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
