CURRICULUM MAP: PRINCES TRUST

Department Aims

The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme is a personal development course for 11 to 19-year-olds who are at risk of underachievement or exclusion. This course offers a practical approach to learning to help them fulfil their potential.

The Achieve programme provides an opportunity for young people to try out new activities, boost their confidence and gain a recognised Prince's Trust qualification.

The Achieve programme is run as a club in schools and alternative education settings across the UK. We believe that every young person should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. There is a team that exists to support our School and can work together to ensure students achieve things that they can be proud of.

Program of Study “Achieve Programme”

The main module students are completing is the ‘Personal and Social Development’. Thismoduleaims to improve the personal and social skills of the young people, as well as help them to understand themselves better, to manage their feelings and to communicate effectively in a range of social and educational situations.

This year students have been studying the following units:

  • Planning for Personal Development*- help youngpeople discover their own skills, strengths and weaknesses and set goals for personal development.(3 credits)
  • Teamwork*- learn about the benefits and challenges of working in a team, and have the chance to develop their teamwork skills and put them into practice.(3 credits)
  • Participating in Sport* young people must prepare themselves to take part in a sporting activity by planning, doing research and learning about their chosen sport. They will also learn about the concept of fair play and good sportsmanship, and evaluate their own individual performance and teamwork skills. (3 credits)
  • Preparing for a Healthy Active lifestyle -young peoplewill explore the importance of being healthy and active and ways of achieving this in their own lives, from understanding nutrition to cooking healthily and exercising. They will be able to setgoals for making their lives healthier and create action plans to help meet those goals. (3 credits)
  • Undertaking a community project - work together to identify an issue in their community or an opportunity to make it better. They use planning and research skills to develop a project to benefit their community, and carry it out. (6 credits)

Expectations/Approaches/Policies

We expect that students follow the top 10 Princes Trust Rules that they have designed and agreed as a class.

We expect that students listen to each other and show respect for others at all times.

Students are empowered to take ownership of their work and be accountable for their own successes. They are encouraged to try different things that may be out of their comfort zone.

Marking & Assessment

All student’s work is marked internally by staff and is reviewed is by another school. It is then finally assessed by Prince’s Trust.

All students must meet the criteria set out in the Prince’s Trust achieve programme. This criteria can be found in the following documents:

UNIT OPTIONS
(download each document from our web site here:

Preparing for a Healthy Lifestyle / Career Planning / Community Project / Customer Service
Digital Skills / Interpersonal Skills / Managing Money / Participating in Exercise
Practising Leadership Skills / Presentation Skills / Teamwork Skills / Undertaking an Enterprise Project
Work Experience

Award–size Qualification

Entry 3 Award: a minimum of 3 credits at Entry 3
Level 1 Award: a minimum of six credits at Level 1
Level 2 Award: a minimum of nine credits, with size credits at Level 2 and no credits below Level 1

Certificate-size Qualification

Entry 3 Award: minimum of 15 credits, with at least nine credits at Entry3.
Level 1 Award: minimum of 21 credits, with at least 15 credits at level 1.
Level 2 Award: minimum of 24 credits, with at least 18 credits at Level 2 and no credits below level 1

How Can Parents Support their Children

Parents/cares are continually contacted regarding any off site provision that is planned. In addition they are contacted when we feel that sufficient progress is not being made or is behaviour is a concern.

Extra support is provided Friday lesson 5 during Enrichment if students need additional support.

Staff

Miss L.
Miss C. Ashcroft

Shaftesbury High School, Weldbank Lane, Chorley, PR5 6ZF | 01257 249803