PSHE NEWSLETTER HALF TERM 3
What will pupils be studying in PSHE?
The themes for the half term, along with information about some of the topics we will be exploring are below:
Year 7 :
Relationships
In their lessons, Year 7 will look at the characteristics of healthy relationships like friendships, rights and responsibilities and assertiveness.
Year 8 :
Relationships
In their lessons, Year 8 will look at having a positive relationships with themselves, managing a range of relationships and online safety.
Year 9 : Healthy
Me and Changing Me
In their lessons, Year 9 will look at the effects of drugs and alcohol, mental health and managing emotional changes.
Year 10 :
Relationships
In their lessons, Year 10 will look at intimacy, attraction and having a healthy relationships with oneself.
Year 11 :
Relationships
(this will start after the trial exams period)
In their lessons, Year 11 will look at media stereotypes, peer on peer abuse and rights and protections under the Equality Act.
Years 12 & 13 :
Relationships
(this will start after the trial exams period)
In their lessons, Years 12 and 13 will look at responsibilities and consequences, communicating wants and needs and unwanted, inappropriate behaviours.
As we do in every half term, we will also be using whole-school and year group assemblies to explore a wider range of PSHE topics such as online safety, healthy choices and bullying.
Hymers College
An exciting opportunity
This term, we have been lucky enough to secure 10 places on The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Training Programme. The Diana Award was founded on Diana, Princess of Wales’ belief that young people have the power to change their community, their country and the world.
On 28 February, we will be taking 10 students to Stokesley in North Yorkshire to participate in a one-day training programme, after which they will become Hymers College Anti-Bullying Ambassadors
Following an assembly delivered by Miss Caley on 17 January, all students in Years 8, 9, 10 and 12 were invited to
Online Safety
Every half term in this newsletter we will share some tips and guidance on online safety and ways that our students can keep themselves safe online. Many of these resources are provided to us by National Online Safety (https://nationalonlinesafety.com/). Their website has a wealth of advice and guidance, not only for schools but for parents and carers as well, on how to keep children safe online. We would highly recommend paying this website
submit an A4 letter of application to become an anti-bullying ambassador. At the time of publication, we are looking forward to reading these letters. This will be a vital role in the school and the successful applicants will be leaders in the school’s approach to anti-bullying, being a strong voice in the community, standing up to unacceptable behaviour and encouraging others to do the same. We hope that in the years to come we will be able to grow the number of antibullying ambassadors in the school. Keep an eye out in the next newsletter for all the details about our day in North Yorkshire!
a visit if you are concerned about anything from online gaming, social media websites or internet safety. This half term’s newsletter focuses on social media, in particular the app TikTok, a very popular app amongst teenagers. We would remind parents and carers that the school policy is that mobile phones are turned off between 8.30am and 4pm. If you need to get a message to your child, please contact them through the General Office.
Where to seek extra guidance/support on PSHE topics
At the start of every PSHE lesson, we reiterate the importance of everyone’s rights and responsibilities. We remind everyone in the classroom that:
Everyone has the right to: → Participate or pass → Listen and speak
Privacy
An opinion → Learn
Everyone has the responsibility to: → Allow others to participate or pass → Listen and allow others to speak → Maintain privacy
→ Respect difference of opinion → Allow others to learn
If any students need to seek extra support and guidance on PSHE, or the session raises worries or concerns for them, we would encourage them to speak in the first instance to their form tutor.
Other people they can speak to are their Heads of Year, Head of PSHE, Form Prefects and buddies as well as trusted adults at home.
At the end of every session students are signposted to websites or leaflets that can provide extra information or support on the topic they have covered.
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