Curriculum Overview

 

Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Sixth Form

Term 1: Health and Independence

In this unit students will develop an awareness of important health issues such as cosmetic and aesthetic procedures. Blood and stem cell donation as well as understanding the benefits of resilience and high self esteem.

Not applicable

Priority
A thing that is regarded as more important than others

Employment
Having paid work

Vocation
A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation

Fulfilment
The achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted

Stress
A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances

Goal
The object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
This unit helps to prepare students for their lives after school.

Create a supportive community:

Term 2: Building for the future

In this unit pupils will start preparing for the next steps after school including writing CV's and interviews. They will explore issues such as self-efficacy stress management and goal setting.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Create a supportive community:

Term 3: Relationships and Families

In this unit students will learn the value of long-term relationships and marriage, parental responsibilities, adoption and fostering. We will also study the laws relating to forced marriage and honor based violence.

Not applicable

Relationship
The way in which two or more people or groups regard and behave towards each other

Marriage
The legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship

Engagement
A formal agreement to get married

Conflict
A serious disagreement or argument

Children
A son or daughter of any age

Teenager
A person aged between 13 and 19 years

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
This unit helps to prepare students for their future personal lives.

Create a supportive community:

Term 4: Preparing for Exams

In this unit students will reflect on their mock exams and learn how to plan a revision schedule, set meaningful targets and complete a final exam checklist.

Not applicable

Exam
A formal test of a person's knowledge or proficiency in a subject or skill

Goal
The object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.

Revision
Reread work done previously to improve one's knowledge of a subject, typically to prepare for an examination.

Wellbeing
The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.

Sixth form
The two final years at school for students between the ages of 16 and 18 who are preparing for A or AS levels

Planning
The process of making plans for something

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
This unit will help students as they start to prepare for taking their GCSE exams.

Create a supportive community:

Term 5: Preparing for exams

In this unit students will reflect on their mock exams and learn how to plan a revision schedule, set meaningful targets and complete a final exam checklist.

Not applicable

Voting
Give or register a vote

Taxes
A compulsory contribution to the government on a workers' income.

Volunteering
Freely offer to do something

Jury
A body of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.

Council
A body of people elected to manage the affairs of a city, county, or other municipal district.

Media
The main means of mass communication - broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet.

Citizen
An inhabitant of a particular town or city

Informed
A decision or judgement based on an understanding of the facts of the situation

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
This unit enables students to be more socially and politically aware and will enable them to be more aware of their consumption of media.

Create a supportive community: