spring |
Exam Preparation | Revision and consolidation of content learnt in preparation for final GCSE examinations,Following a revision timetable.Using the study strategies learnt in the Autumn Term,Keeping mentally and physically healthy, | Students will use effective study strategies to revise appropriate content and skills to help prepare them for their summer examinations. They will organise and manage their time effectively so that their time is spread appropriately between their different subjects and content. Students will be able to demonstrate use of appropriate strategies to maintain good mental health and manage exam stress/anxiety. | Students will be assessed through observations and “checking in”/mentoring conversations with their tutor. |
Summer |
Exam Preparation |
Planning and creating a revision timetable. Students will use the revision material prepared for them led by form tutor to support the exam timetable. Students will prepare for their exams via the completion of guided reading and comprehension activities linked to their GCSE English revision. |
Students will use effective study strategies to revise appropriate content and skills to help prepare them for their summer examinations. They will organise and manage their time effectively so that their time is spread appropriately between their different subjects and content. Students will be able to demonstrate use of appropriate strategies to maintain good mental health and manage exam stress/anxiety. |
Students will be assessed through observations and “checking in”/mentoring conversations with their tutor. |