Page 6 - Seaford College Winter Newsletter 2024

Student
Personal
Development
and PHSE
The Student Personal Development (PD) programme this term has seen a spectacular collaboration
of both internal and external speakers delivering high-quality lessons from a wide variety of topics
from our three over-arching categories: Health and Wellbeing, Relationships, and Living in the Wider
World, across all Year groups.
Each Head of Year has curated a broad selection
of lessons. Some are instructional while others are
more interactive, but they all deliver a thought-
provoking and inspiring curriculum tailored to their
students’ needs. This term, we have also seen the
Pastoral team from No.46 hosting several sessions
across the campus to support wellbeing, and being
a more visible presence for the students, which
has been met with an overwhelmingly positive
response. Rick Cooper, the ‘Education Athlete’ and
high-performance coach, has also returned for a
second year to deliver his Leadership Programme. A
selection of Year 9s and 13s have already volunteered
themselves to take part in the four-week course,
with resounding success. The feedback from
students and parents alike has been supportive and,
in some cases, transformational for them.
In the Sixth Form, the focus for Year 13 has been
preparing for their external exams and leaving
Seaford to follow a variety of pathways. Applying
for university, taking gap years, interviewing for
apprenticeships, and immediate entry into industry
and full employment are all explored. Additionally,
they have participated in some powerful and
emotional presentations to build an awareness
of self, and their place in society as responsible,
independent adults.
Seaford College hosted all our Sixth Form, together
with the Year 12 and 13 students from Churcher’s
College, to attend the West Sussex Fire and Rescue
Service’s ‘Safe Drive, Stay Alive’ presentation, which
asks students to be aware of themselves as new
drivers, as well as their position as responsible
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