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Senior Department PSHME
Trinity School
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Welcome to Personal, Social, Health and Moral Education
The PHSME department aims to provide learners with an educational experience that
facilitates their personal, social, moral and emotional development and provides
them with information to enable them to make informed choices about their health
and their community. In addition to this, the department aims to provide learners
with evaluative, cognitive and emotional intelligence skills that will enhance their
performance in other academic subjects and in all areas of their life.
Topics Covered within PSHME
The department has been greatly expanded in recent times to reflect the School’s
commitment to this subject. The curriculum includes such subjects as Christian values
and their role in the life of Trinity; sex education; diet; drugs and alcohol awareness;
an exploration of local, national and international politics; bullying; culture;
cyber safety; money management; ethical dilemmas; train and sea safety; managing
conflict in relationships and first aid and personal safety. Pupils are encouraged
to develop their own sense of religious or personal values to guide their behaviour
and choices.
In addition to meeting the statutory requirements regarding sex education, Trinity
is firmly committed to placing this education within a context in which pupils are
encouraged to develop their own values in this area in order that they are well
prepared for when they are required to make choices regarding sexual activity. The
school provides lessons relating to marriage, relationship changes, conflict management,
and negotiation and listening skills in order to provide our pupils with the necessary
skills to form and maintain relationships. I am very grateful for the work of the
school Nurse, Mrs Debbie Birt for her invaluable contributions to the education
of the pupils. She provides sex education and first aid awareness to pupils throughout
the school in a sensitive and informative manner. We are very fortunate to have
her expertise available to us.
The School is also keen to develop a sense of community within its pupils and as
part of this process are provided with the opportunity to develop coursework that
reflects their view of the Trinity community. The school is enrolled with the Giving
Nation Challenge run by the Citizenship Foundation, and all pupils from year seven
are involved in citizenship projects including charitable events as part of the
PHSME programme This involves them working as a team to develop a social enterprise
project that contributes to the community, raises funds for charity, and is sustainable.
This is organised in conjunction with the Business Studies department and the Careers
department and forms part of the School’s inter-house competition.
Staffing
The course is managed by the Head of PHSME. It is delivered by the Heads of Key
Stage Three and Four, a dedicated team of teachers within the key stages, and the
School Matron. In addition to this, external speakers are invited to deliver on
key topics. These include representatives from MIND, the Police Force, the coastguard
and workers within drug and alcohol awareness.
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