John Hanson Community School PSHE Day 3: 6th January 2023  

Our third PSHE day of the year, and a busy one as normal! Our students will have the opportunity to learn about themselves and others, the world and environment around them, difficult and topical issues, and how to prepare for their futures.  

Year 7: A range of vital sessions for life both in and out of school  

Tutor session on Parents in Prison: Shockingly, 310,000 children a year have a parent go to prison. Students widened their understanding of such a challenging situation and the best ways to support themselves or others. 

What to do in an unsafe situation: In this session, Year 7 explored the consequences of carrying a knife, and the severity of making an unsafe decision linked to knife crime. They also explored what to do in the event of a knife or terror attack: RUN to safety, HIDE if they can’t, and TELL the police when they're safe. They then had the opportunity to put strategy into practice through an interactive video discussion. 

Refugees: Today, Year 7 looked at the situation facing refugees in the world today – considering that as of June 22 there were 100 +million Refugees in the world. We looked at who these people are and where they have come from and how hard it must be for them looking particularly at the plight of children (36.5m) 

British Values: Year 7 looked at British Values for PSHE day. These values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance are the corner stones of our society and valuable for all to know. Through discussion, videos and activities Year 7 explored these values and why they are so important. 

Human Rights: In this session, students discussed the definition of human rights and the different between want versus need. Students looked directly at the Human Rights Declaration and how certain instances do or do not affect our human rights. In the same way, students discussed how some people have their Human Rights unfairly taken and the results of this. 

Emotional Coaching: Students explored the external factors which impact their emotions. They began to learn how their responses matter, and how to successfully look after their emotional health. 

Mental Health: In this session, Year 7 learned about what we mean by the term 'mental health,' and that we all have mental health, whether positive or negative. They also learned about what negative coping methods looked like, and some positive methods that they could use instead to help them manage their emotions. They were also directed towards the wide range of services who specifically support mental health in young people. 

Year 8: A day of topical and sometimes hard-hitting subjects, exploring our planet and how to take care of it for the future 

David Attenborough documentary on Climate Change and understanding our planet: After recent years being recorded as the hottest on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat through a powerful documentary. Students had a worksheet of factual information to answer and select during this documentary viewing to cement the current state our planet is in and identify what we can do to turn things around. 

Climate Change – what the Government says: This Year 8 session looked at the Climate Change from a number of different points of view. This included the Governmental point of view, pressure groups and individual people. It concluded with all students writing a ‘Climate Change pledge’ outlining one change they will personally make. 

The Plastic Problem: Plastic – brilliant but horrifically damaging our eco-systems. Students learnt about the different types of plastic, biodegrading, and how to reduce our single-use plastic usage. Students successfully identified the key importance in the reduction of this consumption in order to be able to sustain and keep our beautiful eco-systems.  

Local Nature Reserves: How lucky we are!  Students learnt about all the wonderful wildlife are in our local nature reserves – who thought we had the Great Crested Newt.  Through some scenarios, the students then learnt how to respect all uses of the parks from visitors, anglers, dog walkers and the many volunteers who upkeep the parks. 

Recycling: Reduce, reuse recycle! Putting the wrong things in the wrong bin costs HCC £1.2MIL every year! Year 8 discussed landfill, what we throw away and where it ends up, and how to be more mindful in what we do with our rubbish going forward. Recycling can be challenging – knowing what to put into what bins! – and so to help us within the John Hanson community we have launched a competition to design a poster to go into tutor rooms to make the students (and staff!) aware what can go into the recycle bins and not just paper. 

Grow your own: Vitamins, minerals, fruits and vegetables – the most important things we put into our bodies! In this session, students were able to understand and talk about the importance of healthy nutrients and where we can get them from in our diets. Similarly, students were able to see how easy it is to try and grow our own to promote healthy eating and absorbing goodness from superfoods! 

Year 9: A collection of sessions to get students thinking about their futures and what paths they might take  

Tutor session with Andover and Sparsholt colleges: Year 9 had a really fun and engaging session with Andover / Sparsholt Colleges. Students participated in guessing the courses from photos, from both colleges. Whilst students learnt Andover provide traditional A levels, they also told students about B Techs, Vocational courses, Apprenticeships and the new T levels.  At Sparsholt we looked at the huge campus and some of the more unusual courses such as Equine Studies, Horticulture and Outdoor Pursuits. To finish, they had to guess some of the animals – no one guessed a Racoon dog!! 

The Options Process: Year 9 were introduced to the option process to allow them plenty of thinking time before they make their choices for the subjects they wish to study in Years 10 and 11. Students were made aware of how important it is to choose the subject for the right reasons and not to be influenced by friendship groups or favourite teachers. It is a big decision for them and one that must be considered very carefully. 

