Thrive
Acting Subject Leader: Mrs R Quartey
Subject Leader Email Address: rebecca.quartey@swale.at
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.
MAYA ANGELOU
Subject Overview
Thrive is our personal development curriculum which helps students develop the knowledge and life skills they need to be successful. We aim to prepare young people to be ambitious and thrive whilst they navigate the challenges of adulthood. The curriculum is based on the statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) guidance for secondary schools. Our curriculum helps students to make informed decisions and become respectful, responsible and resilient members of society.
Thrive covers three key areas: relationships and sex education, health and wellbeing and living in the wider world. Through age-appropriate lessons, students learn how to look after their physical and mental health, build positive relationships, stay safe, manage change and understand their role within the wider community.
For information on withdrawing a student from the non-statutory/non-science components of sex education, please see the school Relationships and Sex Education Policy on our website.
Year 7
Term 1
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know strengths, decide risk and thrive independently.
Term 2
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know identity, decide personal responsibility and thrive through connections.
Term 3
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know digital consequences, decide strategies and thrive safely.
Term 4
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know human rights, decide respect and thrive within society.
Term 5
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know legal frameworks, decide boundaries and thrive free from harm.
Term 6
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know influences, decide habits and thrive in health.
Year 8
Term 1
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know opportunities, decide career paths and thrive in society.
Term 2
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know media distortions, decide respectful connections and thrive authentically.
Term 3
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know substance risks, decide legal options and thrive safely.
Term 4
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know screen risks, decide self-regulation and thrive by applying balance.
Term 5
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know human rights, decide safe relationships and Thrive without prejudice.
Term 6
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know healthcare systems, decide consent and thrive emotionally.
Year 9
Term 1
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know job markets, decide pathways and thrive professionally.
Term 2
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know British values, decide boundaries and thrive equally.
Term 3
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know dangers, decide carefully and thrive through accessing support.
Term 4
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know criminal law, decide realities and thrive through protection.
Term 5
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know relationship status, decide legality and thrive responsibly.
Term 6
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know clinical facts, decide first aid and thrive healthily.
Year 10 & 11
Term 1
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know market trends, decide options and thrive during interviews.
Term 2
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know laws and choices, decide boundaries and thrive within communities.
Term 3
Topic: Health and Wellbeing - How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know Risks & Realities, Decide Habits, Thrive in Balance
Term 4:
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know financial systems, decide scams and thrive as citizens.
Sixth Form
Preparing for independent adulthood
Term 1
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know rights and responsibilities, decide independence and thrive as citizens.
Term 2 (Year 12)
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know hazards and limitations, decide emotional control and thrive as safe drivers.
Term 2 (Year 13)
Topic: Living in the wider world. How can I be my best self?
Focus: Know economic systems, decide credit choices and thrive with financial security.
Term 3
Topic: Relationships. How can I relate to others?
Focus: Know legal boundaries, decide mutual consent and thrive within healthy relationships.
Term 4
Topic: Health and wellbeing. How can I keep myself and others safe?
Focus: Know health systems and risks, decide conscious habits and thrive through personal wellness.