SMSC and Personal Development Whole School Calendar 2024-25
The SMSC and Personal Development curriculum has been designed specifically to help our young people develop the skills, understanding and resilience needed to make healthy and safe choices in life, play a positive and proactive role in their community and beyond, whilst preparing them for their next steps into further education and the world of work.
The SMSC programme is explicitly delivered through our mandatory PSHE, RS and Employability curriculums and is also embedded throughout our assembly themes, pupil voice, workshops, weekly tutorial sessions.
We have also incorporated explicit links with British values (BV) and Safeguarding (SG) throughout our SMSC curriculum.
| Month | SMSC Focus | Key Dates | Value of the Month | Weekly Tutorials, Pupil Voice/Workshops | Curriculum Link |
| September |
Value & Ethos British Values |
International Literacy Day (8 September) · International Day of Peace (21 September) |
Rule of law | What are British Values and their importance? RS values and ethos posters(competition) Safeguarding Workshop. McMillan charity event |
RS |
| October |
Resilience and Careers month |
Black History Month (begins 1 October) World Space Week (begins 4 October) World Mental Health Day (10 October) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October) |
Respect Liberty |
Career pathways Careers fair Visit National space centre Raising our aspirations/ Setting positive goals (tutorial) Respect (BV) (Pupil voice) Liberty ( BV) ( Pupil voice) Resilience workshop. Developing coping skills Keeping self-safe (SG) Black History month |
Science English Maths History |
| November | Anti-Bullying Week Remembrance Day |
Armistice/Remembrance Day (11 November) BBC Children in Need (21st November) Anti-Bullying Week (begins 11 November) |
Mutual respect | Child on child( Tutorial) Bullying or Banter (Tutorial) Remembrance Day meaning (Pupil voice) Anti-Bullying Questionnaire Odd socks day for anti-bullying Remembrance Day celebrations |
History |
| December | Exam Confidence/Exam stress Christmas |
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (2 December) International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) Human Rights Day (10 December) |
Integrity | Improving our memory (Tutorial) Exam preparation workshops Exam stress strategies Exam top tips Charity fundraising at Christmas- Christmas fair/ Christmas jumper day 9/12/25 |
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| January | Exploitation and Grooming (CSE/CCE) |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day (20 January) |
Mutual Respect | Mutual respect (BV) pupil voice What is grooming? (Tutorial) What is exploitation? ( Tutorial) Exploitation ( Pupil voice) Keeping Self Safe (SG) Criminal exploitation(SG) Sexual exploitation(SG) County Lines(SG) Signs of Grooming(SG) WMP assembly Charity fundraising at Christmas- Christmas fair/ Christmas jumper day 8/12/23 |
PSHE |
| February | Social media Online Safety |
Children’s Mental Health Week (begins 3 February) LGBT+ History Month (begins 1 February) Charles Dickens’ birthday (7 February) Safer Internet Day (11 February) |
Liberty Rule of law |
mental health tutorial Rule of Law (BV) ( Pupil voice)( Tutorial) Rules of Social Media Apps( tutorial) literacy passage readings Dangers of gaming ( Pupil voice) Online/E-Safety workshop (SG) |
PSHE English |
| March | Political Structures, Civil Rights and Democracy |
Women’s History Month (begins 1 March) World Book Day (6 March) International Women’s Day (8 March) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March) World Poetry Day (21 March) |
Democracy | Political parties and right to vote (BV)( Tutorial & Pupil voice) Democracy ( Pupil voice) Tolerance Red nose day preparation What are Civil Rights Tolerance Red nose day 17/03/24 Easter events/charity Poem writing competition |
History English
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| April | Autism Awareness Celebrating SEND |
World Down Syndrome Day (21 March) World Autism Awareness Day (2 April) |
Mutual Respect | Mutual respect and Tolerance (BV)(Pupil voice) Raising awareness of Autism (SG)( Tutorial) Celebrating Autism awareness day Autism Superpower workshops SEND workshops |
RSE |
| May | Mental Health Awareness week |
World Press Freedom Day |
Liberty | Keeping Self Safe (SG) (Pupil voice) Good and bad mental health (Tutorial) Body image/self-image (Tutorial) Wear green for mental health day. Positive mental health workshop |
RSE |
| June | Celebrating Diversity and Equality |
World Environment Day (5 June) World Environment Day (5 June) World Oceans Day (8 June) World Refugee Day (20 June) Windrush Day (22 June) |
Tolerance Mutual Respect |
What is diversity? (Pupil Voice/ Tutorial) Mutual respect and Tolerance (BV) Environment & oceans rescue Workshop LGBTQ ( Pupil voice) Celebrating Diversity Pride Month Equality workshops |
RS Science PSHE |
| July | Celebrating SMSC and Personal Development Achievements | ||||