PSHE
Gable Hall School PSHE Department:
Personal, Social, Health, and Economic Education (PSHE) at Gable Hall School is at the heart of each child's development, aiming to shape active and thriving citizens within a diverse, fair, and equal community.
Intent: The PSHE curriculum ensures that all students will:
- Develop key values, including responsibility, resilience, compassion, and aspiration, fostering active and thriving citizenship within a diverse, fair, and equal community.
- Acquire the knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary to thrive as individuals, family members, and members of society.
- Develop skills and knowledge about rights and responsibilities, fostering an appreciation for membership in a diverse community.
- Learn how to keep themselves and others safe in both society and online.
- Think critically and make responsible decisions based on acquired knowledge.
- Develop critical thinking skills to make informed choices based on gained knowledge.
Implementation: Teachers implement strategies to:
- Model and teach the GH values.
- Plan and deliver lessons enabling confident, intelligent, empathetic communication and the development and justification of personal opinions and choices.
- Choose and use published schemes and materials to enhance the curriculum.
- Integrate all aspects of PSHE into all areas of curriculum planning.
- Plan discrete units such as Sex and Relationships Education.
- Consistently apply rewards and consequences as outlined in the Behaviour Policy.
- Exploit opportunities through classrooms and whole school displays.
- Enrich the curriculum by identifying influential people and experts as role models and arranging outside speakers, visitors, and visits that develop all aspects of PSHE.
- Assess and provide opportunities to create a climate promoting equality and removing barriers, especially for minority groups and those underachieving.
- Ensure a range of positions of responsibilities for all students and actively support Academy councils.
- Liaise with other agencies such as local authority health teams.
- Work with parents to enable them to support their child’s PSHE.
- Refer students as appropriate to inclusion services within and beyond their own School.
Impact: Students will:
- Have healthy and loving relationships into adult life.
- Develop a can-do attitude to secure and retain employment.
- Live within social norms, being responsible and respectful members of society.
- Deal with hardships with resilience and positivity.
- Maintain positive physical habits and health.
Our intent is to prepare students for an evolving world, so when faced with its challenge, they have the skills and values to make a meaningful contribution and flourish.
What is it like to study this subject?
PSHE students at Gable Hall School will experience well-planned and well-resourced lessons, which have been adapted to meet their needs and provide a modern, engaging and inspiring curriculum for all students, regardless of background. These lessons follow the framework provided by the PSHE Association and meet the statutory DfE requirements for RSE and Health Education. PSHE is delivered by a small team of committed specialists who seek to support, guide and challenge students to become happy and successful adults who make a meaningful contribution to society. Students’ learning is underpinned by the explicit teaching of the Golden Threads, alongside the Skills Builder Universal Framework, which supports them in becoming capable learners, equipped with both the knowledge and skills necessary to overcome challenges and support their own and others’ wellbeing. Students are further challenged to meet high expectations of their conduct and engagement and provided with opportunities to foster positive social values that will enhance their personal development, enabling them to flourish as individuals and as members of their community. They will be given the opportunity to reflect on their progress each half-term, with a project-based termly assessment that will enable them to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they have gained, whilst receiving differentiated feedback to ensure students know what they have achieved well and how to make further progress.
What are the aims of the curriculum?
- We aim to prepare students for an evolving and challenging world, by equipping them with the life skills and values to enable them to be fully participating members of a fast-changing British and global society.
- We aim to provide a thematic, spiralised approach that allows students to revisit topics across KS3 and KS4, exploring them at an age appropriate level, providing them with a comprehensive, balanced and current body of information and enabling continuous reflection on their skills, attitudes and values, to foster a sense of self-worth and confidence that enables them to flourish into the best version of themselves.
- We aim to enable students to mature into individuals who can think critically and independently, able to make informed choices around their physical, mental, sexual, emotional and economic wellbeing, in order to develop and maintain healthy relationships and make meaningful contributions to a world where values and attitudes can be complex and at times, in direct conflict with their own.
- We aim to follow the framework provided by the PSHE Association and meet the DfE requirements for statutory RSE and Health Education as outlined below. We aim to meet the requirements of the Citizenship curriculum (CIT) and the Gatsby Benchmarks (GB), embed the British Values (BV) and SMSC development (SMSC) and provide financial education (FE).
