St John Plessington Catholic College

Personal Development Lessons at SJP

Dear Parent/Carer, 

I wanted to take the opportunity to give you an overview of what your child will be learning about in their Personal Development lessons this half term. Your child will have 3 lessons of Personal Development each week which are delivered by their form tutor. 

Please take the time to have a look at the below study which shows a breakdown of the Personal Development Curriculum for this half term and discuss with your child what they have been learning about in their Personal Development lessons. 

A reminder that we are a Rights Respecting School and each week I will also be sharing an ‘Article of the Week’ from the Convention on the Rights of the Child for pupils to discuss in forms. These will be shared on our Social Media accounts so that you can keep up to date with which article your child is focusing on each week. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions about the Personal Development curriculum and its content. 

Yours Sincerely, 

Mr M T Jones

Personal Development Coordinator 

 

 

Year group: 

Topics Covered in PD this Half Term:

7

Cyber-Bullying

Stereotypes and prejudice 

Anti-bullying week

Stress and Anxiety 

Racism

8

Managing time and pressure

Mental Health 

Anti-bullying week

Racism

Consent 

9

Budgeting and Credit 

Money and work 

Anti-bullying week

Financial risks 

Racism

Sexual Consent 

10

Online behaviour 

Mental Health

Anti-bullying Week

Racism

Climate Change 

11

Application forms

CV Writing 

Anti-bullying week

Managing pressure and time

Racism

Interview skills

12

Driving

Knife crime 

Anti-bullying week

Domestic abuse/violence 

Racism

Extremism

Slavery and human trafficking