PSHE
“PSHE education helps children and young people to stay safe, healthy and prepare for life's opportunities.”
At Trafalgar School, PSHE education is a planned, developmental programme of learning through which our students acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives now, and in the future. As an integral part of our Personal Development Curriculum, PSHE education helps to safeguard students, support their spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and promotes thoughtful and articulate discussion on relevant issues in their lives.
Our curriculum focuses on four linked themes: health and well-being, relationships (including online), RSE and living in the wider world. At Key Stage 4, students also develop knowledge of careers and further education. Relational practice enhances our PSHE provision and students are asked to consider their own personal qualities; rights to personal boundaries and how their power as an individual can be harnessed as an active bystander to challenge inappropriate behaviours and create an ethos of success for all.
In Years 7 and 8 students have one 50 minute lesson over the two-week timetable delivered by a member of our Humanities or Pastoral team.
In Year 11, this increases to 100 minutes a fortnight, with learning delivered by our humanities and pastoral team.
Our curriculum is constantly adapting and changing to meet the needs of a changing modern world for our young people, and it ensures students are empowered to make decisions that keep themselves and others safe. Alongside developing the tools to make them resilient, successful and ultimately happy young people.
Assessment in PSHE is through self-reflection and discussions, facilitated by the teacher, and recorded in their books for teacher feedback.
PD days throughout Key Stage 3 & 4 offers opportunities for visitors, outside speakers and trips to venues outside Portsmouth to broaden horizons.
Welcome to PSHE at Trafalgar School.
We are proud to lead PSHE at Trafalgar School. Our team is passionate about the subject, understanding the range of critical issues students face every day such as friendships, emotional wellbeing and change. To ensure our students can make the best choices for their wellbeing, we endeavour to provide students with a solid foundation for whatever challenging opportunities lie ahead - so they can face a world full of uncertainty with the certainty they have the skills required to achieve success.
Laura Hudson-Roberts (Director of Humanties) lhudson.trafalgar@salterns.org
Matt Gronow mgronow.trafalgar@salterns.org
Charlotte Argyle cargyle.trafalgar@salterns.org
Dan Stokes dstokes.trafalgar@salterns.org
Pete Dudley pdudley.trafalgar@salterns.org
Martyn Coram mcoram.trafalgar@salterns.org
Emilie Parker eparker.trafalgar@salterns.org
Kat Davies kdavies.trafalgar@salterns.org
Alice Arnold aarnold.trafalgar@salterns.org
Neil Ball nball.trafalgar@salterns.org
Liberty Morrison lmorrison.trafalgar@salterns.org
Chris Furnell cfurnell.trafalgar@salterns.org
