The Grey Coat Hospital

Church of England Comprehensive School for Girls

PSHCE

PSHCE

At The Grey Coat Hospital, we take a whole school approach to Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE). This reflects the needs of the pupils, the Christian ethos of the school and the broad aims of the National Curriculum and the statutory guidance for Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education.

Whole school approach

Provision for PSHCE at The Grey Coat Hospital comes from a variety of identifiable sources. There is a whole school approach to PSHCE, which means that key themes and values permeate what we do every day.

PSHCE lessons

Y7-8 have one PSHCE lesson a week; Y9 have one PSHCE lesson a fortnight and Y10 and Y11 have one form time each week allocated to teaching PSHCE content. These lessons are taught by form tutors and coordinated by the Assistant Head in charge of PSHCE and each year group’s Head of Year.

Pastoral programme

Through registration, monitoring, mentoring and target setting PSHCE development is promoted. Form Tutors and Heads of Year have an important role to play in supporting students’ personal, emotional and social well-being and developing their knowledge of the PSHCE curriculum outside of lesson time.

Assemblies

These are delivered by all members of staff during the year and promote PSHCE themes and the Christian ethos of the school. Each year group has a year assembly and there are two Key Stage assemblies each week.

National Curriculum lessons

Within subjects and departments many aspects of PSHCE are delivered. For example, many aspects of the Relationships and Sex Education content is covered within Science and Religious Studies lessons. Citizenship topics are taught in the History curriculum and ICT lessons cover content on online behaviour and internet safety.

Extra-curricular activities

Through a growing range of clubs and wider opportunities, including the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, School Council and debating, pupils have the chance to develop personally and socially. There are also a wide variety of extra-curricular activities that support students’ physical and emotional health, thus supporting the PSHCE curriculum.

Wider community

Our links with the immediate and global community enable students to reflect on their place in the world. We have also established a number of links with external PSHCE providers, who we invite into school to support the teaching and learning of various topics.

Theme Day

The whole school comes together to reflect on our values through the annual theme. This supports the PSHCE curriculum by building on students’ knowledge of a range of topics.

PSHCE Programme

The PSHCE curriculum has been organised around three key themes across Key Stage 3 and 4. These are:

  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Living in the Wider World
  • Relationships

Overview of Year 7 PSHCE Programme:

Topic

1st half term

Settling In

2nd half term

Growth Mindset

3rd half term

Citizenship – “Charities” Unit

4th half term

Citizenship – “Charities” Unit

5th half term

Health and Puberty

6th half term

Building Relationships

 

Overview of Year 8 PSHCE Programme:

Topic

1st half term

Digital Literacy

2nd half term

Identity and Relationships

3rd half term

Discrimination

4th half term

Emotional wellbeing - Dove Self Esteem Project

5th half term

Drugs and Alcohol

6th half term

Community and Careers

 

Overview of Year 9 PSHCE Programme:

Topic

1st half term

Healthy Lifestyle

2nd half term

Careers Infromation and Guidance – Setting Goals

3rd half term

Respectful Relationships

4th half term

Peer influence and substance use

5th half term

Intimate relationships

6th half term

Employability skills

 

Overview of Year 10 PSHCE Programme:

Topic

1st half term

Exploring influence

2nd half term

Financial Decision making

3rd half term

Healthy Relationships

4th half term

Mental Health

5th half term

Addressing extremism and radicalization

6th half term

Work Experience Preparation

 

Overview of Year 11 PSHCE Programme:

Topic

1st half term

Bulding for the future

2nd half term

Next steps

3rd half term

Communication in relationships

4th half term

Independence

5th half term

Families

6th half term

GCSE preparation

The PSHCE Programme is also supported and enhanced by sessions from the following external agencies. These include:

  • School Nurses
  • The Riot Act
  • S.A.M.E Academy
  • Kooth
  • Sexpression
  • Diversity Role Models
  • Women and Girls’ Network
  • CTRL – Z
  • Insight
  • The RAP Foundation
  • The Boobettes
  • Our Streets Now
  • SASH
  • Learning Performance