Life after John Hanson: During the Life After John Hanson session, students covered possible college courses, apprenticeships and careers that they could embark upon once they have finished their time at our school. Students will spend time researching these different options and were supported in making informed decisions about their future 

Choices: This activity gave students the opportunity to think about the pathways that they could take to certain career fields. Year 9 investigated the different progression routes for a number of fictious examples before creating a profile of their own strengths and interests. They discovered entry requirements and investigated their own chosen fields through the UCAS website. 

The Buzz Test: Who are you? Why do you do the things you do? That was the task of Year Nine to discover during PSHE Day Three as they investigated their personality type and used this new-found information to inform possible career paths open to them in the future. The discovery of whether you are ENFJ, ISFP or another combination is fascinating and a useful tool for decision making.  

Employment: Through discussion students explored different types and patterns of work, including employment, self-employment and voluntary work; that everyone has a different pathway through life, education and work and work pattern types such as, Zero hours contracts, Working from home (for part of the week), Working flexi-time, Shift working, Working while mobile and Job sharing. 

Life Skills: The students learnt how important personal qualities such as communication, self-awareness and empathy are and how to develop and use these in real world examples.  They then moved onto how they would use their behavioural and critical thinking skills to work effectively together as a team by agreeing what things and in what order of priority they would need from the coastguard if they were lost at sea.  Finally, they identified what other life skills they would like to learn more about that will be part of future tutor time sessions. 

Year 10: A range of challenging issues and themes to promote safety, maturity and awareness  

Tutor session on Parents in Prison: Shockingly, 310,000 children a year have a parent go to prison. Students widened their understanding of such a challenging situation and the best ways to support themselves or others. 

Work Experience: Representatives from EBP South came in to school to speak to Year 10 students about the work experience process and system. This was a very informative session to get them to start thinking about what they would like to do for their work experience week in the next academic year (September 2022).  Students were shown how to use the system and how to search and apply for placements. This is only the start of the process and more information will follow to parents/carers. 

Knife Crime: Students learnt about the prevalence of knife use in Britain, the dangers of carrying knives and the legalities around their purchase and possession. Most importantly they talked about the impact of knife use of the families of both those caught carrying a knife and those who had lost loved ones. 

British Values – Tolerance: In this session, students considered how it is impossible to define what it is to be British, due to the diversity that exists in our modern Britain.  In addition, we discussed the impact it has on those of different ethnicity, faith and background, when they are made to feel isolated or abused and how we can support, or challenge others’ prejudice.  We also spoke about how rather than tolerating each other’s differences, our uniqueness is to be celebrated. 

Gender based violence: With the number of gender-based crimes in the UK rising year on year - happening to males too, but far more likely to happen to females – year 10 worked on their understanding and awareness of what these crimes could be and how to prevent, reduce and report them. As part of this session, students also discussed the importance of consent, how it applies to gender-based violence, what to do and who to tell.  

Honour based violence: Today year 10 students studied the challenging topic of honour violence. They examined the different social beliefs that lead to honour violence across the world, coving the range of different spiritual and religious beliefs behind it. Students also gained an understanding of the range of support services available throughout the UK and abroad. 

Healthy Relationships: This session explored ideas about sexuality, romance, intimacy and consent. Encouraging young people to explore their own ideas about sex and intimacy, preferences and limits, in a healthy and safe way.  

Year 11: A range of challenging issues and themes to promote safety, maturity and awareness for life in and after John Hanson 

Tutor session on Knife Crime: Students learnt about the prevalence of knife use in Britain, the dangers of carrying knives and the legalities around their purchase and possession. Most importantly they talked about the impact of knife use of the families of both those caught carrying a knife and those who had lost loved ones. 

Is this Coercive Control: Abuse isn’t always physical. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim. Through watching a documentary and having an open discussion, year 11 were able to explore the signs and patterns of coercive control and how to spot it in the hopes that they can be more aware for the future.  

Online Relationships: Year 11 students looked at the dangers of being able to hide behind a computer screen online and how our trust should not so easily be given to those we really do not know. Understanding the dangers of grooming and catfishing, we hope that year 11 will now be more aware and streetwise when using the internet. 

Condom demonstrations: Year 11 students had the chance to learn how to put on a condom safely and correctly. It is important that students have an awareness of sexual health and how to keep themselves safe and protected. Let's talk about it! 

Silly Cow: Students found out the impact of a road accident and consider the detrimental impact a lack of awareness and consideration for rules and laws can have on other people. As such, they also learnt about the rules for learning to drive to help them process how to prevent such tragic and possibly fatal incidents from happening. 

Having a Child: The sensitive topic of fertility is covered in the session ‘Having a Child’ – this information giving session explores infertility causes such as endometriosis and poly-cystic ovaries, top tips on how to support someone through miscarriage or premature birth, as well as alternative options to pregnancy such as fostering and adoption.    

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