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    Key Stage 4

    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.