Year 10 SME
At the start of this term our year 10s were preparing for their work experience placements and this was their focus during their SME lessons as they learnt more about the world of work. This included learning about worker’s rights, health and safety, future career options, and then an in-depth review of their work experience […]
Year 9 SME
Year 9 began the year looking at the importance of consent and how to have positive healthy relationships. This unit teaches students how to recognise when something in a relationship is unhealthy or abusive. The unit will also introduce how to have safe sex and the different types of contraception available. They then went on […]
Year 8 SME
This term our year 8 students looked at skills needed for life after school with budgeting and handling money. They also looked at their own skills and began to think about what career path may best suit them. Using the University of Sussex’ education programme allows students to have a deeper understanding of what is […]
Year 7 SME
During the first half of the Spring term our year 7s have been looking at how the body changes through puberty, what to expect and where to go for advice and guidance. The second half of the term focused on how to keep safe online and looked at the use of social media, the spread […]
Platinum Academy SME workshop
This week students from our year 10 Platinum Academy attended a global justice presentation delivered by Mrs Gaskell, our Head of SME, as part of our St John’s College Inspire programme. This was the first of two sessions to take place and during this first presentation students were introduced to different ideas of fairness or […]