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An Independent Day & Boarding School for girls aged 11-18
t: 01344 629900 e: office@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk

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PSCE

All girls in the 1st - 5th Years have Personal & Social Education and Citizenship lessons delivered by a team of resident tutors and teachers. This is supplemented by lectures and workshops run by independent specialists.

1st year New faces, new places
Rules and responsibilities
Personal hygiene and health
Friendships and bullying
2nd year Communication skills
Self awareness
Puberty
Smoking, drugs, alcohol and solvents
Social awareness
Money matters
3rd year Healthy eating and fitness
Moral awareness, rules and self discipline
Images and the media
Gender roles and emotions
First Aid
4th year Sexuality, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and Aids, pregnancy and abortion
Citizens' rights
Budgets and money matters
Stress and suicide
5th year Politics and how Parliament works
Managing emotions: grief, death, divorce, adoption
Getting a job: letters of application, curriculum vitae, interviews, work experience

Throughout the course there is a parallel tutorial programme in which the emphasis is on study skills appropriate to the age group, recording progress, achievements and self-evaluation. Decision-making skills taught in the 3rd and 5th years help with subject choices.