Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship, Careers

RSHE, Citizenship and Careers Year 8 Curriculum Overview

What is the Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship and Careers curriculum aiming to achieve?
What do we want our Year 8 students to be like?	How are we building on prior learning?	How can parents/carers support their child’s learning?
Informed Empathetic Critical thinkers Capable of making safe choices	Year 7 work on skills and qualities Year 7 work introducing the concept of consent Year 7 work on qualities of friendships	Make positive healthy choices and discuss them Discuss mental health as well as physical health Encourage your child to get involved in the community Discuss news and current events with your child

How are we organising the Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship and Careers curriculum?
	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topics	Positive Citizenship	Respect and Resilience	Crossing the Line (Online Safety)	Relationships and Consent	Careers	Drugs and Alcohol Courts and the Law
Threshold Concepts	Understand what it means to make a difference to their community and how this may look.	Understand how respect should look in friendships	Understand what is acceptable behaviour on line and how to report issues	The law surrounding consent, managing conflict.	Understanding and breaking down stereotypes	Making healthy choices Understanding the British court system
Skills	Research Critical thinking Communication	Empathy Listening Communication	Empathy Listening Communication	Empathy Listening Communication	Research Critical thinking	Research Critical thinking
Enrichment within the curriculum	RSHE enriches and develops students’ understanding of the world around them. It provides the information and skills necessary to keep themselves safe and build the resilience to cope when things do not go as expected. It allows students to hear alternative views and question the validity of their own. RSHE allows students to be confident in their choices.
Cross curricular links	The RSHE curriculum has links with many other subjects such as: Science (healthy diet, drugs and alcohol, reproduction) IT (online safety) Food (healthy diet)
Extra-curricular opportunities	RSHE encourages empathy, discussion, research, critical thinking, respect and the understanding of being healthy and being safe. These skills will be an advantage in any extra-curricular activity.

What are the intended outcomes of the Year 8 RSHE, Citizenship and Careers curriculum?
	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Opportunities to show progress (Assessments)	Assessment is through self-reflection. Students gauge their knowledge and skills prior to the unit of work and again at the end. Discussion of the contents and outcomes of the unit allow students to feel confident in their knowledge and develop the skills to question and explore further.
Impact on personal development (SMSC)	RSHE is essential to personal development. It allows age appropriate discussion in a safe environment to explore ideas and garner information. Students will look at scenarios and risks and be able to understand consequences in a controlled way.
Preparation for the next stage of education	The RSHE curriculum builds in complexity as students move through the school and become more aware of issues outside the bubble of education. It is planned to allow age-appropriate discussion and exploration of relationships, health, sex and online safety; becoming more in-depth as they mature and develop.