The following is an article written by the Year 7 Young Journalists team with support from A level Language students.
Year 7 Journalists: Evie Anderson, Mimi Brown, Skye Darnley, Maisy Dring, Erin Eastwood, Evelyn Harley.
A Level Language Student editors: Emily Orme, Nathan Sayles, Lily Vasquez.
Year Seven – PSHE Day.
On Tuesday 4 March 2025, Year 7 students from KSHS took part in a PSHE day in which they learned about: healthy relationships; on-line safety; road safety; alcohol and drug awareness; and anti-social behaviour and gang recruitment. This day was arranged by the PSHE leader to raise awareness of the hazards and risk associated with our day to day lives.
The Healthy Relationships session taught Year 7 about the different types of domestic abuse: physical, emotional, sexual and economic.
In this session, we learned about what domestic abuse is, what healthy relationships must include to be healthy (honesty, trust, respect and open communication), but also, we learnt some interesting facts.
Here are two: If a person wants to ask the police for support with an incident of domestic abuse they should call 999. However, if a person is too afraid to speak on the telephone due to fear of being overheard, then they should dial 55. This allows the police to know that you are in need of their help and they will be able to locate you and respond to your call.
The Online Safety was a fun session designed to make the Year 7 pupils of KSHS think about any risks of the internet and what they can do to avoid them. We learnt about potential threats on social platforms; having public accounts, giving strangers your number, accidentally leaking personal information and more. We were given cases with real life scenarios in and were asked to do a risk assessment to uncover any warnings and therefore deduce what could go wrong with that. The instructor of this course, Dan, claims that what he likes best about his job is that “I get to meet a lot of interesting people, have interesting conversations, but also, I get to have a huge amount of fun with everyone!” Overall, it was a very successful and enjoyable session.
Natascha Farmery, visited KSHS to educate Year 7 on road safety. This is particularly important in Lincolnshire as this county has the second highest death rate in the country. Natascha spoke to the 5 forms about the risks and hazards of the roads and what we can do to prevent any unnecessary accidents. Year 7 were taught about the causational factors and how wearing additional bright clothing (like a hat) can make unaware drivers notice them. After the talk, a Year 7 explained that the lesson enlightened the year group and helped them to better understand the world: the dangers, risks and excitement.
The Drugs and Alcohol session was well a explained session with many interactive activities. The classroom was a safe learning environment, which helped us gain understanding of the risks, hazards and effects of drugs and alcohol misuse. A fun activity was trying on goggles that mimicked the effect of too much alcohol. This helped us acquire more knowledge on what dangers there are. Emma, another pupil, said, “It helped and let younger people understand what happens if you take risks, and helps them understand in greater detail hoe to be safe.”
In the ASB (Anti-Social Behaviour) and gang recruitment session, we met the Lincolnshire police member called Grace. She spoke to us about signs which might indicate who may be in a gang. In a gang, young people are often used to transport drugs to the buyer. This is because children are less likely to be suspected of carrying drugs in their bags. You can avoid being recruited by not falling victim to peer pressure. We also learned that we should tell the police if anyone ever tries to recruit us so that we aren’t in more danger or putting our life at risk.
This session really helped us because we are able to understand what to do if we are stuck in trouble, and we know that we can find help no matter where we are.
