Society & Relationships
Young people today navigate a highly connected, complex world where online and offline life increasingly blur. This brings exciting opportunities, but also challenges.
To help guide your child through this exciting (and sometimes tricky) journey, we offer a rich and varied curriculum under the broad theme of society and relationships.
Students explore how to stay safe and healthy, while learning to balance their academic, personal and social lives in a positive, proactive way. They develop an understanding of online safety and respectful relationships, alongside vital topics like healthy eating, mental wellbeing, and the physical and emotional changes of adolescence.
Through discussing thought-provoking questions like “What are the risks of online relationships?”, “How can lifestyle choices affect fertility?” and “What is religious discrimination?”, students are encouraged to think deeply, challenge assumptions and share their views.
At other times, they explore everything from British values to leadership skills, Holocaust remembrance to digital safety, anti-racism to anti-misogyny.
The aim? To nurture THINK BIG – young people equipped with the knowledge and confidence to be resilient, respectful, curious and ambitious – ready to lead healthy, fulfilling lives and make a difference in the world around them.
How do we bring this to life?
We bring all these topics to life through a dynamic mix of assemblies, guest talks, debates, discussions, and dedicated Think Big Days - encouraging students to dive into a wide range of topics in lively and meaningful ways. This approach ensures they see this learning not as an add-on, but as a vital part of a truly well-rounded education.
In education jargon, it's called our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) education, SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) education, and relationships and sex education. Or Society and Relationships for short.
Our tutor programme consists of a mixture of The Big Read programme, where year groups each read a set book each term and discuss the content, get taught key vocabulary and discuss the themes within the book, Healthy Harris, Wellbeing Wednesday and Housemail - where all our school notices are given to students.