Mental Health – Emotional Wellbeing and Resilience

• Understanding what is mental health;
• Understanding the different emotions humans experience;
• Appropriate vocabulary to talk about their own and others’ feelings;
• Understanding for appropriate and proportionate behaviour and responses;
• Understanding what is an unhealthy and healthy coping strategy;
• Recognising triggers for seeking support;
• Self-care techniques through mindfulness;

Body Image

• What is body image?
• Influence & pressures
• Positive self-esteem
• Body confidence
• Accessing support & practicing mental wellbeing

Consent

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries
• Consent in the physical and cyber world
• Accessing support

Cyberbullying

• What is cyberbullying?
• Prejudice based bullying
• Stereotypes & labelling
• Actions & consequences
• Accessing support

Drugs / Alcohol

• Alcohol & the law
• Drugs ( Cocaine, Cannabis, Ecstasy, Nitrous oxide)
  • What is it?
  • What are the health implications including mental health?
  • The law
• Peer pressure – ‘What should you do’ scenarios relating to drug and alcohol use
• How would you notice someone needed help?
• Accessing support

Gangs / Knife Crime

• Healthy relationships
• Saying ‘no’ role play
• What is a gang
• How children get groomed
• Why people might carry a knife
• Law relating knives and weapons
• Consequences ‘Ripple effect’ – joint enterprise
• Accessing support

Relationships - Grooming / Exploitation

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries
• Stages of grooming on & offline
• Why children are groomed linked to radicalisation, sexual & criminal exploitation
• Accessing support

Peer on Peer Abuse (relationships)

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries – confidentiality vs secrets
• What is sexual bullying?
• What is sexual harassment?
• Identifying the difference between banter and bullying/harassment
• Accessing support, own support networks

Sexting

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries – confidentiality vs secrets
• Sending nudes, the law & consequences
• Why do children send nudes?
• Peer pressure – scenarios
• Accessing support

Mental Health – Emotional Wellbeing and Resilience

• Common types of mental ill-health;
• How to talk about emotions;
• How to be more self-aware;
• Resilience
• Mindfulness and the importance of exercise;
• Unseen pressures and the impact of negative language;
• Understanding appropriate and proportionate behaviour and responses;
• Sources of support.

Body Image

• What is body image
• Influence & pressures
• Positive self-esteem
• Body confidence
• Accessing support & practicing mental wellbeing

Consent

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries
• Consent relating to sex and imagery
• Consent in the physical and cyber world
• Accessing support

Cyberbullying

• What is cyberbullying
• Prejudice based bullying
• Stereotypes & labelling
• Challenging stereotypes
• Actions & consequences
• Accessing support

Drugs / Alcohol

• Alcohol & the law
• Drugs ( Cocaine, Cannabis, Ecstasy, Nitrous oxide)
  • What is it?
  • What are the health implications including mental health?
  • The law & Police powers (scenario based)
• Peer pressure – ‘What should you do’ scenarios relating to drug and alcohol use
• How would you notice someone needed help?
• Accessing support

Gangs / Knife Crime

• Healthy relationships
• What is a gang
• How young people get groomed
• Why people might carry a knife
• Law relating knives and weapons
• Interactive video ‘Take the knife’ deciding on course of action
• Joint enterprise
• Consequences ‘Ripple effect’ – joint enterprise
• Accessing support

Relationships - Grooming / Exploitation

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries
• Stages of grooming on & offline
• Why children are groomed linked to radicalisation, sexual & criminal exploitation
• Accessing support

Peer on Peer Abuse (relationships)

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries – confidentiality vs secrets
• What is sexual bullying?
• What is sexual harassment?
• Identifying the difference between banter and bullying/harassment
• Accessing support, own support networks

Sexting

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries – confidentiality vs secrets
• Sending nudes, the law & consequences
• Why do young people send nudes?
• Peer pressure – scenarios
• Accessing support

Pornography (KS3/4/5)

• Healthy relationships
• Boundaries
• Consent
• What is porn?
• Impact of viewing porn on relationships
• Law
• Accessing support