PSHCE
Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHCE) is a basic entitlement for all pupils. PSHCE contributes to the development of personal skills with the acquisition of relevant knowledge and understanding.
This should enable pupils to lead confident, healthy, responsible lives as individuals who make a positive contribution to their communities and to society as a whole. At Saracens High School pupils are encouraged to take part in a wide range of activities and experiences across and beyond the curriculum, contributing fully to the life of the school and the wider community. In particular, the House system and the many activities arranged within the Houses support an inclusive, participatory ethos.
PSHCE aims to enable pupils to:
- Value others and feel valued
- Respect others and be respected
- Be independent and interdependent
- Behave responsibly
- Have a concern for justice and uphold the rights of others
- Understand the consequences of their actions
- Treat others the way they would like to be treated
- Develop leadership, organisation, resilience, initiative and communication skills.
PSHCE gives pupils opportunities to reflect on their experiences and understand how they are developing personally and socially, encompassing many of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues in their lives and those of others in society, allowing them to build meaningful relationships. It also promotes pupils’ well-being and self-esteem enabling them to take responsibility for their learning and life choices. PSHE is the joint responsibility of the individual, the family, the school and the wider community.
Through our PSHCE programme, individual pupils are encouraged to show respect for our common humanity, diversity and the differences between people. PSHE in the school curriculum at Saracens High School provides many opportunities to promote pupils’ personal and social development including belonging and identity, relationship and sex education, substance education, financial education, careers education, human rights and abuses including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It also compliments lessons from the school curriculum covering areas such as issues in politics, the law, family, the environment, British Values, E-safety, self-awareness and the media.
Outside of the curriculum the following add value to PSHCE within the wider school context:
- Core and foundation subjects
- PiXL Them and Us and The Edge programmes
- Assemblies (Year, House, and whole school)
- House activities
- House and school elections
- School charities
- Cross-curricular projects
- School/pupil council
- Invited visitors
- Daily Learning group sessions
- Work with vulnerable pupils including social skills groups, and the work of the SEND staff, including Learning Mentors
- Educational visits
- Residential experiences
- Sports teams & other activities
- Work experience.
We also recognise and celebrate local and national events including:
- Black History Month
- Diversity Week
- Them and Us Month
- International Week
- Our History Month
- Holocaust Memorial
- Religious Festivals
- Safer Internet Day
- Relationships, Sex and Health Education Days
- Making Memories Week.
Our PSHCE and RSHE policies can be found here:
http://www.saracenshigh.org/Policies/
Advice and Wellbeing Support for pupils can be found here:
Key Stage 3
Year 7
Autumn Term 1
- Making sense of COVID
- Kindness
- Emotions
- Conflict/Domestic Abuse
Economic Vulnerability - Bereavement
Autumn Term 2
- Mental Health & Where to get support
- Friendships
- Bullying
Spring Term 1
- Healthy Eating
- Diet
- Energy Drinks
- Active Lifestyle and Consequences
- Puberty & Body Image
- Hygeine
Spring Term 2
- ICT Safety
- Digital Footprint
- Sharing Personal Information
- Chatrooms
- Social Networks
- Sexting
Summer Term 1
- Budgeting
- Saving
- Avoiding Debt
- Making Money
- Financial Products
- Transactions
Summer Term 2
- Stereotypes
- Islamophobia
- Homophobia
- Disability
- Different Culture
- Radicalisation
Year 8
Autumn Term 1
- Making sense of COVID
- Kindness
- Emotions
- Conflict/Domestic Abuse
- Economic Vulnerability
- Bereavement
Autumn Term 2
- Mental Health & Where to get support
- Friendships
- Bullying
Spring Term 1
- Healthy Eating
- Diet
- Energy Drinks
- Active Lifestyle and Consequences
- Puberty & Body Image
- Hygeine
Spring Term 2
- Consent
- Sex Education
- Pornography
- Sexting
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Body Image
Summer Term 1
- Career Pathways
- Future Plans
- The Work Place
- Enterprise
Summer Term 2
- Stereotypes
- Islamophobia
- Homophobia
- Disability
- Different Culture
- Radicalisation
year 9
Autumn Term 1
- Making sense of COVID
- Kindness
- Emotions
- Conflict/Domestic Abuse
- Economic Vulnerability
- Bereavement
Autumn Term 2
- Mental Health & Where to get support
- Friendships
- Bullying
Spring Term 1
- Consent
- Sex Education
- Pornography
- Sexting
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Body Image
Spring Term 2
- Healthy Eating
- Diet
- Energy Drinks
- Active Lifestyle and Consequences
- Eating Disorders
- Substance Misuse
Summer Term 1
- Career Pathways
- Future Plans
- The Work Place
- Enterprise
Summer Term 2
- Stereotypes
- Islamophobia
- Homophobia
- Disability
- Different Culture
- Radicalisation