In Year 9 Personal Development is taught during tutor time.
| Term | Key Content |
| Autumn 1 | This is Us - Recognising and demonstrating personal strengths
- What can affect wellbeing and resilience
- The impact that media and social media have on how people think about themselves
- Strategies that could be used to help build resilience to negative opinions and comments
- Recognising and managing internal and external influences which affect health and wellbeing
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| Autumn 2 | Relationships, sex and health education - The law relating to consent and consent should be freely given without pressure or manipulation
- The purpose, importance and different forms of contraception; how and where to access them and advice
- Infections can be spread through sexual activity and barrier contraceptives offer some protection against certain STIs
- The risks related to unprotected sex and consequences of unintended pregnancy
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| Spring 1 | Drugs, alcohol, and associated risks - The characteristics of abusive behaviours (grooming, sexual harassment, sexual and emotional abuse and to recognise there warning signs
- The misuse and supply of legal and illegal substances could lead to grooming, sexual and emotional abuse, violence and exploitation
- How the misuse or supply of drugs could lead to young people joining gangs (county lines)
- How gang culture could pressure young people to supply legal and illegal substances and carry a weapon
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| Spring 2 | Finance and Management - Finance and related risks that young people may make
- About values and attitudes relating to finance, including debt
- Manage emotions related to money
- Evaluate the use of money including the influences of advertisement and peers
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| Summer | Relationships - Recognise peer influence and develop strategies to manage it
- How peer approval can generate feelings of pressure and lead to risk taking
- The role of peers in supporting each other
- Strategies to manage pressure to join a gang
- Motivations, misconceptions and consequences of carrying weapons
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Year 9 Knowledge
