Life Skills
At Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School Life Skills provision includes Citizenship Education and Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE).
We believe these areas are complementary, inter-related and all contribute to a young person’s personal development.
Lessons are structured to give a comfortable, safe environment in which girls feel free to express their opinions and discuss issues without fear of belittlement. We use a variety of teaching methods including role play, discussion, practical experience and games as well as written and oral work. As many issues are of a personal nature we do not insist that each girl has to contribute to all discussions but we do encourage them to do so when they feel comfortable.
Many topics are revisited each year. As girls experience maturity we give more appropriate information and more opportunities for discussion and opinion forming. Other topics may be visited once or twice according to the needs of each year group.
Curriculum
KS3
In Key Stage 3 we look at a number of topics including:
- Study Skills
- Attitude to Others
- Relationships
- Relationship and Sex Education
- Health and Safety Education
- Environment
- Careers Education
- Budgeting
- Leisure
- Citizenship Issues
- Self Awareness
- Loss and Bereavement
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
KS4
In Key Stage 4 we look at a number of topics including:
- Study Skills
- Attitude to Others
- Relationships
- Relationship and Sex Education
- Health and Safety Education
- Careers Education
- Budgeting
- Leisure
- Citizenship Issues
- Self Awareness
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Study Skills
KS5
In Key Stage 5 we look at a number of topics including:
- Study Skills
- Attitude to Others
- Relationships
- Relationship and Sex Education
- Health and Safety Education
- Environment
- Careers Education
- Budgeting
- Leisure
- Citizenship Issues
- Self Awareness
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
Visits/Extra Curricular
As part of our Life Skills curriculum we invite a number of speakers and outside agencies to deliver lessons in Key Stages 3 and 4 and seminars, workshops and lectures in Key Stage 5. These include organisations such as Understanding Animal Research, St Albans Magistrate Court and Herts Young Homeless to name a few.
