Character Development Curriculum Sequencing and Outline

Year 7

Term 1
Valuing Myself and Others

Term 2
Responsibilities and Values

Term 3
Amplifying Voices

Term 4
Careers

Term 5
Making Safe Choices

Term 6
Growing and Thriving/Healthy Futures

L1 – Sharing perspectives

L1 - Reviewing strengths and values; qualities in positive relationships 

L1 - Mental health stigma

L1 – Introduction to Careers

L1 - Presenting self online

 L1 - What is FGM?

L2 – Respecting differences

L2 - Healthy balance: vaccinations

L2 - Social media opportunities and benefits

L2 – Green Careers

L2 - Sharing images

L2 - Peer influence and consent

L3 – Factors affecting different relationships

L3 - Family roles and responsibilities

L3 - Media and self-image

L3 – Introduction to LMI

L3 - Reducing risk online

L3 - Triggers for unhealthy coping strategies

L4 – Mental and emotional health

L4 - Income inequality and ethics

L4 - Media representations of relationships

L4 – Jobs of the Future and AI

L4 - Managing personal safety

L4 - Strategies to manage puberty

L5 – Risky behaviour

L5 - Values in relationships

L5 - Responding when things go wrong online

L5 – Different types and patterns of work

L5 - First aid and common injuries

L5 - Gender and sexuality

L6 – Presenting myself well

L6 - Social and environmental impacts of financial decisions

L6 - Establishing personal values and clear boundaries

L6 - Recognising bullying

Year 8

Term 1 -
Building perspectives

Term 2-
My place in the world

Term 3 -
Intimate relationships

Term 4-
Responding to risk

Term 5 -
Careers

Term 6-
Risks, attitudes and influences

L1 - Seeking perspectives; assessing evidence

L1 - Routes into work and further education

L1 - Stable, long-term relationships 

L1 - The internet: risks and opportunities

L1 – How rich am I and setting goals

L1 - CPR and the use of defibrillators

L2 - Discussing issues respectfully

L2 - Social media: opportunities

L2 - Intimacy without sex

L2 - Factors that contribute to young people joining gangs

L2 – Enterprise project

L2 - Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco: misconceptions

L3 - Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination

L3 - Building and undermining trust

L3 - Consent in intimate relationships

L3 - Risks and facts associated with FGM

L3 – Enterprise project

L3 - Consequences of substance misuse

L4 - Building resilience

L4 - Challenging harmful social norms

L4 - Consent: legal and moral implications

L4 - Cultural expectations that may limit aspirations

L4 – Careers of the future and AI

L4 - Strategies to manage influences on drug, alcohol and tobacco use

L5 - Managing stress and emotional challenges

L5 - Strong feelings and boundaries

L5 - Risks of unprotected sex

L5 - Internal and external influences on health decisions

L5 - Different attitudes to finance and debt

L6 - Goal setting

L6 - Assessing and managing risk in relation to financial decisions

Year 9

Term 1 -
Inclusion, Equality and Challenging Discrimintiation

Term 2-

British Values - Building Safer Communities

Term 3 -
Careers

Term 4-

Digital Responsibility

Term 5 -
Healthy Relationships

Term 6-

Respecting Health, Shaping Futures

L1 – What is Discrimination

L1 - Respect in Action: Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour

L1 – Careers Introduction and Influences

L1 – Your Digital Footprint: What Goes Online Stays Online

L1 – What makes a relationship healthy?

L1 - Taking responsibility of physical and mental health

L2 – The Danger of Stereotypes – From assumptions to prejudice

L2 - Knives: The Hidden Cost

L2 – Budgeting

L2 – Behind the Screen: Media, Myths and Reality

L2 – When respect is missing: harassment, coercion and abuse.

L2 - Benefits of exercise

L3 – Challenging Discrimination – Why being a bystander isn’t enough

L3 - County Lines: Spotting the Signs

L3 – GCSE Links to Careers

L3 – Think Before You Share: Sexting and the Law

L3 –  Families, marriage and parenting today.

L3 - A balanced diet – part of a healthy lifestyle

L4 – Understanding Extreme Views – How intolerance becomes dangerous

L4 - Acid Attacks: Prevention and Protection

L4 - Discrimination and Interview Techniques

L4 –  Staying Safe in a Digital World

L4 – Blame or Responsibility? Understanding victim blaming

L4 - How to access health services

L5 – Resilience and Self Esteem – Protecting ourselves and others

L5 - Choices and Consequences: Youth and the Law

L5 – Respect Online: Boundaries and Responsibility

L5 – Power and Control in Relationships

L5 - The effect of drugs and alcohol

Year 10

Term 1 -
Rights, Responsibilities and Realities

Term 2-
Shaping ourselves, Shaping Society

Term 3 -
Digital Identities, Real Consequences

Term 4 -
Careers

Term 5 -
Respect, Safety and Integrity in Relationships

Term 6-
RSE – Understanding Sexual Relationships

L1 – What are human rights in todays world

L1 - Drugs: Help or Harm?

L1 –  Who Are You Online? Identity and Authenticity

L1 – Discrimination and Interview Techniques

L1 – Healthy vs. Unhealthy: What Does a Positive Relationship Look Like?

L1 – Different Types of Sexual Relationships

L2 – Human rights in the digital age

L2 - The Law on Drugs: What You Need to Know

L2 – Online Hate: Respecting Differences in a Digital World

L2 – CV Writing

L2 – When Respect Turns to Harm: Harassment, Coercion and Abuse.

L2 – Sexually Transmitted Infections

L3 – Youth voices and protest

L3 - Role Models: Who Do You Look Up To?

L3 – Think Before You Click: Spotting Fake News

L3 –

L3 –  Hidden Harms: FGM, Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Violence

L3 - Contraception

L4 – Rights at risk

L4 - Misogyny and Sexism: Challenging Inequality

L4 - AI and Algorithms: Who’s Really in Control?

L4 – 

L4 –  Exploitation and Grooming: Spotting the Signs

L4 – Periods and Pregnancy

L5 – Human rights, equality and the law

L5 - Incel Culture and Feminism: Understanding and Respecting Equality

L5 - Truth or Trick? The Rise of Deepfakes

L5 – Sexual Exploitation: Protecting Yourself and Others

L6 – Protecting rights – my role in the world

L6 - Respect, Safety and Support: Building Resilient Relationships