Personal Development
PD Curriculum 3 I’s
Vision and Intent
The PD curriculum at Maltings Academy is determined to develop students as independent learners who understand health and emotional well being, relationships and sex education (RSE) and living in a wider society and world encompassing British values and strong morality.
The Maltings PD curriculum will enable learners to:
Explain and understand factors that can influence an individuals emotional wellbeing.
Provide practical theory and examples of how to manage your feelings and emotions.
To evaluate ways in which a range of media forms can impact emotions.
Explain and outline different relationships and the forms in which relationships can take.
Look at case studies and examples of range of relationship situations.
Use balanced and reasoned viewpoints to make decision and lead discussions.
Develop a range of skills linked to CEAIG to help for the students future.
Outline main financial situations and make links to cost of living.
Increase awareness of online safety and make judgements on how to stay safe online.
Subject Implementation
The PD curriculum is delivered through clear mapping of substantive & disciplinary knowledge for each Scheme of Learning for Key Stage 3. In Year 7 students discover and develop their understanding of emotional wellbeing, Relationships and living in the wider world. In Year 8 this knowledge is developed and built upon in all 3 key areas. In Year 9 students continue to deepen and evolve their range of skills and knowledge within these areas in line with the PSHE association framework and DFE supported materials.
In Key Stage 4 the PD curriculum is delivered through clear mapping of substantive & disciplinary knowledge for each of the 3 key areas. The focus in Key stage 4 moves to addressing a deeper understanding of these areas linked to age related content and materials.
The implementation of the PD curriculum includes:
Make clear links through all 3 strands of the PD curriculum over the 5 year programme.
Clear links to literacy (key language) through reading of articles, case studies, extending writing tasks and oracy tasks in each theme and topic area.
Making links across curriculum into PE (healthy living) Science (RSE) computer science (online safety) Business (finance and money) Religious studies, Maths (key numeracy skills), Media (impacts of mass media), English (oracy skills and key literacy) including the ability to formalise articulate discussions and debates.
End of topics quiz assessments and homework planned to help build upon students' learning and understanding.
Subject Impact
Students will know more, remember more and understand more about the 3 main strands within the curriculum. Students retain prior-learning and explicitly make connections between what they have previously learned and what they are currently learning. Within PD students will develop knowledge and skills to appreciate a range of PSHE / RSE topics.
A Maltings Academy PD student will:
Appreciate differences in society and people.
Gain a wider knowledge and understanding of British Values.
Express view and opinions on a range of topics and areas.
Support a range of opinions and views with facts and evidence from data and case studies.
Develop and grow a life-long culture for learning around life skills and social skills.
To grow tolerance and acceptance of society.
Embrace changes and challenges in each topic and theme.
Show an open mind to grow on their current knowledge and be willing to listen and learn from peers.
Show respect, resilience and be ready to learn new topics from a range of themes.
Engage in mature, intelligence and well resources debates - improve oracy skills.
PD Journey Map
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PD Key Stage 3
Year 7 - Curriculum Overview
Year 8 - Curriculum Overview
Year 9 - Curriculum Overview
PD Key Stage 4
Year 10 - Curriculum Overview
Year 11 - Curriculum Overview