pshe

PSHE is the acronym given to the Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Economic Education programme currently running at Skinners’. Our PSHE programme is built around the Skinners’ School community and its members with the personal development of the pupils at its core. Our curriculum benefits from contributions from a number of specialist visitors, such as Health Professionals, Police Officers, Drugs Counsellors, Magistrates, Fire and Rescue Servicemen and women, Charity professionals, Support workers and Careers consultants.

Citizenship is the statutory segment of our curriculum and throughout the school the pupils demonstrate active Citizenship through participation in voluntary and charity work, assemblies, prefect responsibilities, School council, sport, performing arts and the CCF. This is alongside their classroom based efforts involving focused research, letter writing, discussion and group presentations or debates of current affairs. Pupils are assessed at all stages from year 7 to 11 but at the end of KS3 Citizenship is assessed nationally and so pupils should expect to carry out assessed pieces of work which are levelled up to a possible level 8.

The boys cover a range of topics in a spiral fashion; each year building on the previous years’ knowledge and developing their personal awareness as individuals and as part of a variety of communities. This awareness is strengthened through school projects including those run by the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) leaders and student ambassadors and by the HEAL (Healthy Eating And Living) team. These, and other, extracurricular activities give the pupils opportunities to extend their understanding and realise the possibilities to make positive change to them and those around them locally or globally.

The curriculum is flexible and takes into account the needs of the school community year-on-year and is co-ordinated by Miss Moss-Montoya but it is a combined effort by all of the tutors, Heads of Year and Senior Leadership team to maintain a well rounded and up-to-date curriculum.

Contact: 

Head of PSHCEE Miss M Moss-Montoya (maryce.montoya@skinners-school.org.uk)