Personal Development Curriculum (PDC)
Our Aims
Our Personal Development Curriculum runs across everything we do in school, educating our students to be well rounded young people, entering the next stage of their life fully equipped.
During Personal Development time each day, students will cover a diverse range of subject areas with lessons planned by specialists and delivered by their Personal Development Tutors, who know them the best.
Each year, our students take part in 5 Character & Culture (C&C) Days where they spend a concentrated amount of time on more specific areas of the curriculum, during which, we invite several visiting speakers/experts to join us.
At the end of the year our students are given the opportunity to partake in a variety of additional enrichment opportunities and experiences during ‘Wonderful Week’. Opportunities include residential visits, day trips and in school experiences that students can select from earlier in the year to create their bespoke timetable.
Personal Development content also runs across all curriculum areas in school, with staff making reference, throughout their teaching, linking the content of PDC lessons to their individual subject/areas of school.
WHO’S WHO?
Leadership Responsibility:
Senior Leader: Mrs S. Worthington
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health & Economic): Mr L. Betney
RSE (Relationship & Sex Education): Mr L. Betney
CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance): Mrs K. Wood
Character: Mrs S. Worthington
Communication: Mrs A. Williams
Numeracy: Mrs L. Merritt
Cultural Capital: Mrs A. Williams
British Values: Mrs A. Williams
Enrichment: Mrs S. Worthington
Student Leadership: Mrs S. Worthington, Miss A. Ellis, +TBC
Equality & Diversity: Mrs M. Callaghan
Teaching Staff:
Personal Development Curriculum: Personal Development Tutors
Character & Culture Days: All teaching staff & Visiting Staff/Experts
Link Governors: Mrs A. Jones Mrs G. Sinnott Mrs N. Martin
Learning Journey
Timetable and Codes
PSHE & CEIAG Audit/Tracking
Cultural Capital Provision
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Year 7
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Term
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Unit of Study
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Key Skills/Learning
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Autumn
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 1
C&C Day 2
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Self-Concept (H1-H5)
Welcome to Careers
LORIC introduction and understanding
Introduction to debating
Root words
Relationships & Gambling
Sleep, Diet, Physical Activity
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Spring
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 3
C&C Day 4
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Positive Relationship (P1-P8)
Careers of the Future
Debating continued
Them & Us – Stages & ages, more than words, not harming others
Emotion words
Knife Crime, Personal Safety, Police ‘Capture’ programme
British Values – Democracy, Parliament & the Law
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Summer
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 5
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Learning Skills (L1-L6)
Building Employability Skills
Character in the Community
Prefixes
CEIAG – Keepmoat Sustainable housing project
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Year 8
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Term
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Unit of Study
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Key Skills/Learning
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Autumn
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 1
C&C Day 2
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Emotions, Mental Health, Wellbeing
Career insights
Developing Leadership & Communication Skills
Recap Debating roles and key language, develop note taking,
Root words
Citizenship in the Environment
Health & Wellbeing, Puberty, Access to Services
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Spring
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 3
C&C Day 4
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Supporting others. Prejudice and Discrimination. Bullying
Careers of the Future
Debating - Rebuttal, peer assessors
Them & Us - Acts of kindness, the skill of listening, social exclusion
Emotion words
Equality & Diversity
CEIAG – Stepping into the NHS competition
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Summer
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 5
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Bullying. Abusive Behaviours. Digital Resilience
Developing employability skills
Values and Charity
Prefixes
Social influences and responses
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Year 9
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Term
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Unit of Study
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Key Skills/Learning
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Autumn
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 1
C&C Day 2
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Drugs – positives/negatives, peer pressure, health & Social risks, the law.
Options and the future after KS4
Initiative – command and control, Resilience in life
Root words
Equality & Diversity – creating an inclusive school
Citizenship – Democracy & Politics
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Spring
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 3
C&C Day 4
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Supporting others. Peer pressure. Online safety. Managing a relationship
Career insights
Debating - recap skills & content covered in Years 7&8
Introduce Second propositions/oppositions, floor debates & mini debates.
Emotion words
CEIAG – Careers being the Camera & STEM Challenges
Managing Risk and Personal Safety, Consent, Parenthood, Equality
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Summer
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 5
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Conflict management. Relationship break ups – relationships with drugs and alcohol. Further digital resilience
Embedding of employability skills
Them & Us – The Power of thought, Mouth shut, heart open, Actions & Consequences
Prefixes
Cross Curricular Shakespeare Day
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Year 10
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Term
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Unit of Study
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Key Skills/Learning
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Autumn
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 1
C&C Day 2
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Social media influences. Healthy lifestyles and their maintenance. Risk and emergency situations
Post 16 – next steps and options
Ways to react, self-reflection. What motivates?
Root words
Citizenship & Study Skills
CEIAG – CV writing, Enterprise, Army
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Spring
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 3
C&C Day 4
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The Equality Act. Positive and unhealthy relationships
Work Experience preparation and skills
Debating – Subject specific, student researched debates – whole and part class
Emotion words
Drugs & Alcohol
Consent, Relationships, Sharing Images
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Summer
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 5
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Committed relationships. Online content, data and information
Learnings from work experience to further develop employability skills
Thoughts-words-deeds. Disagreeing in the right way
Exam Command Words
Extremism, Sex Education
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Year 11
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Term
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Unit of Study
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Key Skills/Learning
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Autumn
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 1
C&C Day 2
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Mental & emotional health. Coping strategies. Substance misuse and wider risks of drug use
Post 16 applications, skills & confirming options
Organisation in upper school, revision techniques
Root words
CEIAG – Tertiary options, applications, CV updating
Sexual Relationships, Pregnancy, Intimacy
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Spring
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PSHE
CEIAG
Character
Communication
Numeracy
C&C Day 3
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Unhealthy behaviours. Extremism & digital resilience
Employment rights, responsibilities and protection
Being work ready
Revision skills and techniques to develop resilience and aspiration
Exam Command Words
Finance, Tax, Bills, Mortgages & Study Skills
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ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Whole School Enrichment Timetable – all detail and information is available via synergy in the clubs and societies module INSERT LINK HERE To Clubs and Societies
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Leadership Academy – Bronze, Silver & Gold awards for increasing number of leadership hours logged in logbooks
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Student Council – representatives across all school years on one of three councils: Student Voice, Charity/Community and Eco/Sustainability
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Democracy week – various events and trips to be part of, all advertised through PD tutors
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Wonderful Week – w/c 3th July 2023. INSERT BOOKLET LINK - to be forwraded