Northlight PSHE – Year 7 Key Ideas (Sample: Lessons 1–6)

Free sample from the Northlight PSHE curriculum. Year 7 key ideas covering transition to Senior School, bullying, strengths, puberty and development, and hygiene.

Northlight PSHE – Year 7 Key Ideas (Sample)

This free resource provides a complete sample unit from the Northlight PSHE curriculum, allowing schools to evaluate the tone, structure, and pedagogical approach of the programme before purchase.

The sample contains the full set of Key Ideas for Lessons 1–6 of Year 7, written to support discussion, questioning, and reflection rather than prescriptive activities. Each lesson is designed to function as a clear conceptual spine for teacher-led delivery and discussion.

Included lessons:

• Settling into School: What PSHE Is and Why Rules Matter
• Bullying: Causes, Impact, and Support
• Strengths, Talents, and Early Career Awareness
• Childhood, Adolescence, and Puberty
• Human Anatomy: Development and Common Concerns
• Personal Hygiene

Pedagogical approach:

The Northlight PSHE curriculum is built around the belief that pupils benefit from being treated as thinking, reasoning individuals. Key ideas are written in clear, precise language and are intended to prompt discussion, debate, and reflection rather than passive acceptance.

Lessons are:
• Safeguarding-aware and age-appropriate
• Grounded in evidence and common experience
• Explicit about risk without being alarmist
• Designed to normalise variation and reduce anxiety

Key ideas may be used flexibly:
• As a lesson framework for discussion
• As prompts for questioning and debate
• As consolidation or revision to check understanding

About the full curriculum:

This sample forms part of a complete spiral PSHE programme for KS3 and KS4, fully aligned with statutory PSHE and RSE guidance, and covering relationships, health, law, citizenship, ethics, culture, and personal development.

Full curriculum resources available separately:
• Whole-school curriculum overview (Years 7,9, 10, 11)
• KS3 Key Ideas (Years 7 & 9)
• KS4 Key Ideas (Years 10 & 11)
• Complete Northlight PSHE bundle

This sample is provided in good faith to support informed professional judgement.