Curriculum overview
Personal Development Lessons at Charles Darwin School
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview 2024/25
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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
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Autumn Term |
Safety online |
RSE |
Looking after my Mental Health |
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Lesson 1 |
Social media |
Positive and healthy friendships |
What affects my mental health? |
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Lesson 2 |
Fake news |
Consent |
Sleep & relaxation |
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Lesson 3 |
On-line security |
Defining relationships |
Feeling isolated |
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Lesson 4 |
Respectful on-line communication |
Exploring boundaries |
Impact of physical activity |
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Lesson 5 |
Cyberbullying - research |
Positive Relationships |
Managing Peer Approval |
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Lesson 6 |
Cyberbullying – presentation skills |
Family relationships |
Bullying & Mental Health |
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Lesson 7 |
Who are you talking to? |
Body image |
Mental Health Support |
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Spring Term |
RSE |
Me and My Money |
RSE |
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Lesson 1 |
Different types of relationship |
Jobs and employment |
In a relationship? |
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Lesson 2 |
Positive & healthy friendships |
Different types of income |
Communication in relationships |
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Lesson 3 |
Identifying unhealthy relationships |
Income calculations |
Feelings and Self Esteem |
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Lesson 4 |
Consent & assertive communication |
Budgets |
When relationships go wrong |
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Lesson 5 |
Exploring feelings |
Currency |
Healthy relationships online |
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Lesson 6 |
Summary & next steps in RSE |
Financial success |
Summary, reflection & next steps in RSE |
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Summer Term |
You and your body |
The world around me |
Culture & Diversity |
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Lesson 1 |
Knowing my body |
What is politics? |
What is ‘culture’? |
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Lesson 2 |
A healthy diet |
UK politics and parliament |
Exploring different aspects of culture |
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Lesson 3 |
Smoking & Vaping |
Elections & voting |
Diversity in the UK |
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Lesson 4 |
The benefits of exercise |
Global Politics & Human Rights |
Championing the LGBTQ+ community |
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Lesson 5 |
Alcohol |
Global goals |
Discrimination |
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Lesson 6 |
Cannabis and other drugs |
Global goals 17 |
Tackling racism |
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Lesson 7 |
Summary and reflection – my health |
Current political issues in the UK |
British Values |
Key stage 4 PSHE/Developing Character and resilience
We aim to prepare Charles Darwin students to be able to:
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Transition to a more grown-up mind set in negotiating relationships, personal health and life skills;
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Developing relationships, behaviours and personal choices;
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Taking personal learning into more complex and adult situations.
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Developing understanding around sexual behaviours, identifying and understanding abusive relationships;
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Adult expectations, behaviours and vulnerability in the wider community and world.
The skills and knowledge acquired through the PSHE curriculum are based around healthy communication and increasing emotional literacy to be able to negotiate challenging situations. The areas of emerging need for students are as a result of our pastoral information on students, SHEU survey from all Bromley schools and from our student voice. These skills also build more personal responsibility for managing personal health and accessing support for any issues, including substance abuse (drugs, vaping and alcohol) and consequences of careless sexual behaviours (abuse and Sexually transmitted infections). Pupils are given opportunities to develop knowledge in self-identity and differences with others – applying the same skills to more complex and challenging situations. The themes of communication, boundaries and empathy provide the foundation to all the learning.
SHEU survey - * Student feedback - **
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Term 2 |
Term 3 |
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Drop day – RSE/effective relationships |
Drop day 2 - resilience |
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Tutor programme |
Tutor programme |
Tutor programme |
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Assembly programme |
Assembly programme |
Assembly programme |