Personal Development supports young people to thrive, supporting them to be mentally, physically and emotionally healthy, safe online and offline and equipped to succeed in their future relationships and careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Why is Personal Development Important?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It contributes to physical and mental health and wellbeing, encouraging individual responsibility for health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It contributes to the safety and protection of our children and young people, from staying safe online to understanding risks associated with drugs and alcohol and knowing the law surrounding these topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It contributes to the information our students need to help them develop healthy, nurturing relationships of all kinds, not just intimate relationships, and know the boundaries within the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It promotes independence, resilience and responsibility \u2014 preparing children and young people for future roles as employees, employers, parents and leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It supports students to be critical consumers of information and develops the skills to identify misleading news or views on social media and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How is Personal Development taught?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
As a school, we operate a whole school approach to Personal Development. Appropriate topics are explored in mentor time, core lessons, enrichment weeks and assemblies. Subject areas contribute to certain topics, such as aspects of relationship and health education arise in English, Drama, PE, Health and Social Care and Biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Personal Development supports young people to thrive, supporting them to be mentally, physically and emotionally healthy, safe online and offline and equipped to succeed in their future relationships and careers. Why is Personal Development Important? It contributes to physical and mental health and wellbeing, encouraging individual responsibility for health. It contributes to the safety and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1651,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1688","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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