SPACE Programme
SPACE Programme
At Hans Price Academy, all of our Year 7-10 students follow a rotation of our 4 SPACE areas; Health and wellbeing, Relationships Careers and Citizenship Education. This lesson takes place once a fortnight and is a recognised lesson on the students’ timetables. Year 11’s receive a similar programme of study delivered through learning family time once a week.
The rotations for SPACE are as follows:
| Autumn 1 15th Sept – 20th Oct 7 weeks (3 lessons) | Autumn 2 3rd Nov – 15th Dec 7 weeks (4 lessons) | Spring 1 14th Jan – 9th Feb 6 weeks (3 lessons) | Spring 2 2nd March – 30th March 6 weeks (3 Lessons) | Summer 1 27th April – 25th May 6 weeks (3 Lessons) | Summer 2 15th June – 13th July 6 weeks (3 lessons) | |
| Year 7 | Health and Wellbeing | Citizenship | Careers and Aspirations | Relationships | Citizenship | Careers and Aspirations |
| Year 8 | Health and Wellbeing | Citizenship | Careers and Aspirations | Relationships | Citizenship | Careers and Aspirations |
| Year 9 | Health and Wellbeing | Careers and Aspirations | Citizenship | Relationships | Careers and Aspirations | Citizenship |
| Topic 1 8th Sept – 5th Nov 8 weeks (4 Lessons) | Topic 2 19th Nov – 28th Jan 8 weeks (5 Lessons) | Topic 3 11th Feb – 1st April 8 weeks (4 Lessons) | Topic 4 29th April – 28th May 6 weeks (3 Lessons) | Topic 5 17th June – 15th July 6 weeks (4 Lessons) | |
| Year 10 | Health and wellbeing | Careers and Asp | RE | Relationships | Citizenship |
| To be delivered in LFT by tutors. | Topic 1 15th Sept – 20th Oct 7 weeks | Topic 2 3rd Nov – 15th Dec 7 weeks | Topic 3 14th Jan – 9th Feb 6 weeks | Topic 4 23rd Feb – 30th March 6 weeks | Topic 5 20th April – 25th May 6 weeks |
| Year 11 | Health and Wellbeing | RE | Careers and Aspirations | Relationships | Citizenship |
From Years 7 to 11 the SPACE Health Education programme will address the following issues:
| Health | Relationships and Sex education (*) | |
| Year 7 | Mental wellbeing Puberty Healthy Lifestyles | Families Recognising healthy relationships Intimate relationships |
| Year 8 | Mental wellbeing Lifestyle choices (drugs, alcohol, smoking) First Aid | Being safe in relationships (age appropriate) Sexual pressures |
| Year 9 | Mental wellbeing Lifestyle choices (drugs, alcohol, smoking) First Aid | Intimate and Sexual relationships* Sexual Health |
| Year 10 | Mental wellbeing Lifestyle choices (drugs, alcohol, smoking) First Aid | Being safe in relationships (age appropriate) Intimate and Sexual relationships* |
| Year 11 | Mental health and wellbeing Self-examination and screening | Being safe in relationships (age appropriate) Intimate and Sexual relationships* |
Curriculum Entitlement
Right to withdraw: Parents have the right to request that their child be withdrawn from some or all of sex education delivered as part of statutory RSE. Before granting any such request a meeting would need to be held with a member of the senior leadership team or SPACE lead. For any more information please contact Mrs Daw (SRE lead) at [email protected]
Lesson Examples
Year 7 Lesson 2 -Peer-pressure and bullying
Year 8 – Sex_ consent and contraception
Year 9 Lesson 1+2 British Values – Mutural respect