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Skills for Life Provision

Below is an outline of the topics covered during the academic year.

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 7

Topic: Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health and depression: What
is depression and how does it affect
people?
Puberty: What happens when and
why?
Periods: What happens when and
why?

Intro to RE

Why have religious festivals?

Topic: Relationships
Bullying or Banter
Cyberbullying: What is it?
Falling in love
Family Relationships
Keeping safe and positive
relationships

Introduction to Islam

Ramadan and Eid

Five Pillars of Islam

The Quran

Topic: Living in the wider world
Prejudice and discrimination: What
is Racism?
Social Media: Safe and private

Intro to Hinduism

Hindu Holy texts

Year 8 

Topic: Health and wellbeing
Emotional literacy and self-
awareness
Managing my behaviour
Personal safety and first aid
Teen pregnancy and parenting
What is mindfulness

Intro to Judaism

The Torah

Hannukah and Judaism

Topic: Relationships
Body Image- male focus
Domestic conflict
Extremism
How can we prevent radicalisation?
Prejudice and discrimination-
religion
Safe sex- Consent, contraception,
pornography, sexting, STIs

Lent and Ash Wednesday

Topic: Living in the wider world
Communication skills
Teamwork skills
Discrimination, teens and media
Homophobia
Internet safety and online grooming
Prejudice and stereotypes- disability

What do Buddhists believe?

Buddhists holy text

Year 9

Topic:
Health and Wellbeing
Developing interpersonal skills
Discrimination and the equality Act
How do we cope with stress?
How do we manage anxiety?
Why are people selfie obsessed?
Why do people self-harm?

Alternative religions

 

 

Topic: Relationships
Body Image
Body image, media and eating
disorders
Domestic violence and abusive
relationships
How can we deal with peer
pressure?
How does child sexual exploitation
happen?
Immigration in the UK and diverse
communities
Who are the LGBTQ+ Community?

Humanism

Atheism

Topic: Living in the wider world
Self-discipline to achieve
Workplace skills
Employability
Enterprise
Avoiding debt
Knife crime
The Law
Human Rights
Aid
Financial Institutions
Economics
Sustainability

Religion and community

Religion and freedom of expression

Year 10

Topic: Health and wellbeing
Hate crime- what is it?
Managing grief and bereavement
Manging social anxiety
Social media and self esteem
Why do people commit suicide?

RE and human rights

 

Topic: Relationships
Community cohesion
Conflict management
Forced and arranged marriages
Gender and trans identity
Harassment and stalking
Revenge Porn
Same sex relationships
Sexism and gender prejudice.

Ethics: The Death Penalty

Ethics: Christian and Islamic beliefs about death

Topic: Living in the wider world
Overt and Covert racism
Why do people become extremists?
Why do we need an international
women’s day?

Ethics: Stem cell research

Ethics: Drugs

Year 11

Topic: Health and wellbeing
Identity and diversity
Fertility and reproductive health
Obesity and body positivity
Personal safety in the wider world

RE and human rights

Topic: Relationships
Bullying and body shaming
Consent, rape and sexual abuse
Relationship break ups and how to
handle them
Safe sex and Chem sex
Types of relationships
What is “good” sex- exploring
emotional maturity and sexual
responsibility

Ethics: Euthanasia

Ethics: Abortion

Ethics: Genetic engineering

Ethics: Objection to medicine

Ethics; RE and IVF

Topic: living in the wider world
Extremism
Internet safety and the dark web
Multiculturalism

Philosophy: Suffering