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Sep 12, 2026
FinnHOST
So in my time in education, I've been the head of social sciences for six years and worked in two schools.
FinnHOST
One of the schools, I was head of PSHE alongside line managing sociology, teaching psychology.
FinnHOST
And that was that.
FinnHOST
Other schools, it can include media.
Gemma HathawayGUEST
And I think, again, that's really significant.
Gemma HathawayGUEST
I'm really proud of the PSHE and the RSE, um, curriculum that we provide at Blue Coat.
Gemma HathawayGUEST
You know-
Natasha Broomfield-ReidHOST
Mm-hmm
Imogen PicktonGUEST
So we kind of did a little bit in context of balance sheets and things like that.
Imogen PicktonGUEST
But in terms of PSHE and those kind of lessons, I don't recall them ever really speaking to us about it and educating us on it.
Imogen PicktonGUEST
So I would say for me, the education has primarily come from my parents and speaking to friends and especially being in a generation that's grown up with social media kind of seeing what other people are saying about and taking little bits of advice from all of those different areas.
Jon BoatmanHOST
Just staying with financial education, is money and the relationship money something you talk about in your peer group, in your family? Is it an okay subject that you talk about?
Steve RoestHOST
is really, really impressive.
Steve RoestHOST
Because I'm sure that, you know, in the PSHE lesson or whatever it is, probably has come up, right? But actually the fact that you managed to create something scalable is super impressive.
Laura EarnshawGUEST
Yeah.
Laura EarnshawGUEST
Well, thank you.
Nick Haisman-SmithHOST
Today, where I'm really, really delighted to have with us Lauren Howard.
Nick Haisman-SmithHOST
Lauren's the wellbeing and PSHE lead at Stour Valley Community School in the beautiful town of Clare in Suffolk in the UK.
Nick Haisman-SmithHOST
Lauren, one of the things I remember seeing so clearly when I visited school is the big chart display in your heart space main area at the center of the school around your code of ethics.
Nick Haisman-SmithHOST
And I know you've really led on that work.
Neil MogganGUEST
And that's where kind of the Rise Up program started.
Neil MogganGUEST
It was back in 2021 when it became statutory in PSHE to teach the link between physical health and mental health.
Neil MogganGUEST
And I was thinking, right, how do we create a... a way of teaching this to our 15, 16-year-olds that they can use this when they leave our care.
Neil MogganGUEST
And that's where the repeaters, the inclusive teams, the stress busters and energizers came in.
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Neil MogganGUEST
And it was brilliant implementing it at your previous school, the Bowhunt, wasn't it, Paul? Yeah.
Neil MogganGUEST
The way your team went about it, working with Gary and the PE team there was brilliant.
Neil MogganGUEST
But it might be in PSHE, it might be an active form time programme, it might be a sports sanctuary approach, it might be an intervention, it might be enrichment days, celebration events, it might be your English... team doing a journaling club.
Neil MogganGUEST
It might be your art department doing a mindful colouring in club.
Jessica ParkerHOST
Oh, it should be good.
Jessica ParkerHOST
So, for listeners, today's conversation is all about PSHE and RSHE, subjects that we know are often seen as kind of sitting alongside the curriculum.
Jessica ParkerHOST
But our belief, and as you'll probably pick up from the conversation that myself and Becky are gonna have today, our belief really is that this should be central to safety, wellbeing, and future life outcomes for children and young people.
Jessica ParkerHOST
So, much more than, um, what might historically have been heralded as kind of additional subjects.
Jessica ParkerHOST
Wow
Becky DawsonGUEST
...
Becky DawsonGUEST
the PSHE and the RSE.
Becky DawsonGUEST
And I was...
Sanju PalGUEST
But these conversations are happening and they need to permeate through all parts of society, including starting at school.
Sanju PalGUEST
And like you said, Even starting to talk about this in PSHE, why aren't we learning about the Employment Rights Act, the Equality Act 2010, these pieces of law that affect us all? We're so scared of the law.
Sanju PalGUEST
And I say the law is there to protect us, but we need to have the knowledge about it.
Sanju PalGUEST
And what I love about this conversation, Joyce, is there's such a belief in hope and change.
Sanju PalGUEST
And we will start to see a shift, I believe, in this balance or imbalance in these processes that employers use to hire people and then
Joyce HarperHOST
fire people.
Joyce HarperHOST
We are lucky, as you said, we are lucky in the UK that we actually do have in our PSHE curriculum that we have to teach about reproductive health, have to teach about lifestyle, teach about menopause.
Joyce HarperHOST
And then that was updated in 2019.
JPHOST
no way there's gonna be a vending machine in our school that would have got absolutely vandalized
YasminPANELIST
and you know what everyone in the school like all the teachers used to i don't know if this is true but they used to all scapegoat jamie oliver and just say well you know it's above us you know jamie oliver said that it's you know there's an obesity epidemic in the country so that's why we've got rid of it the only sugar I had in secondary school after Jamie Oliver said whatever he said on TV was one spoon of ketchup on a Friday with fish and chips and I do remember that being a lesson on you know healthy eating and all of that stuff which we did learn as part of the PSHE curriculum it was something we covered in science like I was there were so many points in the curriculum where I was taught about healthy eating or looking after myself or what a balanced diet looks like and I just I don't know I feel like a lot of people who've made careers out of food on television just kind of meddle with schools and I just don't really feel like this is something that should be a thing.
YasminPANELIST
Like I think children should always have their choice.
YasminPANELIST
There are kids as well with allergies, you know, maybe some parents and some children will only feel comfortable if their food is controlled via pack lunch.
SKHOST
He's on the foundation of law.
SKHOST
That's like PSHE.
SKHOST
That's like PSHE.
SKHOST
I did law.
SKHOST
You did R-E.
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