Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship, Careers
RSHE, Citizenship and Careers Year 8 Curriculum Overview
What is the Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship and Careers curriculum aiming to achieve? | ||
What do we want our Year 8 students to be like? | How are we building on prior learning? | How can parents/carers support their child’s learning? |
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How are we organising the Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship and Careers curriculum? | ||||||
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Topics
| Positive Citizenship | Respect and Resilience | Crossing the Line (Online Safety) | Relationships and Consent | Careers | Drugs and Alcohol Courts and the Law |
Threshold Concepts
| Understand what it means to make a difference to their community and how this may look. | Understand how respect should look in friendships | Understand what is acceptable behaviour on line and how to report issues | The law surrounding consent, managing conflict. | Understanding and breaking down stereotypes | Making healthy choices Understanding the British court system |
Skills
| Research Critical thinking Communication | Empathy Listening Communication | Empathy Listening Communication | Empathy Listening Communication | Research Critical thinking | Research Critical thinking |
Enrichment within the curriculum | RSHE enriches and develops students’ understanding of the world around them. It provides the information and skills necessary to keep themselves safe and build the resilience to cope when things do not go as expected. It allows students to hear alternative views and question the validity of their own. RSHE allows students to be confident in their choices. | |||||
Cross curricular links
| The RSHE curriculum has links with many other subjects such as:
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Extra-curricular opportunities
| RSHE encourages empathy, discussion, research, critical thinking, respect and the understanding of being healthy and being safe. These skills will be an advantage in any extra-curricular activity. | |||||
What are the intended outcomes of the Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship and Careers curriculum? | ||||||
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Opportunities to show progress (Assessments) | Assessment is through self-reflection. Students gauge their knowledge and skills prior to the unit of work and again at the end. Discussion of the contents and outcomes of the unit allow students to feel confident in their knowledge and develop the skills to question and explore further. | |||||
Impact on personal development (SMSC) | RSHE is essential to personal development. It allows age appropriate discussion in a safe environment to explore ideas and garner information. Students will look at scenarios and risks and be able to understand consequences in a controlled way.
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Preparation for the next stage of education | The RSHE curriculum builds in complexity as students move through the school and become more aware of issues outside the bubble of education. It is planned to allow age-appropriate discussion and exploration of relationships, health, sex and online safety; becoming more in-depth as they mature and develop.
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