In this unit students will explore modern society, and the challenges associated with it. Students will cover crime and poverty, gang culture and exploitation, knife crime, media and fake news, extremism and radicalisation.
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The condition of someone's mind and whether or not they are suffering from any mental illness.
The skills and abilities that allow you to be employed.
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.
the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interests, social group, or nationality
Manner, disposition, feeling, approach, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind: a negative attitude; group attitudes.
Respect is a way of treating or thinking about something or someone. If you respect your teacher, you admire her and treat her well. People respect others who are impressive for any reason, such as being in authority — like a teacher or police officer.
Relating to the life, welfare, and relationships of human beings in a community.
The principles of right and wrong.
A social group of any size whose members live in a specific place, share a government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Law associated with criminal acts.
From, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of a country.
the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
Substance misuse refers to the harmful use of substances (like drugs and alcohol) for non-medical purposes.
The term ‘county lines’ is used to describe gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal drugs into one or more importing areas within the UK, using dedicated mobile phone lines or other form of “deal line”.
The health and well-being of the brain.
Expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss.
Something that happens as a result of an event or action.
Students to have an understanding of how choices can have an impact on future pathways.
Students to discuss how their decisions can have an impact on the community around them.
This unit covers students options post 16, as well as prompting them to consider who influences their choices, their own skills and qualities, their personal profile, how to understand job adverts and beginning to think about university.
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the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interests, social group, or nationality
The power to affect other people or things.
The skills and abilities that allow you to be employed.
Changes to the population and the work force which have created changes in the demand for different types of jobs.
The action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political or working context.
The skills and abilities that allow you to be employed.
A note given to an employee when they have been paid, detailing the amount of pay given, and the tax and insurance deducted.
A compulsory contribution to the government taken from wages, company profits and added to certain products.
Students will develop in a range of areas during this topic, including becoming more aware morally, socially and culturally with regard to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Students will develop their own understanding and decisions regarding this topic.
Students will be able to recognise positive choices and how negative choices in this topic may affect others and the community around them.
In this unit students will explore healthy eating habits, the benefits of exercise, sleep hygiene, the impacts of unhealthy lifestyles, self-examination and screening and the importance of oral health.
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the act of becoming different, or the result of something becoming different
Relating to the personal or private parts of someone's life.
Relating to the life, welfare, and relationships of human beings in a community.
The stage in people's lives when they develop from a child into an adult.
A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or organs. Many hormones are secreted by special glands, such as thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland.
The process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced.
The process of ovulation and menstruation in women.
Healthy eating is simply eating adequate, well-balanced meals to support your body’s needs.
A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.
Decay of the outer surface of a tooth as a result of bacterial action.
Students will develop in a range of areas during this topic, including becoming more aware whilst developing their own understanding and decisions regarding this topic.
Students will be able to recognise positive choices and how negative choices in this topic may affect others and the community around them.
In this unit, students will revisit consent as well as learning about abstinence and delaying sex, contraception and safe sex, unprotected sex and pregnancy, the impact of pornography and sexual objectification and harassment.
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The act or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
Finding a solution to the conflict that both sides can accept.
A marriage which family members or guardians enforce by making the couple feel as though they have no alternative or by actively threatening them.
A marriage which family members or guardians may help 'arrange' by finding suitable partners and matching them together. This is consented to by the couple, although sometimes coercion or persuasion methods are used.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
Female Genital Mutilation
Relating to the personal or private parts of someone's life.
Having regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others.
The stage in people's lives when they develop from a child into an adult.
The way two or more people are connected, or the way they behave towards each other.
The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
The process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced.
Direct influence on people by peers, to follow by changing their attitudes, values, or behaviours to conform to those of the influencing group.
Students to know right from wrong and to be able to express their beliefs and values with confidence, and for students to be aware of specific issues relating to sex and consent and where to get support.
Students to know the law and right from wrong.
In this unit students will explore family diversity within the UK, the relationships and roles within families, divorce and separation, relationships with friends, managing conflict in relationships, bullying and prejudice.
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A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STIs).
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
An IUD is a small T-shaped plastic and copper device that’s inserted into the womb (uterus) by a specially trained doctor or nurse.
Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK. It's passed on from one person to another through unprotected sex (sex without a condom) and is particularly common in sexually active teenagers and young adults.
A venereal disease involving inflammatory discharge from the urethra or vagina.
The use of any of various methods intended to prevent a woman becoming pregnant.
Students to be clear on their beliefs, the law and right from wrong, becoming more aware whilst developing their own understanding and decisions regarding this topic.
Students to be taught about UK law. Students will be able to recognise positive choices and how negative choices in this topic may affect others and the community around them.
In this unit, students will begin preparing for their GCSEs. They will explore attitudes to learning and how to create good habits, making and using mind maps and mind palaces, they will learn how to revise as well as how to plan and redraft effectively.
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A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
The action or process of causing someone to adopt radical positions on political or social issues.
Political or military activities designed to prevent or thwart terrorism.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.
Students will develop in a range of areas during this topic, including becoming more aware whilst developing their own understanding and decisions regarding this topic.
Students will develop in a range of areas during this topic, including becoming more aware the wider concerns of these issues whilst developing their own understanding and decisions regarding this topic.