Relationships, Sex and Health Education

Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) education gives pupils the knowledge, skills, and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy and safe and to prepare them for life and work in modern Britain.  RSEHE are just two components of a larger PSHE provision at KLA.

Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education is a school subject through which pupils develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future.  These skills and attributes help pupils to stay healthy, safe and prepare them for life and work in modern Britain. When taught well, PSHE education helps pupils to achieve their academic potential, and leave school equipped with skills they will need throughout later life.

PSHE education helps pupils to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society. From making responsible decisions about alcohol to succeeding in their first job, PSHE education helps pupils to manage many of the most critical opportunities, challenges and responsibilities they will face growing up.

Curriculum Features - How do we embed the learning?

To embrace the challenges of creating a happy and successful adult life, pupils need knowledge that will enable them to make informed decisions about their wellbeing, health and relationships and to build their self-efficacy. Pupils can also put this knowledge into practice as they develop the capacity to make sound decisions when facing risks, challenges and complex contexts. Everyone faces difficult situations in their lives. These subjects can support young people to develop resilience, to know how and when to ask for help, and to know where to access support.

High quality, evidence-based and age-appropriate teaching of these subjects can help prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.  They can also enable schools to promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils, at school and in society.

 Curriculum Enrichment – How do we link with other subjects and offer experiences?

Our program offers a holistic PSHE learning journey spanning the pupils’ high school career, with a progressive, spiral curriculum that addresses real needs in a rapidly changing world, tailored to feedback from KLA students, staff and parents.  This program will use a mindful approach to PSHE, bringing together Personal, Social, Health Education, emotional literacy, social skills, mental health and resilience development in a comprehensive scheme of learning. Teaching strategies are varied and are mindful of preferred learning styles and the need for differentiation.

SPIRIT - Empowering Respectful Relationships.

Relationships and sex education involve learning about the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up, relationships, sex, human sexuality and sexual health.  It also gives young people essential skills for building positive, enjoyable, respectful and non-exploitative relationships and staying safe both on and offline.

MIND - The Importance Mental Health.

Maintaining good mental health is a vital life skill. It is just as important a tool in understanding the body as physical education It will provide the opportunity for a whole school approach in the following areas:

This program will be underpinned by mindfulness and this aims to empower students to learn now and improve their life-chances later, and to help them develop personal awareness.

BODY – Consent

Respecting another person’s boundaries is a skill that no individual should leave KLA without.  It is unacceptable to feel uneasy, embarrassed, humiliated or hurt, which is what happens when our boundaries have been crossed without our permission. How do students avoid making someone feel that way? By looking for consent. 

While PSHE education can be found in all subjects and offerings at KLA, the timetabled lessons cover the following topics:

KS3 (Years 7-9)

• Mental Health
• Internet safety and harms
• Online and Media
• Drugs alcohol and tobacco
• Respectful relationships, including friendships
• Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health
• First Aid skills
• The last half term is spent on project-based learning. Students use the skills and information they have gained to create a project based around a given topic.  This project utilises team building, communication skills, subject knowledge and research skills to tie in the learning from previous year.

KS4 (Year 10)

• Mental Health
• Respectful relationships, including friendships
• Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health
• First Aid skills
• The last half term is spent on project-based learning. Students use the skills and information they have gained to create a project based around a given topic.  This project utilises team building, communication skills, subject knowledge and research skills to tie in the learning from previous year.

Students in year 7-10 receive an hour PSHE lesson each week, while year 11 will focus on filling in any gaps to students learning as well and follow up on new and pressing issues, reinforcing positive skills and ensure all have access to the support they need.