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Personal Development Curriculum

As a part of your child’s education at Hodge Hill College, we promote personal well-being and development through a comprehensive Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education programme.  

PSHE education is the curriculum subject that gives young people the knowledge, understanding, strategies and practical skills to live safe, healthy, productive lives and meet their full potential. Our PSHE programme is delivered through form-time activities to all year groups and through our Personal Development weekly lessons to pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9. 

If you would like to discuss our Personal Development & Tutor Time curriculum or view the resources, please email personaldevelopment@hodgehill.bham.sch.uk and a member of staff will be in contact to arrange a meeting.

W/C Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

20 October

Reflections and Goal Setting

Different Types of Committed Relationships

What is Discrimination?

What is Financial Exploitation?

Importance of a Free Press

3 November

Introduction to Social Media

What is Social Media?

Discrimination: Homophobia

Importance of donating blood

Online Safety: Protecting personal information

10 November

What is bullying? (National Anti-Bullying Week)

What is cyberbullying? (National Anti-Bullying Week)

What is cyberbullying? (National Anti-Bullying Week)

What is cyberbullying? (National Anti-Bullying Week)

What is cyberbullying? (National Anti-Bullying Week)

17 November

What is cyberbullying?

Keeping yourself safe: Dangers of Online Trends

Discrimination: Hate Speech

What is organ donation?

Online Safety: What is your digital footprint

24 November

What is the difference between banter and bullying?

Keeping yourself safe: Online grooming

Discrimination: Equality & Equity

Importance of vaccines

Online Safety: Exploitation through social media

1 December

Safe Online Friendships

Keeping yourself safe: Appropriate/Inappropriate images to send

Laws that impact society (organ donation, human rights)

Health checks for young people

Online Safety: Dangers of oversharing

8 December

Online Risks: Privacy

Keeping yourself safe: Identifying mis/disinformation online

Difference between civil and criminal law

Healthy relationships: risks of unprotected sex

Online safety: Who are you really talking to?

15 December

Managing
Screen Time

Managing

Screen Time

What is court and how does it work?

Healthy relationships: intimacy without having sex

Online Safety: Reporting dangers/inappropriate content