Our Head of Faculty is

Mr M Durham – mdurham@tcat.school

Our subject teachers and emails are

Mrs A Davies adavies@tcat.school

Mr S Day stuartday@tcat.school

Mr M Durham – mdurham@tcat.school

Miss S. Griffiths – sgriffiths@tcat.school  

Miss B. Godsall bgodsall@tcat.school 

Mrs L Gwilliam  lgwilliam@tcat.school

Mrs R Kent rkent@tcat.school

Mr Langley mlangley@tcat.school

Mrs T Lloyd – tlloyd@tcat.school

Miss B Muirhead imuirhead@tcat.school

 

 

Our subject intent is

At the core of the ethos at Queen Elizabeth High School is a commitment to helping our students to achieve above and beyond their expectations and be able to contribute well to their local community and society as a whole.  Students are respected as individuals and supported so that they believe and achieve.  As an integral part of our curriculum offer, we hope to aid this goal through our delivery of SMSC, PSHE and British Values by creating an educational environment in which pupils are encouraged and stimulated to develop academically and personally, and to grow into themselves as confident, thoughtful and considerate people who are ready to move on to the next stage of their lives. 

We believe that the school should actively promote all students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development by providing positive experiences through planned and coherent opportunities in the curriculum and through interactions with teachers, other adults and the local community. 

SMSC and British Values are promoted through the school programme of PHSE and Citizenship as well as embedded throughout the school curriculum.  PSHE is delivered through a lesson a week for each year group, form time sessions, the assembly programme and different events delivered by external providers. We endeavour to offer a varied and holistic experience to enable our young people to be responsible, reflective and active citizens with a strong awareness of British values.  Our intention is to help our students to develop a set of core values and beliefs that will sustain them through life and see them through the dilemmas, choices and difficulties that they are bound to encounter at one point or another. 

We aim to help our students to develop a reflective approach to themselves and to the world around them, one that is based on an informed understanding, tolerance and acceptance of others. 

Curriculum Subject Offer

Year 7 PSHE

Subject intent

In year 7, you will begin PSHE by looking at your transition into secondary school, keeping good friendships and some basic first aid. In the second topic you will learn about careers including raising career aspirations and possible future career choices. You will also begin to look at enterprise skills. In the third area of learning you will learn about relationships and then look at some key aspects of citizenship including, prejudice and discrimination, and freedom of speech, followed by online safety and cyber bullying. Then you will assess the risks of smoking and drugs before looking at puberty, and FGM. In the summer term you will learn about relationships in more detail, exploring family relationships and keeping safe relationships, before moving onto living in the wider world, which goes on to look at political parties, parliament and elections.

Topic Breakdown

Topic 1

Health and Wellbeing

Transition to Secondary School

Keeping good friendships

Bullying

First aid- CPR

Topic 2

Living in the Wider World

Careers

Enterprising qualities

Team work skills

Topic 3

Living in the Wider World

Prejudice and discrimination

Freedom of speech

Relationships

Cyber bullying

Online safety

Topic 4

Health and Wellbeing

Smoking and drugs

Energy drinks

Managing puberty and personal hygiene

FGM

Topic 5

Relationships

Family relationships

Keeping safe and positive relationships

Living in the Wider World

The UK Government

The role of parliament

Elections

 

You will be assessed through your own self assessment of key elements throughout the year and short assessment tasks at the end of a topic.

PSHE full Scheme of Work - Year 7

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Year 8 PSHE

Subject intent

In year 7, you began PSHE looking at your transition into secondary school, the importance of a growth mind set and keeping good friendships followed by healthy lifestyles and some basic first aid. In the second half of the autumn term you learnt about careers including raising career aspirations and possible future career choices. You then looked at enterprise skills touching on aspects of Citizenship too, focusing on British Values and rights and responsibilities.  In the first half of the spring term you learnt about relationships and other key aspects of Citizenship including, prejudice and discrimination, freedom of speech and voting, followed by online safety and cyber bullying. In the latter half of the spring term you assessed the risks of alcohol, tobacco and other substances before looking at puberty, FGM and dental health. In the summer term you learnt about relationships in more detail, falling in love, exploring family relationships and keeping safe relationships, before moving onto living in the wider world, which looked at political parties, parliament and elections. You also looked at budgeting, making financial and ethical decisions. 

During year 8, in the autumn term, you will develop your first aid skills further and look more at personal safety, alcohol, vaping and  drug misuse, including how to manage peer influence. During the second half of the autumn term you will begin by looking at careers before moving on to British values, human rights and prejudice and discrimination. In the spring term you will assess relationships and issues such as racism and radicalisation, forced marriage, hate crime, freedom of speech and online safety. In the second part of the spring term you will learn about bereavement and loss, social media and self esteem, the impact of posting images online and healthy relationships. You will also develop your first aid further, looking at asthma and allergies. In the final term, you will learn about relationships in more detail by looking at consent, contraception and sexting, before looking at living in the wider world including financial decisions on savings, borrowing and spending.  

