PSHE Education for Key Stage 4 supports students to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes identified in the PSHE Education Programmes of Study which are intended to equip them for future personal and economic wellbeing. It does this by covering the key concepts, processes and content in the Programmes of Study through a series of topics which provide a wide range of activities - flexibly designed to be combined into a complete lesson or used individually within tutor-group time. The book has eleven chapters focussed on different key concepts. Each chapter is divided into series of topics related to the key concept which are designed to: - help students to focus on the main points they need to learn through highlighting the learning objectives and structuring the activities around them - give students the opportunity to develop the skills they need through a variety of activity types - encourage students to feel confident sharing their thoughts and feelings in a supportive atmosphere. The Student Book is accompanied by a Teacher's Resource Book which gives the teacher in-depth support for teaching all of the activities and advice with assessment for each chapter - essential for the non-specialist. The Student Book is also available online in Dynamic Learning with additional activities which schools can subscribe to.

Author Biography

Stephen De Silva is an experienced trainer, assessor, consultant and writer with 30 years' service in the public sector. He has worked across the UK and in the USA, Bermuda and Taiwan. Originally a leader of both PSHE / Religious Education departments and Pastoral Year Teams, he has also managed young people's sexual health and drugs services in the NHS. Stephen has been: a contributor to Teachers' TV programmes; a consultant to QCA on the Personal Development curriculum review; an associate trainer for the National Children's Bureau; a writer and trainer on the Home Office's 'Blueprint' Drugs Project; an accredited trainer of SHARE 'Sexual Health and Relationships Education' for NHS Scotland. Lesley de Meza is a leading practitioner, trainer and writer known internationally for her PSHE education work. She has worked with a range of organisations including: DAATs, DfCSF, DoH, HIT (Liverpool), Home Office, Integrated Youth Support Services, LAs, Metropolitan Police, NICE, PCTs, QCA, schools, TPU and universities. Lesley serves as an 'Education Practitioner' member of the Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC), which is part of the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE). She is an Associate Trainer for the National Children's Bureau and Brook and also a Trustee for JAT (Jewish Action and Training for Sexual Health). Philip Ashton is an experienced PSHE coordinator in a secondary school.