Personal Development

Personal Development lessons at Braunton Academy engage students in learning about PSHEE and Citizenship.

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Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education includes statutory Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education, Finance Education and Careers Education.

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At Key Stage 3 students are taught in their learning group for 1 lesson per week.

At Key Stage 4 students are taught in mixed ability groups for 1 lesson per fortnight.

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The teaching of Personal Development is complemented by Tutor time activities, Theme of the Week, additional events including speakers and trips, and all Curriculum areas.

Key Stage 3 Curriculum

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Key Stage 4 Curriculum

As part of your child’s Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education you have the right as a Parent/Carer to withdraw your child from some Sex Education lessons.

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Please see the guidance below:-

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Right to withdraw your child

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You cannot withdraw your child from Health Education or the Relationships Education element of Relationships and Sex Education, because it is important that all children receive this content, covering topics such as friendships and how to stay safe.

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If you do not want your child to take part in some or all of the Sex Education lessons delivered at secondary, you can ask that they are withdrawn. Your child’s head teacher will consider this request and discuss it with you, and will grant this in all but exceptional circumstances, up until three school terms before your child turns 16. At this age, your child can choose to receive Sex Education if they would like to, and the school should arrange for your child to receive this teaching in one of those three terms (unless there are exceptional circumstances).

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If your child’s school is planning to teach these subjects from September 2019, your right to withdraw your child from Sex Education will be governed by the current legislation and so is absolute for the 2019/20 academic year – your child cannot opt in, and the head teacher will not overrule this request. This will remain the case until September 2020, when the new subjects will become compulsory and the new right to withdraw provisions will apply.

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The science curriculum in all maintained schools also includes content on human development, including reproduction, which there is no right to withdraw from.

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Braunton Academy RSE and Health Education Policy

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Parent year 10 letter

Theme of The Week is based on key qualities, attributes and events that will contribute to our students’ development. It helps to raise their awareness, entice curiosity, provide challenge and engage interest in the world around them.  Students are involved in the selection of topics that are the Theme of the Week.  Theme of the Week is delivered by Tutors in morning registration.

Theme of the Week

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Citizenship

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With terms like ‘global village’, ‘multiculturalism’ and ‘globalisation’ being heard more and more often, the subject of Citizenship has taken greater importance within the curriculum. So what, exactly, does it entail?

In short, Citizenship empowers students to develop understanding about the ever-changing society they live in, and gives them the skills to play their part in this society – the UK – through the study of its political, cultural and legal systems.

At Braunton Academy, we arm our students to become better citizens – both in a theoretical and practical sense. Pupils don’t just acquire knowledge of how society works, but gain experience in community volunteering activities, managing personal and group budgets, and cultural events such as We Day – which is attended by youngsters from all over the world.

Above all, Citizenship’s aim is to give students a sense of ‘who they are’, and their place in a growing country within a wider, increasingly-connected world.

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Key Stage 3

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Students are taught:

• How the political system of the UK has developed as a democracy, including the role of the monarchy, the development of our constitution and Parliament, and how democracy is different from other forms of government

• The operation of Parliament, including voting and elections, and the role of political parties

• The precious liberties enjoyed by the citizens of the UK, and why these privileges are the envy of the world

• The nature and development of rules and laws, and the difference between criminal and civil law

• The justice system, including the role of the police, and how courts and tribunals work

• The functions and uses of money, the importance of personal budgeting, money management, and a range of financial products and services.

• How to organise an Active Citizenship project, based on either volunteering or fundraising

Key Stage 4

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Students are taught:

• parliamentary democracy, including the role of Parliament in holding governments to account, and the different roles of the executive, legislature and judiciary

• the different electoral systems used in and beyond the UK, and  actions citizens can take in democratic and electoral processes to influence decisions locally, nationally and beyond

• other systems and forms of government, both democratic and non-democratic, beyond the UK

• local, regional and international governance and the UK’s relations with the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth and the wider world

• diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the UK, and the need for mutual respect and understanding

• the different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of their community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering

• wages, taxes, credit, debt, financial risk and a range of more sophisticated financial products and services

Extra-Curricular Opportunities

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Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development in Citizenship

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