PSHE

At Hove park school, all students engage in our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education) programme, which supports whole education and the development of the whole child. This looks different depending on the year group and site the students are on, but covering common themes:

  • Diversity and antibullying
  • Drugs and alcohol education
  • Financial decision making
  • Healthy choices (Mental and physical health)
  • Relationships (familial and friendships)
  • Relationships and sex education (RSE)

We recognise that parents and carers have the right to request that their child be withdrawn from sex education delivered as part of statutory relationships and sex education up until three school terms before the young person turns 16. We will inform parents and carers of this right in the school welcome pack.
Our PSHE programme is also supplemented by our enrichment days, including our equalities day that happens at the end of the first autumn half term.

Please see below the programme of study for each year group split up by half term of study. If you wish to ask about further detail or to see resources so you can support your child’s learning, please email tnapper@hovepark.org.uk with which year your child is in and what content you want to ask about.

Valley campus

Students on the valley campus engage with our PSHE programme through two of their weekly learning for life sessions. These sessions are delivered by tutors, and are resourced centrally by Tim Napper, our PSHE co-ordinator.

Year 7

Year 7 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
PSHE Transition & safety Diversity and antibullying Careers Health and puberty Financial decision making Relationships
Transition to secondary school and personal safety in and outside school, including first aid Diversity, prejudice, and bullying Careers, teamwork and enterprise skills, and raising aspirations Healthy routines, influences on health, puberty, unwanted contact, and FGM Saving, borrowing, budgeting and making financial choices Self-worth, romance and friendships (including online) and relationship boundaries

Year 8

Year 8 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
PSHE Drugs and alcohol Discrimination Setting goals Emotional wellbeing Digital literacy Identity and relationships
Alcohol and drug misuse and pressures relating to drug use Discrimination in all its forms, including: racism, religious discrimination, disability, discrimination, sexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia Learning strengths, career options and goal setting as part of the GCSE options process Mental health and emotional wellbeing, including body image and coping strategies Online safety, digital literacy, media reliability, and gambling hooks Self-worth, romance and friendships (including online) and relationship boundaries

Nevill Campus

On the Nevill campus, Students’ PSHE is delivered in once-a-fortnight lessons. For half of the school year they will complete PSHE lessons in this time, and the other half they will complete statutory Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (PRE) lessons. Again, these lessons are resourced centrally by our PSHE co-ordinator, Tim Napper.

Year 9

Year 9 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
PSHE Healthy Choices: Respectful relationships: Intimate relationships
Mental health Balancing activities for health Making healthy choices Family relationships Homelessness Conflict in relationships Gang influence and county lines Intimacy, consent and pressure Safer sex Repeat of Autumn 1 content for the other band Repeat of Autumn 2 content for the other band Repeat of Spring 1 content for the other band

Year 10

Year 10 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
PSHE Healthy relationships and mental health: Exploring influence: Extremism and radicalisatio
Mental health and negative thinking Managing mental health Relationship values Fertility and pregnancy Relationships online Role models and peer pressure Drugs, Alcohol and peer pressure Valuing diversity Extremism Repeat of Autumn 1 content for the other band Repeat of Autumn 2 content for the other band Repeat of Spring 1 content for the other band

Year 11

Year 11 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2
PSHE Communication in relationships: Independence:
Thinking about relationships Communicating in relationships When relationships go wrong Independence and stress Independence and health Independence and emergencies Independence and getting older Repeat of Autumn 1 content for the other band Repeat of Autumn 2 content for the other band
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