What are Life Lessons?

Life Lessons are compulsory timetabled sessions that will take place once a week in Year 12 and once a fortnight in Year 13.

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During Life Lessons you will learn valuable life skills, as well as information to support your understanding of the world around you and life beyond SWCHS.

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Life Lessons will be delivered by your form tutor (in most cases) and should be treated like any other subject lesson.

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What are Life Lectures?

Life Lectures are compulsory timetabled lectures that will take place once a fortnight.

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In a similar format to University Lectures, Life Lectures, will be hosted by guest speakers from both external agencies and internal SWCHS staff.

 

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See below some of topics that will be covered during these lessons and lectures.

Year 12:

- New environments and meeting new people

- Online relationships and online activity

- Contraception and sexual health including STI’s

- Harmful Sexual Behaviours

- Understanding mental health

- Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, OCD and self-harm

- Suicide awareness and male mental health

- Managing risk including alcohol and drug use

- Drive Safety

- CV Writing and preparing for interviews

- Online digital Resilience

- Employment rights

- Work experience support and professional conduct in the workplace

- How to be critical consumers of information

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Year 13:

- Discrimination, prejudice and inclusion

- Respecting faith, forced-marriage and honour-based crimes

- Stalking and Harassment

- Harmful Sexual Behaviours

- Self – harm, suicide awareness and male mental health

- Managing risk including alcohol and drug use

- Drive Safety

- Stress Management

- Healthy Diet and Budgeting

- Money and Budgeting including taxes, National Insurance, borrowing money, Trade Unions