PSHE equips students with an understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions. Head of PSHE Andrew Hedley shares five tried and tested tips to get the most from lessons

I am often surprised at how advanced students’ attitudes can be. Many, for example, are aware that smartphones can lead to cyber-bullying and a loss of sleep. However, this awareness does not necessarily mean they act accordingly. Students may know what to do, but do they act on that knowledge? Our job as teachers is to make sure they know how to.

Here are five things you can put into practice to improve your PSHE lessons and help students make informed choices about their health and wellbeing.


Ask-it-Basket: All PSHE lessons at my school use an anonymous question box or “ask-it-basket”, a technique I recommend to peers and colleagues. Ensure all the questions are looked at and discussed before the end of the lesson, partly so that the lesson is properly delivered but also so that any safeguarding disclosures are properly reviewed. This will also help you to keep up-to-date with what is going on in students’ rapidly changing digital world.

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