Learning for life
What students learn this year:
In Year 10 each lesson runs across two form times, allowing deeper discussion. Students begin with independence and health choices – effective revision, healthy lifestyles, sleep, self-examination, vaccination and the risks of aesthetic procedures. A dedicated unit on artificial intelligence explores how AI shapes daily life, chatbots and relationships, and the harm caused by deepfakes. In the spring students learn to recognise and challenge prejudice and discrimination and understand how people are drawn into extremism, then examine social and financial influence online. Summer covers consent, intimacy, pornography, coercion and conflict in relationships, before a careers unit prepares students for work experience.
The year delivers the statutory RSHE content on intimate relationships, consent, pornography and online harms, and on health services and self-care. Units on prejudice, discrimination and extremism support the Prevent duty, British values and the Equality Act 2010. The AI and financial-exploitation units respond to emerging national priorities around digital literacy and online safety, and the work-experience unit meets Gatsby Benchmarks on encounters with employers and experiences of workplaces.
Termly overview
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Half term |
Theme |
What students will learn |
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Autumn 1 |
Independence, health choices and wellbeing |
Planning effective revision; what is a healthy lifestyle?; healthy lifestyle – achieving balance; food for thought; the sleep factor; health services, self-examination and vaccination; health-related choices – aesthetic procedures |
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Autumn 2 |
Navigating the online world |
How does AI affect our daily life?; limitations of AI; AI and our understanding of the world; chatbots and relationships; deepfakes – what's the harm?; deepfakes – what can be done?; social attitudes to sending nudes |
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Spring 1 |
Friendship, diversity and challenging extremism |
Recognising prejudice and discrimination; challenging prejudice and discrimination; taking others' perspectives; navigating social influence and pressure; understanding and preventing extremism; how are people drawn into extremist groups? |
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Spring 2 |
Managing influence |
Social influences – tackling peer pressure; all about the money; can it be trusted?; making money online; financial exploitation online |
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Summer 1 |
Exploring consent and recognising abuse |
The role of intimacy and pleasure; understanding pornography; pornography and regulation; pornography – technology and consent; pressure, persuasion and coercion; understanding consent – offline and online; navigating conflict in relationships |
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Summer 2 |
Study, work and careers |
What type of career is best for me?; navigating the careers landscape; mapping a career path; preparing to go on work experience; making a good impression; reflecting on work experience |