Psychology

e relevance of Psychology in contemporary society cannot be underestimated. By understanding Psychology, we can improve how we live our lives and society in general. In our syllabus, every study is undertaken with a speci c purpose in mind which can then be applied in everyday life – whether it is improving how we learn, understanding how groups of people behave or treating a disorder. We are very intentional about teaching our pupils to recognise how psychological studies can be applied to other scenarios in everyday life.

Psychology is a popular subject at Peponi School. It is a two year course which is introduced at AS level. e rst year consists of learning some of the world’s most in uential psychological experiments and analysing their strengths and weaknesses. e second year focuses on more traditional forms of psychology such as mental health where we cover a range of mental disorders and how to treat them, as a school we also o er “health psychology” which is a useful module for any students planning on medical careers or service industry. is provides a good foundation for the study of Psychology or related courses in higher education.

For our class project, we worked with our School Counsellor and the Ministry of Health to run the Wellness Week.We organised talks and undertook activities that were geared towards empowering the Peponi community, with an emphasis on ideas of how to handle di cult emotions in healthy ways.

To conclude the activities for the week, the Upper VI Psychology class visited the Kamili Organisation. is institution provides a ordable psychological care and carries out community projects that aid in promoting mental health. is visit enabled the students to understand their course content better by engaging rst hand with patients and mental healthcare practitioners. ey had a chance to hear di erent experiences from the psychologist, patients and psychiatric nurses at the clinic. rough the generous contribution of the Peponi community, we donated cash to support the various projects run by the organisation.

With the vast majority of our Psychology pupils achieving an A-C grade for their A levels in the 2022 May/June exams, as an institution we are statistically over the average of the UK school results. As such we are very proud of the results that we achieve and are con dent that we will have a repeat performance this year.