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ruskin high school

Developing Together
Through PSHCE

The Ruskin Community High School PSHCE curriculum reflects the school’s values and ethos, and encourages both respect and tolerance in order to provide students with an environment where they feel safe, comfortable and heard. The curriculum is mapped by the recommendations from the PSHE Association, along with statutory content instructed by the Department of Education, whilst also taken into consideration is the context of our school and the needs of our students.
Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education aims to allow students the opportunity to explore wellbeing and how this can be maintained, in conjunction with providing our students with the tools to become healthy, safe and valued members both in our local community and in a wider context that uphold the values of British citizens.

Our curriculum is designed to underpin our school values of:

Teachers have high expectations of pupils; pupils rise to this challenge.

Respect

At the beginning of each academic year, ground rules are established and agreed to in order to encourage a learning environment based on respect and tolerance, where students can raise questions and confidently explore the topics covered. We encourage plenty of dialogue between tutor and tutees to speak, assert opinions or ask questions.

The focus is on open and supportive sessions where every student is encouraged to contribute and feel safe and welcome. All questions will be answered in an honest, unbiased and open way.

We cover three core key themes, which are Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World. These themes encourage students to demonstrate respect for each other, their environment and themselves.

High Aspirations

The curriculum model is designed to give all students, particularly the most disadvantaged and those with SEND, the knowledge and skills to build their cultural understanding and capital to succeed in life. It also addresses the right for equal access to appropriate courses and facilities to secure skills for future learning and employment.
The PSHCE curriculum model is designed to link in with all other curriculum areas to so that students can recognise the cross-curricular links and see value in the subject. PSHCE at Ruskin builds on skills and knowledge learnt in their academic studies, to develop their abilities to navigate the world around them.
We provide a holistic curriculum which facilitates opportunities for all our students to participate in a wide range of enriching activities to help build confidence, self-esteem, communication and resilience. Positive attitudes to learning reflect a lifelong love of learning.

Confidence

The approach is focused on enabling our students to develop the deep and sustained powerful knowledge they need to become active and successful citizens.


It promotes deep thinking, autonomy and independence and ensures that gaps in students’ knowledge and skills are actively addressed. Memory retrieval practices are embedded so students feel confident addressing the issues and discussion raised.

This is a curriculum in which British and humanitarian values are embedded and enable every student to become well informed and active citizens of the school and community, which will in turn provide our young people with the tools and confidence to make a positive difference in the world around them.

Miss Davies

Curriculum Leader

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Our PSHCE 5 Year Curriculum Journey

Use the journey below to find out what your child will learn in PSHCE

Begin your new journey from Primary School with us

Year

7

Transition to Secondary School

Personal Safety (RSE)

Health & Puberty (RSE)

Building Relationships (RSE)

Diversity (RSE)

Identity and Relationships

Community and Careers

PSHCE

Discrimination (RSE)

Year

8

Developing Skills & Aspirations

Careers

Digital Literacy

Careers

Emotional Wellbeing (RSE)

Financial Decision Making

Careers

Drugs & Alcohol (RSE)

Year

9

Healthy Lifestyles (RSE)

Employability Skills

Careers

Setting Goals

Peer Influence (RSE)

Financial Decision Making

Exploring Influence

Careers

Mental Health & Wellbeing (RSE)

Year

10

Intimate Relationships (RSE)

Respectful Relationships (RSE)

Families (RSE)

Building for the Future (RSE)

Careers

Addressing Extremism and Radicalisation (RSE)

Year

11

Next Steps

Careers

Readiness for Work

Communication in Relationships (RSE)

Healthy Relationships (RSE)

Careers

Independence (RSE)

Careers

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