Theology & Philosophy Mr Davis

PSHCEE Drugs and Alcohol Awareness

Aims and Objectives

PSHCEE consists of five components: Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Economic education.

There is an additional Culture component in Years 7-10. The School values are embedded throughout the curriculum, with explicit teaching of the values in the Junior School. All pupils receive a weekly 30 minute PSHCEE lesson with their form tutors during morning tutor time. The Key Skills PSHCEE courses complement the form time sessions, and allow more detailed teaching of the subject using specialist teachers.

As well as being informative, the PSHCEE course has been designed to be skills-focussed. Key skills of critical thinking, decision making and communication are developed throughout the course. When pupils leave HABS we expect that they will be equipped with the knowledge, skills and attributes to become morally responsible and valued citizens.

Objectives:

• To equip pupils with the necessary information they need to make choices which impact their personal and social development • To allow pupils the opportunity to think critically about their personal development, using thinking skills to evaluate information and make decisions • To provide pupils with a safe environment in which to practice their communication skills • To encourage pupils to develop values and attributes that allow them to contribute to the school and wider community • To provide pupils with an environment where they can critically evaluate their values and develop into morally responsible citizens

Scheme of Work

Lesson Topic

1 What is a drug?

2 Alcohol

3 Cannabis

Attitudes to drugs Consequences of drug use

4. Risk

Objectives – by the end of the session pupils should:

• Understand the definition for drug. • Evaluate their current knowledge of legal and illegal drugs.Vaping.

• Be able to explain the major health risks associated with alcohol. • Understand the safer drinking guidelines. • Have considered how to reduce risk when drinking alcohol.

• Understanding risks of cannabis and other drugs. • Assess and manage risk in personal choices and situations.

• Explored where differences in opinion about drugs come from. • Evaluated the extent to which the media influences our views on drugs.

• Be able to predict consequences of drug use. • Understand risks. • Understand the need to manage risk to themselves and others in a range of situations.