Life Skills is a programme that empowers students to have choice and control in their lives. Students will develop the knowledge, skills, and virtues needed to keep themselves healthy and safe and to prepare them for life and work in modern Britain. The Life Skills curriculum is tailored to suit the specific needs of our Westhoughton students to ensure their learning is relevant to the ever evolving world they are growing up in and equipped with the knowledge they need to look after themselves and others. Additionally, the lessons are designed to promote curiosity and criticality, skills that are essential for a life long love of never stopping learning. The three strands of the Life Skills curriculum, Relationships and Sex Education, Mental and Physical Health, Living in the Wider World, are all taught from an objective and factual position thus providing our students the space to develop their own informed views and opinions whilst also being tolerant, understanding, and respectful of others. The curriculum is delivered in an age-appropriate, cyclical style ensuring that students revisit key topics to develop and embed their learning. We understand that poor mental health is a barrier for some students to fully access their education and therefore we provide, through our Life Skills lessons, fun and practical workshops to help students develop coping strategies, build their resilience, and learn emotional regulation so that they can enjoy their time in school.
Please see parental overview of the curriculum.
