RSHE

KS3 

Year 7:   

Autumn Term: 

  • How To Have Healthy Relationships 
  • Building Healthy Relationships 
  • Tackling Cyberbullying 
  • Understanding Bullying 
  • From Strangers to Friends 
  • Safe & Healthy Relationships 

Spring Term: 

  • Combat Worry, Stress & Anxiety 
  • Dealing With Worry 
  • Controlling Our Emotions 
  • Rewiring Your Brain 
  • The Stress Scale 
  • Five-Minute Meditation 
  • Managing Privacy Online 
  • Social Media Addiction 
  • Alcohol And Your Health 
  • The Dangers Of Your Internet Algorithm 
  • Vaping: A Global Dilemma 
  • Smoking and Nicotine Addiction 

Summer Term:  

  • Positive Parenting 
  • The Changing Adolescent Body 
  • Body Changes During Puberty 
  • Different Types of Families 
  • Sleep Essentials 
  • Phones And Sleep 
  • Investing In Your Health 
  • Healthy Eating, Healthy Living 
  • The Balanced Diet 
  • Healthy & Balanced Lifestyles 

Year 8 

Autumn Term: 

  • Managing Unhealthy & Toxic Relationships 
  • Together Against Bullying 
  • Online Relationships 
  • The Many Forms of Relationships 
  • Repairing Relationships 
  • The Limitless Internet 
  • Gender-Based Discrimination 
  • Racism and Discrimination 
  • Sharing Information Online 
  • Viewing Harmful Content 
  • Homophobia 

Spring Term: 

  • First Aid Beyond Emergencies 
  • Oral Hygiene 
  • Alcohol and Social Inhibitions 
  • Health & Hygiene 
  • The Mind-Body Connection 
  • Drug Awareness 

Summer Term:  

  • Sexual Consent 
  • Understanding Consent 
  • Contraceptive Essentials 
  • Power Dynamics & Consent 
  • Assessing The Trustworthiness of Others 
  • Introduction to FGM 
  • Overcoming Limiting Beliefs 
  • Drug Laws UK 
  • Optimising Character Strengths 

Year 9 

Autumn Term: 

  • The Happiness Trap 
  • Combating Negative Self Talk 
  • Mental Benefits of Exercise 
  • Managing Anxiety 
  • Thinking Traps 
  • Expressing Gratitude 
  • Inclusivity & Belonging 
  • Safe & Healthy Sex 
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections 
  • Reproductive Health 
  • Pregnancy Choices 
  • Forced Marriages 
  • R.E.S.P.E.C.T 
  • Empowering Positive Masculinity 

Spring Term: 

  • Saving Lives With First Aid 
  • Informed Drug & Alcohol Choices 
  • Drugs and County Lines 
  • The Truth About Vaping 
  • Substance Addiction 
  • Online Radicalisation 

Summer Term:  

  • Healthy Food Choices 
  • Character Strengths In Focus 
  • Organ Donation 
  • The Positivity Mindset 
  • Evaluating Eating Habits 
  • Online Grooming 
  • Rising Above Cyberbullying 
  • Relationships & Their Legal Status 
  • Discussing Pornography 
  • Avoiding & Preventing Harassment 
  • Positive vs Negative Humour 

KS4 

Year 10&11 

Autumn Term: 

  • Is It Worth A Gamble? 
  • Phone Addiction 
  • Keeping Your Online Data Safe 
  • Exam Stress 
  • The Spectrum of Relationships 
  • Sexting 
  • Fertility & Reproductive Health 
  • Self-Examination and Screening 
  • Sharing Illegal Images 

Spring Term: 

  • Stereotypes & Prejudice 
  • Gender Biases 
  • Understanding Sexual Consent 
  • Different Kinds of Intimacy 
  • Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation 
  • The Psychology of Bullies 
  • Gambling Addiction 
  • Alcohol Dependence & Excessive Drinking 
  • Party Drugs 
  • Prescription Medication Misuse 

Summer Term: 

  • Unrealistic Online World 
  • Fake News & Misinformation 
  • Vaping Crackdown 
  • Fertility & Pregnancy 
  • Contraception Considerations 
  • Safe Relationships Online 
  • Differences Between Forced & Arranged Marriages 
  • Understanding Vaccination and Immunisation 
  • Drugs 
  • Sleep, Exercise & Diet 
  • Sexual Violence & Abuse 
  • Sex & Substances 
  • Recognising Signs of Coercive Control 
  • The Distorted Reality of Pornography 
  • Female Genital Mutilation 

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Whitworth Park Academy
Whitworth Lane
Spennymoor
Co. Durham
DL16 7LN

01388 824 800
office@whitworthpark.org.uk

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