Education 4 Life (E4L)
Education 4 Life
The ethos for Education 4 Life lessons at Cheltenham Bournside School is to support students to become safe, happy, confident and informed young people, and to help them make educated choices both now and in the future.
Students receive one lesson a fortnight and the lessons follow the PSHE Association spiral curriculum. Aspects of our E4L programme are also embedded within the tutorial programme and year group and House assemblies. We use recommended accredited lessons, as well as welcoming a wide range of external speakers into the school. These include Gloucestershire Constabulary school beat officers, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue - SkillZone, Fearless (Knife Crime), Alter Ego Theatre Company – Chelsea’s Choice and County Lines, the Holly Gazzard Trust, Oddballs and Coppafeel.
As part of the curriculum, we provide many opportunities to develop each child’s personal development, focusing on aspects such as friendships, personal awareness and safety in the community. These are delivered as stand-alone sessions, beyond the classroom, both in and out of school, where appropriate.
Sample E4L lessons - Term 3, 4 & 5
| Area of curriculum | Topics | Key Questions may include | |
| Year 7 | Health & Wellbeing | Vaping Puberty - personal hygiene, sleep |
Why do people choose to vape? What are the risks with vaping? |
| Living in the wider world | Introduction to careers education Challenging stereotypes |
What is careers education? | |
| Year 8 | Health & Wellbeing |
Online pupil survey - Gloucestershire County Council | |
| Living in the wider world | Breaking the Chain - knife crime, external theatre company Healthy relationships - Consent, Sexting Unhealthy coping strategies - Self-harm, eating disorders Understanding sex and gender Gender discrimination |
What is consent? What is meant by the term sexting? What are unhealthy mental health coping strategies? Understanding sex and gender Challenging expectations and choice |
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| Year 9 | Relationships | Calling it out - Misogyny, sexual harm, external theatre company |
What does a healthy relationship look like? |
| Health & Wellbeing | Revisit Consent Exploitation Introduction to contraception 1st Aid - CPR |
What is exploitation? What is meant by the term contraception? How and when do you give CPR? |
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| Year 10 | Health & Wellbeing | Online pupil survey - Gloucestershire County Council Vaping |
Why do young people vape? |
| Relationships | Healthy intimate relationships Contraception STIs |
What is a healthy intimate relationship? Investigating different forms of contraception What are the different STI's? |
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| Financial Decision Making | Budgeting | How do you create a budget? | |
| Year 11 | Living in the wider world Relationships |
Intimate relationships including porn and self-pleasure Revenge porn and the law Coercive control The letters to their future self from Yr7 returned |
Is porn a good way to learn about healthy intimate relationships? What is revenge porn? What is coercive control? |
| Year 12 | Online pupil survey - Gloucestershire County Council Coppa feels - self-examination for cancer Oddballs |
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| Year 13 | Next steps post Yr13 University applications Apprenticeships |