Year 8 Personal Development

• How pupils can protect themselves, including what to do if something goes wrong.
• How difficult it is to remove something a user wishes they had not shared.
• The risks of sharing material online and that removing compromising material can be difficult.

• The impact of unhealthy or obsessive comparison with others online. Over reliance on on-line relationships including social media
• Your rights and responsibilities online.
• How to identify harmful behaviours and where to get help if pupils are affected.

• How pupils can protect themselves, including what to do if something goes wrong.
• What is illegal online, especially what may be seen as normal e.g. sexting.
• Some online behaviours are abusive, they are negative, potentially harmful and sometimes illegal.
• People can behave differently online to how they would face to face.

• The risks of sharing material online and that removing compromising material can be difficult.
• The impact of unhealthy or obsessive comparison with others online. Over reliance on on-line relationships including social media.
• Your rights and responsibilities online.
• How to identify harmful behaviours and where to get help if pupils are affected.

• Extreme behaviour online.
• Misinformation and being aware of misleading information can be shared inadvertently.
• The laws protecting and governing what information and opinions can be shared online.
• The concept of filter bubbles and how content online is targeted towards individuals based on their digital interactions.

• The impact filter bubbles can have on people’s actions outside of the online world.
• How filter bubbles and the content we see online can lead to extreme behaviours.
• Assessment

• What constitutes a healthy diet and the characteristics of an unhealthy diet
• The role of a balanced diet as part of a healthy lifestyle
• Food content and risks 
• What influences decisions about diet and managing eating choices

• The characteristics of healthy relationships
• How some behaviours within a relationship are criminal
• What constitutes as harassment and violence

• Laws and the justice system
• Youth crime
• Rights and the police
• Sentencing
• Punishment
• Paying for goods and services
• Borrowing money

The mental health programme is delivered in form time throughout Summer term.