10 SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2025 CURRICULUMFORLIFE As we approach the end of the academic year, we wanted to share some of the enriching experiences our students have taken part in this term as part of our PSHE curriculum. One highlight was a powerful assembly on the importance of positive male role models - both recognising them and striving to be one - with students contributing their thoughts through interviews with PSHE Leaders. Another assembly focused on staying safe during the summer, with important reminders about water safety as well as road and rail awareness. In response to themes raised by the Netflix series Adolescence, we invited all year groups to take part in a survey exploring their experiences and perceptions of toxic masculinity, helping us better understand student perspectives and inform future learning. Our PSHE Club has been busy with creative and reflective activities, including making honeycomb paper balls and planting sunflower seeds as a symbol of hope and personal growth. Thirty students from the PSHE club and PSHE student leaders also took part in an engaging educational trip to Lancaster Castle and the Police Museum. The visit offered a fascinating look into British values, law and order and prison reform, with guided tours highlighting the castle’s long history as a site of justice and incarceration, its role in the 1612 Pendle Witch Trials, and its operation as a working prison until 2011. Weekly Picture News sessions in form time have sparked discussion on key British values through current events, with recent topics including communication, zoos, national memorials, and the story of the Popemobile. Our Key Stage 3 creative competition this term, The Kindness Ripple Project: Be the Drop that Starts the Wave, encouraged students to reflect on the power of small acts of kindness. We hope all our students take what they’ve learned this term with them, and we wish everyone a safe, peaceful and enjoyable summer.
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