PSHCE
At St Mark’s, our PSHCE curriculum is deeply linked to our school mission, providing space for reflection, empowerment and challenge. The topics covered in PSHCE and the way in which they are delivered are planned to instill possibilities, transform lives and enable all to fulfill their potential.
Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Economic (PSHCE) education is an integral subject in our curriculum through which pupils develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future. It helps our young people to stay healthy and safe, while preparing them to make the most of life and work.
Our carefully designed spiral curriculum is planned to develop knowledge, skills and attributes, where prior learning is revisited, reinforced and extended year on year. The curriculum is constantly evolving due to the changing needs of our pupils, our school community, and the issues in our wider geographical area. Therefore this curriculum is regularly reviewed to ensure information used to develop pupils’ knowledge on any aspect of PSHCE education is up to date, accurate, unbiased and balanced.
At St. Mark’s PSHCE is delivered by Form Tutors who are best placed to know the pastoral needs of the pupils within their care and can adapt content accordingly. Where possible a range of trusted outside speakers are brought in to make learning opportunities more impactful and memorable for the students. This also enables them to ask questions to experts in these areas.
Our PSHCE content is carefully designed to work in parallel with our RSHE programme, our Careers programme and our safeguarding duty, and is fully aligned with DfE guidance for RSE and Health Education.
The PSHCE curriculum is split into three main themes of:
- HEALTH AND WELLBEING
- RELATIONSHIPS
- LIVING IN THE WIDER WORLD
Within these themes, the curriculum addresses sub-themes of:
- Self-Awareness
- Self-care, Support and Safety
- Managing Feelings
- Changing and Growing
- Healthy Lifestyles
- The World I live in