Statutory RSE Topics
- T1 – Families
- T2 – Respectful Relationships, including friendships
- T3 – Online and the Media
- T4 – Being Safe
- T5 – Intimate and Sexual Relationships, including sexual health
Statutory Health Topics
- T1 – Mental Wellbeing
- T2 – Internet Safety and Harms
- T3 – Physical Health and Wellbeing
- T4 – Healthy Eating
- T5 – Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco
- T6 – Health and Prevention
- T7 – Basic First Aid
- T8 – Changing Adolescent Body
- We aim to embed our intent into the working practice of all students and staff within the department.
- We aim to embed the Golden Threads and Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction to create capable learners who have a solid foundation of essential skills, knowledge and age-appropriate reading fluency, enabling them to access the curriculum across KS3 and KS4.
The Department for Education (DfE) have made Relationships, Health and Sex Education statutory from September 2020.
"Making the right choices and staying safe"
Click Here for our RSE special edition newsletter.
British Values
At Ortu Gable Hall School, we are committed to working closely with our community and celebrating the diversity of the UK. We aim to prepare students for life in modern Britain and to ensure that our school ethos, curriculum and approaches to teaching and learning reflect and promote British values. We want the education we provide to help develop our students into global ambassadors.
We recognise that these values are not exclusive to being British and that they have come to be accepted throughout the democratic world as the method of creating an orderly society in which individual members can feel safe, valued and can contribute to for the good of themselves and others.
We work alongside our local community and recognise the variety of religious beliefs within it. Students take part in local events and meet different members of the community to appreciate the valuable contributions they make. All subject departments are aware of the importance of transmitting British values through their curriculum content. The SMSC curriculum map shows this in more detail. We also offer many other opportunities through enrichment activities, drop down days, trips and tutor time/PSHE to enhance British Values within our students.
We take opportunities to:
- acknowledge, celebrate and commemorate national events and anniversaries related to key events in Britain’s past
- join in with international sporting events and find out more about the countries that host them
- support a number of charities that are selected by the students and arrange fundraising events
- invite members of the local community to our school events
- We have excellent partnerships with the international world of business and enterprise which enhances the educational experience for all students
We understand the role that our school has in helping prevent radicalisation and supporting our students in developing a world view, recognising Britain’s place within it.
The five British values are:
- democracy
- the rule of law
- individual liberty
- mutual respect
- tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
Below we include more details about how each British value is embedded in our school.
As an example, in part of a project, students choose a British hero and explain how that individual embodies all five British values.
More broadly, throughout the Religious Studies curriculum, students learn the beliefs and practices of various religions. Religious beliefs that reflect British values are highlighted and religious scripture is used as evidence to support.
Democracy
- Many of our school routines are built upon the concept of democracy. All students have opportunity as an individual, as a member of a tutor group, as a member of a student leadership team and within subject departments, to influence decision making and to have a voice. They understand that they must use this voice responsibly.
- Students are regularly consulted both formally and informally about how their school might be improved. They see the example that is set with staff working cooperatively with each other to make the school the best it can be.
- Student Voice is active and an effective strategy in the Academy, meeting regularly with members of SLT.
- Students within the school have key roles and responsibilities and are democratically elected to take on leadership roles. They understand that they are accountable to the school community for the way in which they carry out these roles. Our Student leadership teams and opportunities allow students to explore and understand the democratic process. During national and local elections we hold our own mock elections. How to work as a member of a team as well as team leadership are included in PSHRE and during form tutor meetings.
- Students learn about the British electoral system, how it has developed and how it works.
- Regular consultations, formal and informal, take place throughout the school year. Students receive feedback and are made aware of any actions that are taken as a result.
The Rule of Law
- Students in our school understand the need for rules to make ours a happy and secure environment. Our behaviour policy is shared and understood and this provides a basis on which we discuss other laws and rules and how they apply.
- Ground rules are established in all areas of the curriculum and school and students are encouraged to see the reasons for them
- Our school works closely with our school police offer and the local community police teams.
- We set ground rules during PSHE classes where sensitive issues are discussed. IT lessons include discussion around data protection and our e-safety code of conduct.
- Each year, every tutor group discusses the school code of conduct with their tutor. Students are encouraged to make their own contributions to the way in which the rules can be applied.
- School sanctions are clearly established and shared.
- Students learn about the legal system in the UK.
Individual Liberty
- The rights of every student are at the centre of our ethos. However, students must also recognise the boundaries there must be too.
