Year 7

This course will ensure your  transition to Beverley High School is a positive experience equipping you with the skills and knowledge to feel a valued member of the school community and to consider your role within it and the wider community. You will do this through a range of activities including discussion, presentations from visiting speakers, peer assessment, co-operating with other students and interpreting information.

In Year 7 you will cover the following topics:

Introduction to school life including the school community and friendships

Rights and responsibility in school, rules, sanctions and rewards

Personal organisation

Democracy in action – to include elections and secret ballots

Anti-bullying including cyberbullying

Puberty including menstruation and emotional well-being

Personal care and hygiene

Information Advice and Guidance including looking jobs and careers and analysing personal skills and qualities

Staying safe including fire, electrical, personal and sun safety

Emergency first aid

Being healthy including diet and exercise

Financial understanding – What is money?

Year 8 and Year 9

The wellbeing curriculum helps you to embrace change, feel positive and enjoy healthy, safe, responsible lives.

Through active learning opportunities you will be encouraged to recognise and manage risk, take increasing responsibility for yourself, your choices and your behaviours and make a positive contribution to your family, the school and the community.

You will have the opportunity to learn through a range of activities including discussion, presentations from visiting speakers, peer assessment, cooperating with others in group activities and interpreting information.

You will always be encouraged to ensure that you can clarify information in order that you makes informed choices both now and in the future.

In Year 8 you will cover the following topics:

Families and family pressures

Changing relationships including separation and divorce

Further information on dealing with puberty and menstruation

Anti bullying

Self esteem and recognising individual talents

Financial understanding – What do banks do?

Careers Education

Facts and the law about drugs, alcohol and tobacco use

First aid

Personal target setting based on her school report.

In Year 9 you will cover the following topics:

Rights and responsibility

Taking risks including a cross curricular project with Mathematics

Mental Wellbeing

Body image and eating disorders

Careers Education with Information, Advice and Guidance about Key stage 4 choices

Introduction to Logonmoveon

Anti bullying

Alcohol awareness - fact or fiction

Sexual Health including contraception

Government. politics and the judicial system

Reasearch and presentation of a teenage health issue

Financial capabilities - My money week

Preparation for Year 10

Personal target setting based on her school report.

Beverley High School is proud of its charitable giving and you will be involved in numerous events over the academic year.

Key Stage 4

The wellbeing curriculum continues to help you to embrace change, feel positive and enjoy healthy, safe, responsible lives.

Through active learning opportunities you will be encouraged to recognise and manage risk, take increasing responsibility for yourself, your choices and your behaviours and make a positive contribution to your family, the school and the community.

You will have the opportunity to learn through a range of activities including discussion, presentations from visiting speakers, peer assessment, cooperating with others in group activities and interpreting information.

You will always be encouraged to ensure that you can clarify information in order that you makes informed choices both now and in the future.

In Year 10 and Year 11

The Wellbeing curriculum aims to -

  • Provide information on sexual health, the law, and sexuality
  • Develop communication and social skills necessary to develop and maintain relationships
  • Make informed choices and decisions
  • Provide opportunities to explore and clarify attitudes and values.

  • To increase student understanding of themselves as individuals and as members of society.

  • To enable students to make informed choices in relation to anticipated careers and occupations

  • To help students develop knowledge and understanding of the 'World of Work'

  • To help students prepare themselves effectively for adult and working life.

In Year 10 you will cover the following topics:

Peer pressure and influences such as the media.

Relationships including the pressures of parenting

Anti bullying awareness

Consumer law

Financial Capabilities

Homophobic bullying

Difference and identity

Drug awareness

Sexually-transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS

Preparation for work experience and understanding the world of work

Information Advice and Guidance including an introduction to the Common Area prospectus

Personal target setting based on her school report.

You will have the opportunity to seek Careers advice. 

In Year 11 you will have the opportunity to take part in work experience in an area of your choice.

In Year 11 you will cover the following topics:

Information Advice and Guidance including use of the Common Area prospectus

Letter writing, application forms, curriculum vitae and interview techniques

Preparation for the world of work

Alcohol and risk taking

Anti bullying awareness

Applying for Post 16 opportunities

Health service - where to go if....

First Aid

Domestic Violence

Road awareness

Pregnancy testing and unplanned pregnancy

Study skills

Personal target setting based on her school report.

 

Careers education and guidance forms a major part of the course and in addition you will gain an insight into money management, your role in society including your rights as a citizen,  During both Years 10 and 11 opportunities are given to you to record your personal achievements, skills and experiences. You will all use the Common Area Prospectus for research and applying for post-16 opportunities.

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