Our lessons cover specific criteria within the PSHE Association's Programme of Study for Key Stage 2-4, addressing both pupils’ "current experiences and preparation for their future” and reflecting “the universal needs of all children and young people”.
All Topical Talk lessons support:
Below you will find Topical Talk lessons we recommend align with specific elements of the Key Stage 2, 3 and 4 PSHE Association Programme of Study:
Key Stage 2
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Core Theme 1 - Health and Wellbeing
Healthy Lifestyles
- How habits can have both positive and negative effects on a healthy lifestyle
Related lesson – Vapes and children: what should be done? - About the benefits of the internet
Related lesson – Metaverse: a new realm to rule?
Mental Health
- Mental health is part of daily life, the importance of taking care of mental health
Related lesson – Mental health: doomscrolling - To recognise that anyone can experience mental ill health
Related lesson – Sport and mental health
- How habits can have both positive and negative effects on a healthy lifestyle
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Core Theme 2 - Relationships
Managing Hurtful Behaviour & Bullying
- Discrimination: what it means and how to challenge it
Related lesson – Women and girls in Afghanistan
- Discrimination: what it means and how to challenge it
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Core Theme 3 - Living in the Wider World
Shared Responsibilities
- To recognise reasons for rules, laws and human rights
Related lesson – Women and girls in Afghanistan - The relationship between rights and responsibilities
Related lesson – Humanitarian crises: responsible photography - The importance of compassion, care and concern for others
Related lesson – Global wars: should countries do more to support others? - Shared responsibility for protecting the environment and how our everyday choices can affect it
Related lesson – Fast fashion: should it be banned?
Communities
- Different groups that make up a community and valuing their different contributions
Related lesson – Black History Month: celebrating black innovation - Stereotypes: how they can negatively influence behaviours and attitudes, challenging them
Related lesson – Misogyny in the news - Prejudice: how to recognise discriminatory behaviours and ways of responding
Related lesson – Black History Month
Media Literacy and Digital Resilience
- Positive and negative use of the internet & social media
Related lesson – Mental health: doomscrolling - Assessing the reliability of information sources online and strategies to evaluate this
Related lesson – Building news literacy: misinformation and disinformation - Different ways information and data is shared, ranked and targeted at specific individuals and groups
Related lesson – Israel and Palestine: news literacy - How text and images can be manipulated or invented in the media/social media
Related lesson – Trump's shooting: conspiracy theories
Economic Wellbeing: Money
- How people’s spending decisions can affect others and the environment (e.g. Fair trade, buying single use plastics, giving to charity)
Related lesson – How should countries budget their money?
- To recognise reasons for rules, laws and human rights
Key Stage 3
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Core Theme 1 - Health and Wellbeing
Self-concept
- What can affect wellbeing and resilience (e.g. life changes, relationships, achievements and employment)
Related lesson – Where's the best place to live in 2024 - The impact that media and social media can have on how people think about themselves and express themselves, (body image, physical and mental health)
Related lesson – Social media: are schools doing enough?
- What can affect wellbeing and resilience (e.g. life changes, relationships, achievements and employment)
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Core Theme 2 - Relationships
Bullying, Abuse and Discrimination
- The impact of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
Related lesson – Break the bias - The unacceptability of prejudice-based language and behaviour, offline and online
Related lesson – Literature: should Roald Dahl be censored? - The need to promote inclusion and challenge discrimination safely, offline and online
Related lesson – Discrimination in design: disability
- The impact of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
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Core Theme 3 - Living in the Wider World
Media Literacy and Digital Resilience
- How features of the internet can amplify risks and opportunities, e.g. speed and scale of information sharing, blurred public and private boundaries
Related lesson – Post-pandemic: parasocial relationships - Benefits and positive use of social media, including how it can offer opportunities to engage with a wide variety of views on different issues
Related lesson – TikTok: how should it be managed? - That on any issue there will be a range of viewpoints; to recognise the potential influence of extreme views on people’s attitudes and behaviours
Related lesson – Andrew Tate: misogyny online
Financial Choices
- Evaluating social and moral dilemmas about the use of money, including the influence of advertising and peers on financial decisions
Related lesson – How should countries budget their money?
- How features of the internet can amplify risks and opportunities, e.g. speed and scale of information sharing, blurred public and private boundaries
Key Stage 4
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Core Theme 1 – Health and Wellbeing
Self-concept
- Self confidence, self esteem & mental health: how they can be affected positively and negatively
Related lesson – Andrew Tate: misogyny online
Mental health & emotional wellbeing
- Developing empathy and understanding about how daily actions can affect people’s mental health
Related lesson – Women and girls in Afghanistan - Change and its impact on mental health
Related lesson – Eco-anxiety - The ways in which industries and advertising can influence health and harmful behaviours
Related lesson – Should under-18s be allowed to be pop stars?
- Self confidence, self esteem & mental health: how they can be affected positively and negatively
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Core Theme 2 – Relationships
Bullying, Abuse and Discrimination
- Strategies to challenge all forms of prejudice and discrimination
Related lesson – Discrimination in design: technology
- Strategies to challenge all forms of prejudice and discrimination
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Core Theme 3 – Living in the Wider World
Employment Rights and Responsibilities
- The unacceptability and illegality of discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and how to challenge it
Related lesson – Break the bias
Media Literacy and Digital Resilience
- That social media may disproportionately feature exaggerated or inaccurate information about situations, or extreme viewpoints; to recognise why and how this may influence opinions and perceptions of people and events
Related lesson – The media: information or influence - How data may be used with the aim of influencing decisions, including targeted advertising and other forms of personalisation online; strategies to manage this
Related lesson – Numeracy in the news: misleading numbers - Strategies to critically assess bias, reliability and accuracy in digital content
Related lesson – Building news literacy: misinformation and disinformation - To assess the causes and personal consequences of extremism and intolerance in all their forms
Related lesson – Misogony in the news
Financial Choices
- To recognise and manage the range of influences on their financial decisions
Related lesson – Cost of living crisis: inflation
- The unacceptability and illegality of discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and how to challenge it
Below you will find all Topical Talk lessons that align with PSHE in chronological order.
PSHE resources
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Assistive technology: developments and debates
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Women and girls in Afghanistan
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Global wars: should countries do more to support others?
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Leadership for change
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Black History Month: celebrating black innovation
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Where's the best place to live in 2024?
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The media: information or influence
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Misogyny in the news
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Trump's shooting: conspiracy theories
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Anti-tourism
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UK election: should AI be allowed?
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Building news literacy: misinformation and disinformation
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How should countries budget their money?
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, and the media
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Fast fashion: should it be banned?
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The Enhanced Games: are they fair?
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Eco-anxiety
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Vapes and children: what should be done?
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TikTok: how should it be managed?
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Views on the news
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Politicians and expectations
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Election polls: are they helpful?
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Israel and Palestine: news literacy