- Independent thinking and learning are encouraged and there are frequent opportunities for students to grow in maturity and independence as they move towards the sixth form.
- We place an emphasis on respecting difference and valuing creativity.
- We are introducing an individual biography of someone who has had a particular impact on the history of Britain and who the students can empathise with. We will try to select from a range of cultures and include those who came as immigrants to the country.
- Human rights is a topic included in our PSHRE curriculum.
- In PSHRE we discuss what it means to ‘contribute to society’ and discuss what it means to be ‘free’.
Mutual Respect
- Respect is our school value. We recognise the importance of not only respecting one another but also of self-respect.
- We have a clear anti-bullying policy which emphasises the importance of us creating an environment both within school and the wider world in which individuals can feel safe and valued.
- Our welcome for visitors is part of the school ethos as is the focus on each student as an ‘ambassador’ when they are out in the community.
- Every individual is respected in our school and our actions towards one another reflect this.
- We focus on and develop Integrity in all our students; doing and saying the right thing when no member of staff is present. A high performing school doesn’t have to be a draconian one.
- Our PSHE curriculum includes topics on relationships and what a good relationship consists of.
- We have links with local feeder schools that enable our students to work with younger children on specific projects.
- Our extra-curricular clubs and enrichment activities focus on building self-esteem and self-respect. They also include team-building activities.
- The staff code of conduct ensures that staff behave towards each other in an exemplary way, setting a good example for the students.
- The language used between staff and students at all times is considered to be vital in showing how we respect one another.
Tolerance with those with different faiths or beliefs
- We welcome difference and diversity and aim to create understanding of how this adds to the richness of our community.
- We aim to do more than ‘tolerate’ those with different faiths and beliefs. We recognise the extent to which our own traditions and history have developed side by side and the rich cultural heritage that different world religions bring.
- We believe that exploring and understanding other people’s faiths and beliefs are rewarding experiences and help us understand our own faiths and beliefs better.
- Our PSHE curriculum which follows an Agreed Syllabus teaches about a range of faiths, religions and cultures.
- We invite representatives from different religions into our school and visit places of worship, respecting the rules that apply to them and the beliefs of those who use them.
- Students are familiar with the principles which different religions hold and explore the main world religions as outlined in the Agreed Syllabus.
- We take the opportunity to find out more about different cultures we encounter through research and discussion.
- We encourage those in our school who hold different faiths and beliefs to share their experiences and provide us with insight.
- We visit other countries which provides additional insight into cultures other than our own.
Key Stage 4
Citizenship / PSHE Lessons
Year 10
Autumn 1: Mental health Mental health and ill health, stigma, safeguarding health, including during periods of transition or change.
Spring 2: Exploring influence The influence and impact of drugs, gangs, role models and the media.
Living in the Wider World
Autumn 2: Financial decision making The impact of financial decisions, debt, gambling and the impact of advertising on financial choices.
Summer 2: Work experience Preparation for and evaluation of work experience and readiness for work.
Relationships
Spring 1: Healthy relationships Relationships and sex expectations, pleasure and challenges, including the impact of the media and pornography.
Summer 1: Addressing extremism and radicalisation Communities, belonging and challenging extremism.
Year 11
Autumn 1: Building for the future Self-efficacy, stress management, and future opportunities.
Spring 2: Independence Responsible health choices, and safety in independent contexts.
Living in the Wider World
Autumn 2: Next steps Application processes, and skills for further education, employment and career progression.
Relationships
Spring 1: Communication in relationships Personal values, assertive communication (including in relation to contraception and sexual health), relationship challenges and abuse.
Summer 1: Families Different families and parental responsibilities, pregnancy, marriage and forced marriage and changing relationships.
KS4 PSRE Curriculum Map
Wellbeing Tutor Time
Wellbeing (WTTP) at Gable Hall School.
At Gable Hall our WTTP is integral to underpinning our school’s values. We take a thoughtful and deliberate approach. Our wellbeing tutor time programme is embedded into our curriculum and teaching staff plan for opportunities to develop students’ ability to reflect on their learning. Our curriculum, our assembly programme, our wellbeing tutor time programme and our Student Voice programme ensure delivery and content is wide ranging.
Key Messages:
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Citizenship / PSHE / SMSC is statutory content and delivered through wellbeing tutor time sessions.
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Resources for each year group are made for tutors and on shared on GC - Link
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Booklets should be completed by each pupil each half term and kept safely.
