RSHE

Reproduction

• Male and Female Reproductive Systems

• Puberty: Changes in male and female bodies

• Menstruation

• Fertilisation

• Pregnancy including miscarriage

Friendship and Communities

• The positives and negatives of being part of a community and my role within a community

• Diversity and Heritage in my Community

• Identity and LGBTQ+

• Y7 Retreat Day

Friendships

• What are good friends?

• Making new friends

• Who are my friends?

• Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Day

• Discriminatory language and behaviour around race, culture and other protected characteristics

• Peer pressure

• Bullying

• Harmful Language

• Disability Awareness

• Everybody is different

• Everybody has different needs, including “visible and invisible” needs and differences

• Discrimination and our responsibilities

• Managing conflict

• Reconciliation

• Social Media

• Use of technology

• Internet safety: Who do you mix with online?

• Healthy and Balanced Lifestyles

• Maintaining a balance between work/rest/leisure/sleep

• Personal hygiene

• Dental hygiene

• Dealing with stress

• Dealing with an emergency

Health and Lifestyle

• Main food types and nutrients

• Balanced diets

• The effect of age/activity/religion/belief on diet and how balance can be maintained

• Malnutrition

• Introduction to eating disorders

  (This work will be complemented by work done in Food and Nutrition)

• Alcohol and Drugs

• Legal and illegal drugs

• Dangers of prescribed/over the counter drugs

• Risks of stimulants/depressants/performance enhancing drugs to both physical and mental health

Drugs and the law

• Classes of drugs

• Consequences of possession of drugs/dealing drugs

Alcohol

• Concept of units of alcohol

• How many units are “safe”

• Fetal alcohol syndrome

Smoking

• Chemicals in smoke and their risks including carcinogens and nicotine

• Addiction to smoking

• Smoking in pregnancy

• Use of "vapes" and the impact of vaping

The Prodigal Son

• An in depth look at this parable

• Effects of gambling/prostitution/casual sex/drinking on an individual

• Reconciliation and forgiveness

St Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians

• True love

• Types of love

• Abusive relationships

• Selfish behaviours

Year 8 Retreat

• Tender Masculinity

• Self-Worth 

• Value of Others

• Made in the image of God

Use of Technology

• Social media revisited

• Students are now old enough to access social media in the eyes of the law

• Being accountable for your online actions, including online persona vs real life persona

• Gaming including addictive gaming and “raging out”

• Grooming, including the dangers of engaging with online “friends”, including sextortion/online blackmail

• Current social media trends  

• Addictive behaviour and online gambling

Eating disorders(This work will complement the work done in Science)Discrimination

• Discriminatory language and behaviour around race, culture and other protected characteristics, including the Equality Act

Reconciliation in Relationships

• Dealing with arguments/falling out with friends

• Family Life.

• Falling out at home

• Strategies for dealing with problems in relationships

Gender and Sexual Identity

• Dignity of the individual

• Uniqueness of the individual created in the image of God

• Vocabulary relating to gender/sexual identity/sexual orientation

• Different people have different thoughts and feelings

• Dealing with stereotypes

• Protected characteristics

Mental Health

• Looking after yourself

• Resilience and dealing with setbacks/upset/exams

• Emotional Intelligence

Crime and Consequences

• The law and the legal system

• Taking responsibility for my own actions

• Knife crime

Nothing in Life is Free

• County lines and grooming 

Homelessness

• Sleeping rough, reasons and consequences (possible external speaker delivery)

• Charity Collection supporting local homeless shelters

Reproduction, Sex and Safety

• Biological basis for reproduction including a revision of the reproductive system and the menstrual cycle

• Contraception

• Natural family planning and abstinence

• Artificial methods of contraception including efficacy of different methods

• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

• Transmission of STIs

• Prevalence of STIs

• Treatments of STIs

Relationships

• Friendships revisited

• Boyfriends/Girlfriends/Partners

• Different types of relationships

• Controlling relationships

• Consent

Families

• Legal marriages

• Roles and responsibilities in the family

• Parents and parenting

• Different families

• Adoption and fostering

• Domestic Abuse

• Forced marriage

• Honour based violence

Mental Health

• Mindfulness

• Daily stress

• Resilience

Technology

• Sharing images and the law, including nudes and semi-nudes

• Malicious Communication, including whole year group assembly

• Trustworthiness of sources online and in the real world, including fake news and deep fakes

Nothing in Life is Free

• County lines and grooming 

Sex Education and Relationships

• Body Image

• Catholic Perspectives (NDA half year group assemblies)

• Pornography

• Consent

• Sexual harassment

(There will also be a parents' evening with an external speaker to talk to parents about talking to their sons about these issues)

First Aid

Basic treatment of common injuries

Discrimination

• Discriminatory language and behaviour around race, culture and other protected characteristics

Pathogens and Disease

• Bacteria/Viruses/Infections

• Treatment of disease

• Antibiotics

• Vaccination/Immunisation

• Stem Cell donation

• Healthy lifestyle and disease

• Transplant surgery

Relationships and Families

• Catholic Teaching on sexuality and sexual love

• Catholic Marriage and its importance and purpose

• Theology of the body

• All made equal in God’s image

• Consideration of beliefs, teachings and attitudes relating to civil partnership, cohabitation, pre-marital sex, celibacy, contraception, gender and sexual identity, divorce, annulment and remarriage

• Contraception: Arguments for and against in terms of both the mechanics and ethics of different forms of contraception

• Fertility Treatments

Men and Women

Key philosophical and ethical concepts including:

• Equality of men and women

• Me2 Movement

• Consent

• Freedom of choice and restrictions on it

Y10 Retreat Day

• Being Responsible in the World

• Migrants and Refugees

• Human Rights

• Basic first aid and defibrillators

Wellbeing

• Perceptions of mental health

• Food and nutrition

• Stress: positives and negatives of stress

• Importance of exercise

• Mindfulness

• Physical activity

• Volunteering in Society

• Radicalisation Assembly

Study Skills

• Study Skills assembly

• Putting these into practice

• Sharing practice

Making Good Judgements

• Alcohol

• Risky behaviours

• Consent 

• Drug Awareness

• Addiction and addictive behaviours

School Nurse

• Self-screening

• Health and Cancer Awareness

• Sexually transmitted infections

Discrimination

• Discriminatory language and behaviour around race, culture and other protected characteristics

• Gender and misogyny

• Period poverty

Hormonal Coordination

• Hormonal control of the menstrual cycle

• Contraception including natural and artificial control of fertility

• In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)

Catholic Theology

• Being made in the image of God

• Abortion

• The ethics of abortion and the arguments for and against

• The ethics of assisted dying and the arguments for and against

• Violence and Conflict

• Peace and peacemaking

• Forgiveness and Reconciliation

• Potential clashes between religious values/ secular values/scientific developments

Health

• Organ Donation

• Blood donation

School Nurse

• Self-screening

• Health and Cancer Awareness

Making Good Judgements

• Alcohol

• Risky behaviours

• Consent 

• Drug Awareness

• Addiction and addictive behaviours

• Gambling awareness

• Online gambling

• Radicalisation assembly (MB)

Mental Health

• Mental health strategies

• Coping with change

• Managing exam stress

Discrimination

• Discriminatory language and behaviour around race, culture and other protected characteristics

• Period poverty