RSHE
Relationship Sex and Health Education (RSHE)
Why is it important to our students’ futures? For our students, RSHE is crucial as it supports them in acquiring the knowledge they need to handle many of the important opportunities, difficulties, and responsibilities they will encounter in life. For many autistic students this needs to be explicitly taught. We teach students about healthy relations, maintaining their physical and mental well-being, taking ownership of their own actions and behaviours, exercising initiative, and developing empathy, self-worth, and resilience. All of these abilities will help students grow more independent, overcome learning obstacles, boost their ambitions, and improve their prospects of success in future life.
What does RSHE look like in Lighthouse School? The RSHE spiral curriculum is essential to ensuring that our students’ knowledge and learning are frequently revisited across an age-appropriate timeline and to expand and deepen their developmentally appropriate understanding of a topic. It also supports the various levels of independence that students have at Lighthouse. The three key stages are covered in RSHE through a spiral curriculum that incorporates the following six important topics:
- Self-Awareness – To be able to self-advocate who they are, their likes, dislikes, strengths and interests.
- Self-care, Support and Safety – To be able to look after themselves and keep safe; aspects of Relationships and Sex Education.
- Managing Feelings – To be able to identify feelings, and that how they feel and how others feel affects choices and behaviour; aspects of Relationships and Sex Education.
- Changing and Growing – To be able to recognise how themselves and others are changing; new opportunities and responsibilities; aspects of Relationships and Sex Education.
- Healthy Lifestyles – To be able to recognise and demonstrate how to keep healthy, physically and mentally.
- The World I Live In – To be able to live confidently in the wider world.
RSHE is embedded throughout the school curriculum via a range of cross-curricular links. We work closely with Science, Computing, SaLT, and other subjects or enrichment activities that come under the Personal Development curriculum at Lighthouse School; The KS5 curriculum incorporates elements of the Preparation for Adulthood framework and “connects” prior learning to scenarios relevant to this age group, e.g. the workplace.
RSHE Curriculum:
Subject | Topic | Key Stage | Year | Level | Linked Subject |
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RSHE | Self Awearness - Managing Pressure | KS3 | 1 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Self Care Support & Safety -Public and Private - Families | KS3 | 1 | All | |
RSHE | Managing Feelings- Strong Feelings | KS3 | 1 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Changing and Growing- Healthy/unhealthy relationship behaviours | KS3 | 1 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Healthy Lifestyles - body image | KS3 | 1 | All | |
RSHE | The world I live in - Managing online information | KS3 | 1 | All | Computing |
RSHE | Self Awareness - Prejudice and Discrimination | KS3 | 2 | All | Citizenship |
RSHE | Self Care Support & Safety - Feeling Frightened or worried | KS3 | 2 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Managing Feelings - Positive romantic feelings and sexual attraction | KS3 | 2 | All | |
RSHE | Changing and Growing - Friendships | KS3 | 2 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Healthy Lifestyles - Elements of a healthy lifestyle | KS3 | 2 | All | Food Tech, PE |
RSHE | The world I live in -Taking care of the Enviroment | KS3 | 2 | All | Science, Geography |
RSHE | Self Awareness - Personal Strengths | KS3 | 3 | All | |
RSHE | Self care support & Safety - Feeling Unwell | KS3 | 3 | All | Life Skills |
RSHE | Managing Feelings - Feeling Unwell | KS3 | 3 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Changing and growing - Puberty | KS3 | 3 | All | Science |
RSHE | Healthy Lifestyles - Medicinal Drugs | KS3 | 3 | All | Science |
RSHE | The World I live in - Diversity, Rights and Responsibilities | KS3 | 3 | All | Citizenship |
RSHE | Self Awearness - Managing Pressure | KS4 | 1 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Self Care Support & Safety - Keeping Safe online | KS4 | 1 | All | Computing |
RSHE | Managing Feelings - Self Esteem & unkind Comments | KS4 | 1 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Changing and growing - Intimate relationships, consents and contraception | KS4 | 1 | All | |
RSHE | Healthy Lifestyles - Elements of a healthy lifestyle | KS4 | 1 | All | Food Tech, PE |
RSHE | The World I Live In - Preparing for Adulthood | KS4 | 1 | All | Future Skills |
RSHE | Self Awareness - Skills for Learning | KS4 | 2 | All | Future Skills |
RSHE | Self Care Support & Safety - Emergency Situations | KS4 | 2 | All | Community |
RSHE | Managing Feelings - Healthy/Unhealthy relationship behaviours | KS4 | 2 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Changing and growing - Intimate relationships, consents and contraception | KS4 | 2 | All | |
RSHE | Healthy Lifestyles - Drugs alchol and tobacco | KS4 | 2 | All | Science |
RSHE | The world I live in - Managing Finances | KS4 | 2 | All | Maths, Future Skills |
RSHE | Self Awareness - Prejudice and Discrimination | KS5 | 1 | All | CItizenship |
RSHE | Self Care Support & Safety - Feeling Frightened or worried | KS5 | 1 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Managing Feelings - Intimate relationships, consent and contraception | KS5 | 1 | All | |
RSHE | Changing and Growing - Friendships - Families | KS5 | 1 | All | |
RSHE | Healthy Lifestyle - Mental Wellbeing | KS5 | 1 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | The World I Live In - Preparing for Adulthood | KS5 | 1 | All | Future Skills |
RSHE | Self Awareness - Prejudice and Discrimination | KS5 | 2 | All | Citizenship |
RSHE | Self Care Support & Safety - Public and Private | KS5 | 2 | All | |
RSHE | Managing Feelings - Strong Feelings | KS5 | 2 | All | Wellbeing |
RSHE | Changing and growing - Intimate relationships, consents and contraception | KS5 | 2 | All | |
RSHE | Healthy Lifestyles - Drugs, Alcihol, and Tobacco | KS5 | 2 | All | Science |
RSHE | The World I Live In - Managing Finances | KS5 | 2 | All | Maths, Future Skills |