Topic Breakdown

 

Half term 1

Half term 2

Autumn

Health and Wellbeing 

First aid and personal safety 

Peer pressure 

Drugs 

Alcohol 

Vaping 

Living in the Wider World 

Careers 

British values 

Human rights 

Prejudice and discrimination 

Spring

Relationships 

Racism 

Preventing radicalisation 

Forced marriage 

Online safety 

Hate crime 

Freedom of speech 

Health and Wellbeing 

Managing grief and bereavement  

Social media and self esteem 

Resilience and refraining from negative thinking 

Mental health 

First aid 

Healthy relationships 

 

Summer

Relationships 

Healthy relationships continued 

Introduction to sex education and consent 

Sexting 

Introduction to contraception  

STIS 

Living in the Wider World 

Budgeting and saving 

Income and expenditure 

Tax and National Insurance 

Savings, loans and interest  

Financial transactions  

You will be assessed through your own self assessment of key elements throughout the year and short assessment tasks at the end of a topic.

PSHE full Scheme of Work - Year 8

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Year 9 PSHE

Subject intent

During year 8, in the autumn term, you learnt about first aid and personal safety, alcohol, vaping and  drug misuse, including how to manage peer influence. During the second half of the autumn term you learnt about careers before moving on to British Values, democracy, human rights and prejudice and discrimination. In the spring term you learnt about relationships and issues such as racism and radicalisation, forced marriage, hate crime, freedom of speech and online safety. In the second part of the spring term you learnt about bereavement and loss, social media and self esteem, posting images online and healthy relationships. You also developed your first aid further, looking at asthma and allergies. In the final term, you learnt about relationships in more detail by looking at consent, contraception and sexting, before looking at living in the wider world including financial decisions on savings, borrowing and spending.  

During year 9 PSHE you will look at peer pressure including risk and gang crime and you will learn about a healthy lifestyle. You will then move on to learn about careers and future aspirations and different skills for the work place. You will also learn about budgeting and managing risks with money. In the spring term in year 9 you will learn about some key aspects of Citizenship including British Values and the equality act and human rights and then look at different relationships, focusing on conflict at home, homophobia, transphobia and sexism. You will then move on to look at health and wellbeing, with regards to different substances including drugs and alcohol and first aid. In the summer term you will learn about relationships and sex education including pornography, STIs and sexting, before moving onto learning about a growth mindset, body image and mindfulness as part of the health and wellbeing module. 

 

Topic Breakdown  

Topic Breakdown

 

Half term 1

Half term 2

Autumn

Health and Wellbeing 

Taking risks 

Peer pressure 

Crime, gangs and county lines 

Knife crime 

Healthy lifestyles 

Sleep 

Self esteem and confidence 

 

Living in the Wider World 

Understanding careers, future skills 

Apprenticeships 

Work place skills 

Team work skills 

Money- budgeting and managing risk 

Spring

Living in the Wider World 

Personal identity and British Values 

The equality act and human rights 

Relationships 

Managing conflict at home 

Child on child abuse 

Homophobia and transphobia LGBT 

Sexism and gender stereotyping 

 

Health and Wellbeing 

Assessing the risks of drug and alcohol and vaping 

First aid- CPR, choking and bleeds 

Summer

Relationships 

Consent and sex education  

Contraception 

STIs, HIV and Aids, Pornography 

Sexting 

Health and Wellbeing  

Growth mind set to achieve 

Managing anxiety  

Body image  

Mindfulness 

Vaccinations and blood and organ donation  

You will be assessed through your own self assessment of key elements throughout the year and short assessment tasks at the end of a topic.

PSHE full Scheme of Work - Year 9

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Year 10 PSHE

Subject intent

During year 9 PSHE you learnt about peer pressure including risk and gang crime and you learnt about healthy lifestyles. You then moved on to learn about careers and future aspirations and different skills for the work place. You also learnt about budgeting and managing risks with money. In the spring term in year 9 you learnt about some key aspects of Citizenship including British Values and the equality act and you then looked at different relationships, focusing on conflict at home, homophobia, transphobia and sexism. You then learnt about health and wellbeing, with regards to different substances including drugs and alcohol and first aid. In the summer term you learnt about relationships and sex education including pornography, STIs and sexting, before moving onto health and wellbeing with a focus on a growth mindset, mindfulness, and body image. 

