QE is committed to empowering our students to become adaptable, resilient, responsible, reflective, creative and fulfilled individuals who go on to thrive and make a valuable contribution to local, national and global communities. Our PSHE offer encapsulates the most recent additions to RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education).
The way in which our students learn about PSHE and RSHE differs slightly from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4. The table below gives an overview:
Delivery Method | KS3 | KS4 |
Wednesday 25 minute AM RSHE Session | ✔ | |
Thursday 25 minute AM RSHE Session | ✔ | ✔ |
Friday 25 minute AM Healthy Eating / Careers Session | ✔ | ✔ |
1 hour per fortnight’s PSHE lesson | ✔ | |
RSHE and PSHE topics interwoven through curriculum subjects | ✔ | ✔ |
Tender workshops | ✔ | ✔ |
Following feedback from our parent group, on the RSHE/PSHE offer, we would like to signpost parents to the following resources:
• BBC article on talking about sex with your child
• Parentinfo – when to talk about puberty
• Brook resources that you can share with your child
• Big Talk Education’s Ten Top Tips on ‘the talk’
• ThinkUKnow advice on Supporting Positive Sexual Behaviour
• Internet Matters – Encouraging Safe Choices as a Parent
Parents also explained that the curriculum map, showing what we are studying at various times through the year would be helpful, please find this below;
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