Personal Development

 

Personal Development at Mayfield is woven into everything we do, from curriculum content and learning in lessons to our fantastic activities week programme and daily tutor programme. Everything we do at Mayfield is designed to help our students be the best versions of themselves, to Believe in themselves and those around them, to Achieve what they want to achieve and to Succeed in their goals.


Through our personal development programme which is taught through curriculum subjects, PSHE & RE lessons, daily tutor and assembly programme, Personal Development days (three per year), our student leadership programme, extra-curricular programme and Careers programme. Through all of these areas we help students to build their own personal values through our Rights Respecting Schools programme, with consideration of British Values and Protected Characteristics, while learning to keep themselves safe with our 'Keeping Me Safe' safeguarding curriculum. 

 


PSHE Curriculum Outline;

 
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Year 7

Autumn 1 - Working with Others  

  • Intro to PSHE, SMSC
  • British Values 
  • Being a good citizen 
  • Antisocial behaviour  

Spring 1 - Healthy Lifestyles  

  • Healthy Eating 
  • Sugar tax 
  • Sleep – importance of sleep 
  • Exercise 

Summer 1 - Growing up 

  • Periods 
  • Personal hygiene  
  • Wellbeing and summer plan 

Autumn 2 - Extremism and radicalisation

  • What is extremism? 
  • Why do people become extremists?  

Spring 2 - Smoking  

  • Why is smoking bad for us?  
  • Vaping  
  • Peer pressure 

Summer 2 - Relationships 

  • Respectful relationships 
  • Communication and consent  
Year 8

Autumn 1 - Politics  

  • How is the UK governed?  
  • Voting and political parties 
  • Creating political parties and presenting  

Spring 1 - Careers 

  • When I grow up… 
  • Career research 
  • Health, safety and First Aid at work 

Summer 1 - Relationships and Staying Safe, including online 

  • Safe relationships  
  • Sexting and the law 
  • Cyberbullying 

Autumn 2 - Money Management 

  • Attitudes to money 
  • Budgeting 
  • Budgeting game
  • Making budgets  

Spring 2 - Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing  

  • Emotional wellbeing  
  • Coping with emotions  
  • Mental health 

Summer 2 - Body Image 

  • Self-esteem 
  • Body image
Year 9

Autumn 1 - Extremism and how this challenges the British Values  

  • What is terrorism? 
  • Islamophobia 
  • Challenging islamophobia  

Spring 1 - Sex and Relationships

  • Education 
  • Contraception  
  • Condoms 
  • STIs and HIV 

Summer 1 - Drugs and Alcohol 

  • Drugs introduction  
  • Cannabis  
  • Other illegal drugs  
  • Legal highs 

Autumn 2 - Sex and Relationships Education  

  • Positive relationships 
  • Long term relationships  
  • Consent

Spring 2 - Sex and Relationships

  • Education 
  • Pregnancy choices 
  • Impact of pregnancy  

Summer 2 - Drugs and Alcohol 

  • Alcohol  
  • County lines 
  • Drug and alcohol dependency  
  • Resisting peer pressure  
Year 10

Autumn 1 - Keeping Healthy

  • Personal Health 
  • Vaccination 
  • Self-Examination and screening

Spring 1 - Mental Health / Careers 

Mental health:

  • Mental health and positivity  
    Suicide and mindfulness

Careers: 

  • Vision for my future  

Summer 1 - Politics, Law and Order 

  • Types of Government  
  • How is GB governed and our legal system 
  • Human Rights and overview 
Autumn 2 - Medical Ethics from a variety of perspectives (RE)

Spring 2 - Careers / New Religious Movements (RE)


Careers: 

  • Plan A and B 
  • CV writing and post-16 options  
 Summer 2 - Christian Philosophy (RE)
Year 11

Autumn 1 - Money and Gambling

  • Money and Budgeting  
    Mortgages, renting and pension  
  • Wealth, poverty and charity

Spring 1 - Relationships 

  • Healthy vs abusive relationships 
  • Keeping safe in relationships, including online  
  • Contraception and Consent 
 Summer 1 Inspirational People (RE)
Autumn 2 Moral Ethics (RE)

Spring 2 - Relationships 

  • Representation of sex in films 
  • Impact of pregnancy and bringing up a baby 
  • FGM and breast ironing 
 Summer 2 N/A – exams.

 

 

Believe.
Achieve.
Succeed.