PSHE recognises the complex world in which young people live. It aims to provide students with the skills and knowledge that they need in order to be safe and healthy and to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way. In addition, PSHE aims to foster the key values which are central to Melksham Oak’s ethos: respect, ambition and pride.
At Melksham Oak Community School, we challenge students through stimulating resources and varied activities to reflect, discuss, evaluate, and make decisions. They learn about current perspectives on a wide range of topical issues, developing their own values and opinions in response to these.
The curriculum aims to help students to become:
• Successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress, and achieve;
• Confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives;
• Responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.
PSHE has three strands: relationships, healthy living and living in the wider world. We address these through the following six strands:
• Being me in my world
• Celebrating difference
• Dreams and goals
• Healthy me
• Relationships
• Changing me
Each academic year, students revisit, consolidate and build on each theme. Content is selected to be age appropriate and to reflect the particular needs of our school context.