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Sessions can and should be adapted and differentiated by individual tutors
Our approach to the Wellbeing tutor time programme.
The form tutor is central to the pastoral system. The pastoral system is focused upon student welfare and support, not punishment. The aims to support students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self and responsibility in their community.
Teaching and learning in context
Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and are connected to their lives and their experience of the world that they have experienced. We have designed the wellbeing tutor time sessions to promote this ethos across key stages. Using global contexts, students develop an understanding of their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet through developmentally appropriate explorations of: identities and relationships, personal and cultural expression, fairness and development and globalization and sustainability.
We have created and developed an effective tutor time programme where each student will have a booklet to complete throughout the year working alongside the ACHIEVE principles.
Each year group from Year 7 to Year 13 has personalised and structured WTTP sessions each week. Click Here to see our WTTP plan
Finance Education
Finance Education
Financial education is an essential element of the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum here at Ortu Gable Hall school, in particular preparing pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. Learning about money is delivered through Citizenship, Maths, PSHE education and out Wellbeing Tutor Time programme.
At Ortu Gable Hall students have the opportunity to learning about banking and finance delivered through their Wellbeing Tutor Time sessions and invite visitors in from HSBC to talk to the students about helping young people of all ages to learn about money. At Ortu Gable Hall we understand that growing up comes greater responsibility for managing their own finances.
It is also enhanced within our teaching of Maths and other subjects, supporting our students to apply their knowledge, understanding and skills in real-life contexts.
Our Aim: Our aim is to prepare students to manage their money well and plan for future financial needs.
KS3: Covers the functions and uses of money, day-today money management, budgeting and managing risk.
KS4: Covers income and expenditure, credit and debt, insurance, savings, pensions, and financial products.
Citizenship lessons provide the link public spending and budgeting and personal finance. The Maths curriculum also develops students’ use of formal mathematical knowledge to interpret and solve problems, including in financial mathematics, for example learning about interest rates. Financial education is also key to the delivery of comprehensive personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education for pupils, complementing delivery of statutory Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education.
At Ortu Gable Hall students also learn about: the role that money plays in their own and others’ lives; how to be a critical consumer; choices about spending and saving money, and what influences these choices; and risks associated with money.
We also cover some money-related topics as part of our statutory RSE and Health Education, including online gambling and advertising under ‘Internet safety and harms’. In addition, exploring the link between money, feelings and relationships – including economic abuse – can support and enhance delivery of learning relating to ‘Respectful relationships, including friendships’, ‘Being safe’ and ‘Mental wellbeing.
KS3 Mapping and Learning Journey
| Unit: Living in the Wider World | |
| Lesson | Topic / Theme |
| 1 | Finance Income and Expenditure |
| 2 | Budgeting and Saving |
| 3 | How can I avoid debt? |
| 4 | Preparing for life after school |
| 5 | Types of Employment |
KS4 Mapping and Learning Journey
Banking
- Banking 101 - Supporting understanding of the basics of banking, borrowing, saving and why getting a bank account is important.
- Guarding against Fraud - How to recognise and protect yourself online.
Spending choices:
- Gaming4Good - Explore the world of gaming and how to stay on top of your spending.
- Savvy Shopping - Looking at what is considered good value when shopping.
- Sustainable choices - Looking at how to be a critical consumer.
- Household Budgeting - Understanding regular household spending.
- Tracking and monitoring outgoings - how not to get caught with unexpected bills.
Life moments
- Moving out of the home
- Staring your career
- Kick start your finances
- Budgeting for university life.
- Guarding against Fraud - How to recognise and protect yourself online.
Spending choices:
- Gaming4Good - Explore the world of gaming and how to stay on top of your spending.
- Savvy Shopping - Looking at what is considered good value when shopping.
- Sustainable choices - Looking at how to be a critical consumer.
- Household Budgeting - Understanding regular household spending.
- Tracking and monitoring outgoings - how not to get caught with unexpected bills.
Life moments -KS4
- Moving out of the home
- Staring your career
- Kick start your finances
- Budgeting for university life.
For more information take a look at the HSBC Financial Education website - Click Here
Staff
Nicola Jeffery: Senior Vice Principal: Behaviour & Welfare (Pastoral & Community)
Naomi Oakley: Department Lead PSHE
Zoe Dean: PSHE Co-ordinator
Annie Pawsey: PSHE Teacher, Programme Manager for RSE (Contextual Safeguarding)
