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Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Key Stage 4 Curriculum Overview


Key Stage 4 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 10
Big Picture
Exploring influence

How do drugs and alcohol affect decision making?

How to evaluate the
influence of role models and become a positive role model for my peers.

How can I manage peer influence in relation to substance, gangs and crime?

Developing self-confidence, risk management and
strategies to manage influence
Financial decision
making


How do I prevent and manage debt (including
credit rating and pay day lending)?

How is data generated,
collected and shared, and
the influence of
targeted advertising?

Developing analytical
skills and strategies to identify bias and manage influence.
Healthy relationships

How to identify and
evaluate own beliefs and
values in relation to
relationship expectations
and pleasure in
relationships.

How to manage the
impact of the media and
pornography on
sexual attitudes,
expectations and
behaviours?

How to evaluate attitudes
towards sexual assault
and their impact; how to
challenge victim-blaming,
including when abuse
occurs online?

How do I respond to
harassment, including
online and violence?

Developing empathy and compassion, strategies to
manage influence and
assertive communication.
Mental health

How can I promote
mental health and
emotional wellbeing?

How do I challenge
stigma, stereotypes and
misinformation?

How do I manage
challenges during
adolescence?

Developing self-
awareness and assertive
communication.
Families

What are the different types of relationships and families? (including types
of marriage, foster and
adoptive parents).

How do I identify and
evaluate parenting skills
and assess readiness for
parenthood?

Developing empathy and
compassion, clarifying
values and support-
seeking skills.
Preparation for work
(TBC)


CV building?

Work experience?

Developing motivation,
organisation, leadership
and presentation skills
Year 11
Big Picture
Building for the future

How to develop self-
efficacy, including

motivation, perseverance
and resilience.

How do I manage the
judgement of others and
challenge Stereotyping?

How do I maintain a
health self-concept?

Developing confidence,
self-worth, adaptability
and decision-making skills
Next steps

How do I build effective
revision techniques and
strategies?

How do I set and achieve
SMART targets?

How do I maximise
employability?

Developing self-
awareness, goal-setting, adaptability and organisation skills.
Communication in
Relationships


How to communicate
wants and needs?

How to assertively
communicate relationship
expectations?

How to challenge
harassment and stalking (including online)?

Developing empathy and compassion, strategies to manage influence and
assertive communication.
Independence

How to identify risky and
emergency situations?

How to manage personal
health in relation to registering with and
accessing doctors, sexual health clinics, opticians, self examination and
other health services?

Developing resilience and
risk management skills
Addressing extremism
and radicalisation


How to recognise and
respond to extremism and
radicalisation?

How do I manage
conflicting views and
misleading information?

Developing respect for
diversity, risk
management and
support-seeking skills.