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Cedars Upper

RSHE

RSHE at Cedars Upper School is dedicated to helping students navigate the complexities of relationships, keeping safe, making healthy choices, the law, and our roles and responsibilities as citizens. Our curriculum focuses on empowering students to build respectful relationships across various contexts and equips students to make informed decisions that promote their physical and mental wellbeing. Through engaging lessons, we prepare students to become active, responsible citizens in society and in the digital world. RSHE content is age-appropriate, grounded in safeguarding, and delivered through a progressive spiral curriculum that revisits key topics each year to further develop knowledge, understanding and skills.  

 

We want our students:

  • To participate in critical thinking and discussion creatively
  • To be engaged in our curriculum
  • To be determined to recognise and dispel misinformation and disinformation 
  • To be aspirational when developing the skills they need to communicate effectively in different types of relationships
  • To be respectful, promote respect, and have the confidence to stand up to discrimination and injustice
  • To be successful in living healthy lives and have healthy relationships with others
  • To be confident in their resolve when faced with adversity through building their resilience.

 

Year 9

Students cover the following topics during their Year 9 lessons: 

 

  • Respect and Keeping Safe - Equality Act 2010, Protected Characteristics, racism and racist language, coercive relationships, Child Criminal Exploitation, assertiveness, civil and criminal law, youth crime and sentencing, reporting concerning behaviour and criminal activity, county lines, knife crime, public disorder offences and gang crime.  
  • Health Education - Mental health and wellbeing, anxiety, depression, resilience, where to get support for poor mental health, legal and illegal drugs, vaping and nicotine use, drug addiction, gaming addiction, phone and screen time use and healthy eating. 
  • Sex and Relationship Education - Marriage and civil partnerships, healthy and unhealthy relationships, consent, safer sex, inappropriate sexualised behaviour, online grooming, Image Based Sexual Abuse and online scams, AI chatbots and inappropriate use of AI technology, forced marriage and honour based violence, Female Genital Mutilation, divorce and separation. 

 

Students attend RSHE/Philosophy & Ethics for 3 hours a fortnight.




Year 10-11

All students continue with core RSHE throughout Year 10 and Year 11 for two hours per fortnight. Year 11 students follow a shorter curriculum due to structured revision skills and revision support being offered in RSHE lessons in the Spring Term. 

 

The Year 10 curriculum contains the following topics:

 

  • Respect and Keeping Safe -Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination, Protected Characteristics, extremism and radicalisation, deep fakes, internet subcultures, online influencers, misogyny and incel culture, online gambling, and reporting online content.  
  • Health Education - Vaccinations, immunisations, accessing health services, body image, eating disorders, healthy eating, menstrual and gynecological health, anxiety and stress reduction, grief and bereavement, CPR and basic first aid, drug use and alcohol use. 
  • Sex and Relationship Education - Personal values, healthy and unhealthy relationships, consent, Child Sexual Exploitation, relationship abuse, impact of pornography, harmful sexual behaviours, HIV, STIs, contraception, online dating and relationships, and managing break ups.  

 

The Year 11 curriculum contains the following topics:

 

  • Health Education - Exam stress and resilience, cancer self checks for breast and testicular cancer, contraception options and how to access sexual health services. 
  • Sex and Relationship Education - Relationship values, the law and consent, sexual violence, sexual harassment, making decisions about sexual readiness, sexual intimacy, pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, IVF, and parenting. 
  • Revision Skills - Creating and applying effective revision methods - flash cards, practice papers, knowledge organisers, mind maps, quizzes, flow charts, the use of AI and apps for revision, and independent revision sessions. 

 

Sixth Form

Students choose their curriculum based on what they feel they need from a range of 50 topics. The topics covered come under the headings of Health & Wellbeing, Sex and Relationship Education. Finance, and Life Skills. There are five compulsory lessons that are delivered to Sixth Form students, including: CPR and First Aid, Consent in Relationships, Contraception, Stress and Mental Health, Alcohol / Drink Driving and Learning to Drive. The rest of the curriculum is chosen by the students.

 

Students attend RSHE lessons 1 hour a fortnight.

 

Head of Department Name and Contact Details

Miss Z Terry

zterry@cedarsupper.co.uk