PHSE & Personal Development
Our aim at LEAF is for every student to be able to move seamlessly from school into employment, professional performance, or university, equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to purposefully engage in all of the challenges and opportunities they will experience in life.
In order to support this transition, Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education provides our student athletes and performers with the opportunity to explore a range of topics including financial management, interview technique and communication with employers, effective social media use, and managing adversity using performance psychology strategies. We also teach students about topics and issues such as: Healthy Relationships, Physical Health and Mental Resilience and Wellbeing.
Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) is also taught across the school in a sensitive and mature way, in line with the current statutory guidance for schools. For more information on how we do this please see the letter which was sent home at the beginning of the academic year outlining our RSHE programme.
Personal Development also encompasses our careers programme and we support every student in year 10 in organising a one-week work experience placement. For more information on this please see our ‘Careers and Work Experience’ page.
As well as our own high quality internal resources, we also teach schemes of work provided by the JIGSAW and CHAMELEON platforms. Our students also have the benefit of having assemblies and presentations from a wide range of external providers, such as: The PSHE Association, Dorset Police, RNLI and many more. These sessions have in the past included topics such as: British Values, Safeguarding Athletes and Performers in performance settings and nutrition and hydration planning for optimal performance.
LEAF Studio students also have a well rounded religious education with assemblies being conducted across the year groups on all the major religious festivals from all the major world faiths. We also aim to improve the Cultural Capital of each student through our comprehensive LYFTA programme, which allows students to explore the world through interactive videos and stories.
Underpinning this approach are our weekly Health & Wellbeing Surveys, which encourage every student athlete and performer to reflect on a weekly basis upon their current level of training and performance, along with levels of stress, mental health, fatigue and muscle soreness. Increasing their self-awareness as well as communicating concerns to their support network provides our student athletes and performers with a greater likelihood of positive mental health alongside consistent training and works to minimise the possibility of illness and injury.
LEAF Studio are happy to share RSHE resources relevant to your child’s year group. If you would like access to our RSHE resources, please email office@leafstudio.co.uk to request.