During year 10 PSHE, you will look at self-confidence and goals and reframing negative thinking, focusing then on mental health and strategies to promote mental health. Year 10 will then look at their personal targets, focusing on work experience and researching where they would like to go in the summer term. You will then look at Citizenship including human rights, diversity, free press and extremism. In the spring term you will learn about romance and love and breakups. You will also focus on other elements with relationships including consent and sexting. The second half of the spring term will look at health and wellbeing, talking about the impact of drugs, binge drinking, bereavement and loss, finishing with first aid. The summer term begins with relationships and family relationships and parenting followed by teenage pregnancy and abortion and the importance of role models. We will then look at living in the wider world and learn about income and expenditure, debt, gambling and insurance and pensions. As part of the final half term pupils will do their work experience. Prior to this they will look at some key elements which will help during work experience, including, work ethic, health and safety and rights and responsibilities in the work place.  

Topic Breakdown

 

Half term 1

Half term 2

Autumn

Health and Wellbeing 

Self-confidence and goals 

Reframing negative thinking 

Strategies to promote mental health 

Living in the Wider World 

Personal development and targets 

Work experience 

Living in the Wider World 

Job interviews 

CV and cover letter writing 

Human rights and international law 

Diversity and mutual respect 

Free press 

Extremism 

Spring

Relationships 

Romance and love 

Consent 

Break ups 

Grooming 

Pornography 

Sexting 

 

Health and Wellbeing 

Drugs and alcohol- managing influence and sources of support 

Managing grief and bereavement  

First aid- CPR 

 

Summer

Relationships 

Contraception 

Teenage pregnancy/ abortion 

Role models 

Living in the wider world 

Income and expenditure 

Debt 

Gambling 

Pensions  

 

Living in the Wider World 

Work experience check in 

Work ethic 

Health and safety  

Rights and responsibilities in the work place 

You will be assessed through your own self assessment of key elements throughout the year and short assessment tasks at the end of a topic.

PSHE full Scheme of Work - Year 10

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Year 11 PSHE

Subject Intent

During year 10 PSHE, you learnt about self-confidence and goals and reframing negative thinking, focusing on mental health and strategies to promote it. You then identified personal targets, focusing on work experience and researching where you wanted to go in the summer term. In the spring term you learnt about romance and love and breakups. You then looked at other elements with relationships including consent and sexting. In the second half of the spring term you looked at health and wellbeing, talking about the impact of drugs, binge drinking, bereavement and loss, finishing with first aid. The summer term started with relationships and family relationships and parenting followed by teenage pregnancy and abortion and the importance of role models. We then looked at living in the wider world and learnt about income and expenditure, debt, gambling and insurance and pensions. As part of the final half term you completed your work experience and learnt about key aspects of life at work including, health and safety and your rights and responsibilities in the work place.  

During year 11 PSHE, you will begin by looking at the importance of self-esteem and how to cope with stress, looking at preparing for exams and the importance of sleep. In the second half of the autumn term you will look at British values and the actions people can take to make a change and look at the right career for you. In the spring term you will then discuss the college application process and your plans for the end of year 11, also looking at job interviews, CV writing, personal statements and cover letters. You will then look at electoral systems and voting in the UK and UK governance. Year 11 will then look at relationships  including some sensitive but important topics including, harassment and stalking, forced marriage, FGM and domestic violence.  The first part of the summer term will look at extremism, drugs, alcohol, the dangers of  vaping and cancer and self examination. Year 11 will complete their PSHE in the last half term looking at living in the wider world and money looking at savings, pensions and managing debt. We will also plan and complete a project where you will take an action to help the local community.  

Topic Breakdown

 

Half term 1

Half term 2

Autumn

Health and Wellbeing 

Self-esteem and social media 

Coping with stress 

Sleep 

Living in the wider world 

British values 

Actions people can take to make a change 

The right career for me 

Living in the Wider World 

Options after year 11 and applying for college 

Job interviews 

CV writing 

Personal statements and cover letters 

Electoral systems in the UK 

Voting age 

The legal system 

Spring

Relationships 

Harassment and stalking 

Forced and arranged marriage 

Domestic violence 

Same sex relationships 

FGM 

Safe sex  

 

Living in the wider world 

Extremism and radicalisation 

Health and Wellbeing 

Drugs, alcohol and the dangers of vaping  

Why do we take risks? 

Cancer and self examination  

 

Summer

Living in the wider world 

Savings 

Pensions 

Understanding and managing debt  

Planning your finances for your future  

Taking action to improve the community 

 

You will be assessed through your own self assessment of key elements throughout the year and short assessment tasks at the end of a topic.

PSHE full Scheme of Work - Year 11

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