Pastoral Programme

Pastoral Curriculum Programme

Below is the key (for your information) so you know which national documentation the objectives have come from.

Living in the Wider World	Health Education	Sex and Relationships	General / National Events	Character

Week No.	Week Beginning	Pastoral Programme	Staff lead for resources	Coverage
1	4^th September	Welcome back, Organisation/Timetables, etc.	YT
2	11^th September	New beginnings/Team Work/Target-setting	YT
3	18th September	Character	SJA
4	25^th September	European Week of Languages (EDoL is 26th September)	LBM
5	2^nd October	CEIAG	SJA DFR
6	9^th October	Mental Health Education	APA	How to talk about their emotions accurately and sensitively, using appropriate vocabulary. That happiness is linked to being connected to others.
7	16^th October	Mental Health Education	APA	How to recognise the early signs of mental wellbeing concerns. Common types of mental ill health (e.g. anxiety and depression). How to critically evaluate when something they do or are involved in has a positive or negative effect on their own or others’ mental health.
	HALF TERM
8	30^th October	Substance abuse and addiction Focus: legal and prescribed drugs	IWO	Awareness of the dangers of drugs which are prescribed but still present serious health risks. The physical and psychological risks associated with alcohol consumption and what constitutes low risk alcohol consumption in adulthood. The facts about the harms from smoking tobacco (particularly the link to lung cancer), the benefits of quitting and how to access support to do so.
9	6^th November	Remembrance	LNA/LWE
10	13^th November	CEIAG Focus: Pathways, Employability Skills, Interviews	SJA DFR
11	20^th November	The impact of viewing harmful content.	BGA	How to identify harmful behaviours online (including bullying, abuse or harassment) and how to report, or find support, if they have been affected by those behaviours. The impact of viewing harmful content.
12	27^th November	Anti-Bullying, Cyberbullying & E safety Focus: Being a discerning consumer and advertising	BGA	The similarities and differences between the online world and the physical world, including: how advertising and information is targeted at them and how to be a discerning consumer of information online.
13	4^th December	Homophobia & Racism	RFE	How stereotypes, in particular stereotypes based on sex, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability, can cause damage. The legal rights and responsibilities regarding equality and that everyone is unique and equal.
14	11^th December	Harassment	RFE	The concepts of, and laws relating to harassment, and how these can affect current and future relationships. What constitutes sexual harassment and sexual violence and why these are always unacceptable.
	CHRISTMAS
15	3^rd January (Weds)	New beginnings and target setting	KWI
16	8^th January	Character	SJA
17	15^th January	Substance abuse and addiction Focus: Illegal drugs (Cannabis covered in LS lessons)	IWO	The facts about illegal drugs and their associated risks, including the link between drug use, and the associated risks, including the link to serious mental health conditions. The law relating to the supply and possession of illegal substances. The physical and psychological consequences of addiction.
18	22^nd January	Holocaust Memorial Week	LNA
19	29^th January	Healthy Lifestyle Focus: Exercise	CFO	The positive associations between physical activity and promotion of mental wellbeing, including as an approach to combat stress. The characteristics and evidence of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle, maintaining a healthy weight, including the links between an inactive lifestyle and ill health, including cancer and cardio-vascular ill-health.
20	5th February	Healthy Lifestyle Focus: Healthy eating	LBA	How to maintain healthy eating and the links between a poor diet and health risks, including tooth decay and cancer. About dental health and the benefits of good oral hygiene and dental flossing, including healthy eating and regular check-ups at the dentist.
	HALF TERM
21	19^th February	CEIAG National Apprenticeship Week	SJA DFR
22	26^th February	Gender and Sexuality	RFE	How stereotypes, in particular stereotypes based on sex, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability, can cause damage (e.g. how they might normalise non-consensual behaviour or encourage prejudice). That in school and in wider society they can expect to be treated with respect by others, and that in turn they should show due respect to others, including people in positions of authority and due tolerance of other people’s beliefs.
23	4^th March	National Careers Week/CEIAG Focus: National Careers Week	SJA DFR
24	11^th March	National Science & Engineering Week	RSA/CJO
25	18^th March	Disabilities – Equality Act	ASH	The legal rights and responsibilities regarding equality (particularly with reference to the protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010) and that everyone is unique and equal.
26	25^th March	Financial Literacy	CEG	PSHE Association: Financial Choices L15 – L19
	EASTER
27	15^thApril	Being Healthy Focus: Managing Health Risks	APA	The causes and triggers for unhealthy coping strategies, such as self-harm and eating disorders, and the need to seek help for themselves or others as soon as possible
28	22^nd April	Character Pillars Focus: The Four Character Pillars, Morality, Altruism.	SJA
29	29^th April	CEIAG Focus: Goals and decisions, employability skills	SJA DFR
30	6^th May	Sex and Relationships Focus: Marriage	LBU/SJA	What marriage is, including their legal status e.g. that marriage carries legal rights and protections not available to couples who are cohabiting or who have married, for example, in an unregistered religious ceremony. Why marriage is an important relationship choice for many couples and why it must be freely entered into. The characteristics and legal status of other types of long-term relationships.
31	13^th May	Sex and Relationships Focus: Parenthood	LBU/SJA	The roles and responsibilities of parents with respect to raising of children, including the characteristics of successful parenting. The characteristics of positive and healthy friendships (in all contexts, including online) including: trust, respect, honesty, kindness, generosity, boundaries, privacy, consent and the management of conflict, reconciliation and ending relationships. This includes different (non-sexual) types of relationship.
32	20^th May	Sex and Relationships Focus: Pregnancy	LBU/SJA	The facts around pregnancy including miscarriage. That there are choices in relation to pregnancy (with medically and legally accurate, impartial information on all options, including keeping the baby, adoption, abortion and where to get further help).
	HALF TERM
33	3rd June	Sex and Relationships Focus: Healthy Relationships	LBU/SJA	The characteristics of positive and healthy friendships (in all contexts, including online) including: trust, respect, honesty, kindness, generosity, boundaries, privacy, consent and the management of conflict, reconciliation and ending relationships. This includes different (non-sexual) types of relationship.
34	10^th June	Character Focus: A life well lived- virtues, understanding and controlling emotions, good humour and tactfulness, resilience and stress management.	SJA
35	17^th June	Summer Safety	DFR
36	24^thJune	National School Sports week/Healthy Lifestyle Focus: Peer Support!	CFO
37	1^st July	Conflict Focus: Gang Violence	HOY	How to: determine whether other children, adults or sources of information are trustworthy: judge when a family, friend, intimate or other relationship is unsafe (and to recognise this in others’ relationships); and, how to seek help or advice, including reporting concerns about others, if needed.
38	8^th July	British Values Focus: Democracy	LNA
39	15^th July	British Values Focus: UK Law	LNA

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