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    Key Stage 3

    Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
    Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview


    Key Stage 3 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
      Health and Wellbeing Living in the wider world Relationships Health and Wellbeing Living in the wider world Relationships
    Year 7
    Big Picture
    Transition to
    Secondary school


    How do I gain respect in
    the school community?

    Develop goal setting,
    organisational skills and
    self awareness.
    Careers

    How does teamwork and
    enterprise skills link to
    jobs?

    Developing skills
    and aspirations.
    Building relationships

    How do I recognise what a
    positive, healthy
    relationship is amongst
    friends and romantic
    relationships?

    Developing Self-worth
    and Self Esteem.
    Health and puberty

    What is Puberty?
    How do I maintain healthy
    routines during Puberty?
    How to recognise and
    respond to unwanted
    contact?

    What is FGM?

    Developing self
    confidence, self worth
    and support seeking skills.
    Diversity

    What is Diversity,
    prejudice, and how to
    respond to different types
    of bullying?

    Developing respect for
    beliefs, values and
    opinions and advocacy
    skills.
    Financial decision making

    How do I make safe
    financial choices?

    Developing decision
    making skills.
    Year 8
    Big Picture
    Drugs and alcohol

    What are the facts and
    laws (on drugs, alcohol
    and tobacco)?

    How do I resist pressures,
    influences and make
    positive informed
    decisions relating to
    substances?

    Developing strategies to
    manage influence and
    access support.
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    First Aid

    How do I perform First Aid
    in an emergency
    situation?

    Develop Decision making
    skills.
    Community and
    careers


    How do I recognise and
    challenge stereotypes and
    discrimination at work?

    Developing assertive
    communication.
    Identity and relationships

    To know about sexual
    orientation, gender
    identity and diversity in
    sexual attraction.

    What are the laws
    relating to consent?

    What are the risks of
    ‘sexting’?

    What are the basic forms
    of contraception?

    Developing respect for
    beliefs, values and
    opinions and advocacy
    skills.
    Emotional wellbeing

    How do I develop positive
    attitudes towards mental
    health?
    How do I challenge myths
    and stigma including body
    image and coping
    strategies?

    Developing strategies to
    manage influence and
    access support.
    Discrimination

    What are the different
    types of Discrimination in
    all its forms? (including:
    racism, religious, disability,
    sexism, homophobia,
    biphobia and transphobia)

    Developing risk
    management skills,
    analytical skills and
    strategies to identify bias.
    Recycling and the
    Environment


    How can we effectively
    reuse, recycle and reduce
    to help the environment?

    Developing strategies to
    manage influence and
    decision making.

    Digital Literacy

    How can I use social
    networking sites safely?

    How do I recognise biased
    or misleading information
    online?

    Developing values and
    strategies to manage
    influence.
    Year 9
    Big Picture
    Peer influence,
    substance use and
    gangs


    How do I manage
    difficulties and challenges
    in friendships?

    How can I develop
    strategies to manage
    pressure to join a gang
    and/or engage in
    substance use?

    Developing self-
    confidence, risk
    management and
    strategies to manage
    influence.
    Setting goals

    How do I make informed
    decisions about GCSE
    options.

    What are the Laws and
    right to relating to young
    people’s employment?

    Developing goal-setting,
    analytical skills and
    decision making.
    Intimate relationships

    What are the myth and
    misconceptions in relation
    to Consent?

    How does the media
    portray sex (including
    pornography)?

    How to make informed
    decisions about sexual
    health and access reliable
    advice and support.

    To know about sexually
    transmitted infections and
    how to reduce chances of
    transmission.

    Developing assertive
    communication, clarifying
    values and strategies to
    manage influence.
    Healthy lifestyle

    To know how to make
    healthy, informed
    decisions about
    maintaining physical
    health.

    What are prevention
    measures, cancer
    awareness and the
    importance of self-
    examination?

    Developing decision
    making and strategies to
    manage influence and
    access support.
    Respectful
    relationships


    How do I manage
    relationship and family
    changes, including
    relationship breakdown,
    separation and divorce?

    What are the different
    types of families and
    parenting? (including single
    parents, same
    sex parents, blended
    families, adoption and
    fostering)

    Developing respect for
    values and opinions, self-
    confidence and empathy.
    Enterprise Project

    TBC with S.Pannu.

    What skills and qualities
    do I need for
    employment?

    Developing goal-setting,
    analytical skills and
    decision making.