PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION (PDE)
Our vision is for students to be able keep themselves healthy and safe, and prepared for life and work.
We aim to develop well-rounded, confident, resilient, empathetic individuals who, by the time they leave us, will have developed skills for risk management, personal safety, teamworking and critical thinking in the context of the three core themes: PSHE (health and wellbeing, relationships and living in the wider world (including economic wellbeing), Citizenship and Careers Education Information and Guidance.
The DfE’s statutory guidance on RSHE sets out the details of what students are expected to have learned by the end of Y11, but we aim to go beyond these requirements, taking into account the views of our community, and in particular our students, so that we address the issues that matter to our students and that affect their lives. Our curriculum is planned to build upon knowledge and skills developed by students in previous years with a spiralised approach, to deliver elements sufficiently regularly so it sticks, but is age and stage appropriate, building to deal with more mature and complex situations over the years to prepare our students well for life beyond our Academy.
key stage 3
Accordion Title
• To enable students to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy and safe, and prepared for life and work. These skills and attributes include resilience, self esteem, risk-management, teamwork and critical thinking.
• To enable students to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to play a full part in society as active and responsible citizens.
• To enable students to learning about careers, learning and work so that they can manage their own development and make life choices and decisions that will benefit their own wellbeing and contribute to the wellbeing of others.
teaching methods
The department uses a range of methods, including:
• Individual, paired and small group working
• Debate and structured discussion
• Independent research
• Role play
• Presentations
• Participation in active citizenship projects
• Use of ICT programs including PowerPoint, DVD and online careers programs
• Analysis and interpretation of text-based sources
• Opportunities for engagement with employers and other visiting speakers
resources
• The department utilises a range of ICT and multi-media resources.
• Opportunities for independent careers guidance to support decision-making regarding post 14 options
key stage 3 curriculum outline
• In PSHE lessons, students learn about key core themes of health and wellbeing, relationships and sex education and living in the wider world (including economic wellbeing)
• In Citizenship lessons, students learn about politics, parliament and voting as well as human rights, justice, the law and the economy.
• In careers and work related learning lessons, students participate in career and work related learning activities to discover more about themselves, find out about careers and the world of work and develop skills for career wellbeing and employability. Students will also be supported to make decisions about their post 14 options
key stage 4
