PSHE

PSHE Website Information

At Everton Free School PSHE is taught on a weekly basis to all year groups. PSHE (Personal Social and Health Education) aims to develop students into well rounded citizens as they move through school into further education and employment as well as wider society.

Our PSHE delivery is underpinned by the key values of Everton Free School and Football College. Students are encouraged to approach each school day with the ‘Three R’s’ Respect, Responsibility and Resilience.

The aims of our curriculum are to develop students risk awareness around the key issues that face them as they grow into young adults. Students are also taught the key issues in RSE (Relationships Sex Education) such as healthy relationships, sex education in an inclusive manner considering LGBTQ+.

Year 11 are taught PSHE twice a week as part of their weekly timetable. Y9/10 are taught PSHE on a once weekly basis, in replacement of the second session of PSHE they are taught a humanities programme that is inclusive of historical and current issues around society, race and religion.

The programme of study for PSHE is listed below:

Content covered in these areas are listed below:

Substance Misuse and Self Identity

Drug Misuse
Risk taking behaviours
Reasons for and against the use of drugs
Drugs and the law
Identifying signs of risk taking behaviours

Consent and Intimate Relationships

Unprotected sex
Myths and Misconceptions around consent
Right/Capacity to withdraw
Sex and the Media. Expectations and the Media
STI/STD and contraception
Negotiating Safer Sex
Sexting
Recognising sexual harassment
Getting support and help for Sexual harassment
Making choices
Media and sex: Age ratings

Prejudice, Discrimination and Bullying

Communities, inclusion, respect and belonging
Equality Act, Diversity and Values
Social Media influence on beliefs
Cyber Bullying and how to report
Misleading information
LGBT/BLM/POC Representation

Mental Health Awareness

Challenges in adolescents
How to reframe negative thinking?
Strategies to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing
How to access support and treatment
Portrayal of Mental health in the media
Challenging stigma, stereotypes and misinformation.

E-Safety and Online Gambling

Keeping safe online
Dangers online
Online Grooming
Online Gambling
Identity theft
Sexting
Sharing of nudes
Law around nudes
Understanding how to be safe online

Substance Misuse and County Lines

County Lines and the Law
Knife Carrying
Healthy and Unhealthy Friendships
CCE (Child Criminal Exploitation)
Risk management in relation to gangs

Equality and Diversity

How to respect other people’s beliefs and values
Equality Act Diversity and Values
Understanding Equality in the work place.
Black History Month
Diverse Families

Healthy Lifestyles

Smoking Cessation
Relationship between physical and mental health
Sleep and importance of sleep
Eatwell plate
Independent health choices
How to make informed healthy eating choices?
Firework safety

Healthy Relationships

About relationships, values role of pleasure in relationships
Misassumptions about sex, gender and relationships
Opportunities and risk of forming and conducting relationships online
How to manage the impact of the media, pornography on sexual attitudes, behaviour and relationships
Legal implications of consent
Manipulation
Coercion
How to recognise and respond to pressure?
Exploitation, reporting and accessing appropriate support
Victim blaming and how to challenge this?
Asexuality, Abstinence and Celibacy

Understanding Change

Gender expression, Gender Identity
Building Resilience
Different types of families and changes to family structures
Bereavement

Me and My Rights

Employment rights and responsibilities
Equality in the workplace
First Aid
How to use a defibrillators?
UNICEF Rights of the child
Emergency and Non-Emergency situations and contact appropriate services

GOALS and Target Setting

Feedback and Planning for the future
How to set and achieve SMART Targets
How to manage work/life balance
Post 16 options and career choices
Future destinations
Employability skills
Online presence and Opportunities to broaden experience
Transferable skills and strengths and areas for development
Decision making

Relationships and Sex Education

Enjoying intimacy without sex
Myths and Misconceptions of consent
Capacity to withdraw
Effective use of condoms and negotiating safer sex
Consequences of unprotected sex including pregnancy

Identity and Relationships

How relationships can change over time?
How your feelings for someone can change over time?
Different types of families and parenting including same sex parents, single parents and blended families
Positive relationships in the home
Reducing homelessness amongst young people
How to handle unwanted attention including online?
Challenging harassment and stalking including online
Unhealthy, exploitative and abusive relationships
Accessing support in abusive relationships and seeking support
Abusive Relationships

Addressing Extremism and Radicalisation

Communities inclusion, respect and belonging
How social media may distort, misrepresent or target information in order to influence beliefs and opinions?
How to manage conflicting views and misleading information?
How to safely challenge discrimination including online?
How to respond and recognise extremism and radicalisation?

Building for the Future