Citizenship, PSHE, & RSE
Living Life To The Full, Within A Catholic Context
Aims and philosophy
The aim of the CPR program at Trinity is to enable and encourage all of our students to acquire the skills, understanding and key knowledge they need to thrive as individuals in all aspects of their life and to become active and responsible citizens who contribute to our society. At the center of all that we do as a faith community, is the understanding that each human person is made in the image and likeness of God. Our curriculum therefore, underpins the Catholic ethos and Mission of the School and is a catalyst for the School’s principal role of teaching our students to grow and flourish as responsible Catholics in our society.
CPR is embedded across the curriculum in all subjects studied at Trinity and is also an integral part of a wide range of activities which are carried out on a day-to-day basis.
CPR is delivered throughout the curriculum by all subjects, Form time and in assemblies. Subjects deliver different aspects of the National Curriculum for Citizenship & PSHE.
Relationship & Sex Education within a Catholic Context is taught throughout all subjects, and led by the RE Department, with dedicated curriculum time given within RE Lessons each term, following the approve Catholic Education Service Curriculum, developed in partnership with the Department For Education and Ten Ten Resources, delivering RSE education through cinema, film and in class debate and discussions
The curriculum:
Enables us to build on what we are already doing in school in a flexible and innovative way.
Is relevant to pupils, connecting with their interests and experiences.
Encourages pupils to investigate and think critically about issues of current interest, using problem solving, and reasoning and evaluation skills.
Relates to pupils abilities and backgrounds.
Provides pupils with opportunities to discuss and address real life issues and to see that they can participate in activities that make a difference in their schools and the wider community.
Is complemented by the PSHE curriculum as well as ALL other curriculum areas.
Provides opportunities for all pupils to learn and achieve.
Promotes pupils spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepares them for opportunities, responsibility and experiences of life.
To complement their learning in subject areas, there will also be workshops for year groups, covering the following topics:
Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
In addition to the embedded curriculum, specific PSHE and Citizenship lessons are taught in themes across the three terms of the School’s academic year in addition to enrichment and skills days, numerous outside speakers, extended assemblies and drop down days where students are taken off timetable in order to focus on a particular aspect of the curriculum. For one day per term, our students are taken off their usual timetable to attend sessions on carefully selected topics which are delivered by a combination of external agencies and our own teaching staff.
The topics we aim to cover are as follows:
Autumn Term
Health and Wellbeing
Transition from Primary to Secondary and Managing Change
 Mental Health – Individuality
 Mental Health – Exam/Work Pressure
 Being Healthy – Diet, sleep, personal hygiene and fitness
 Travelling Safely – Getting around London safely
 General Road Safety
 Street Crime – Strategies to avoid street crime in London
 Nicotine and Tobacco – Key facts and effects on health
 Alcohol – Key facts and effects on health and social impacts
 Illegal and Legal Substances – Key facts and effects on health and social impacts
 E-Safety – New technologies and potential risks
 First Aid Training – Basic first aid skills
Spring Term
 Law and Politics
 UK Democracy
 Justice System
 UK Liberties
 Crime and the Law
 Human Rights
 International Law
 International Governance
 E-Safety Laws
 Vocation and Enterprise
 Careers
 Academic Options
 Study Skills
 Work Experience
 Enterprise
Summer Term
Equality and Discrimination
 Nationalities at Trinity and the wider community
 Diversity
 Bullying
 Finance and Economics
 Uses of Money – Personal spending
 Budgeting – Avoiding debt
 Financial Products and Services
 Moral and Social Effects of Spending Choices
 Gambling – Risks and social impacts
 Public Spending
Key Stage 5
When our pupils reach the Sixth Form, they attend a variety of talks and workshops across the year delivered by external agencies in preparation for the wider world. Some of the sessions that they will attend include:
 Nicotine and Tobacco – Key facts and effects on health
 Alcohol – Key facts and effects on health and social impacts
 Illegal and Legal Substances – Key facts and effects on health and social impacts
 Crime and the Law
 E-Safety
 Study Skills – Key strategies for high achievement and managing exam pressures
 Personal Finance – Budgeting and money management for life after 6th Form
 Careers
 UCAS and Higher Education
