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PSHE debates

Rights and Responsibilities; Caring Relationship; Being Safe; Internet Safety and Harms; Mental Wellbeing;  Physical health and fitness; Families and People who care for me; Healthy Eating;

Rights and Responsibilities:

Would a year in the army create better citizens?

Can one person change the world?

Should children be allowed to vote in elections?

What’s more important? Protecting the environment or exploring space?

Should you feel guilty about killing insects?

Is it fair to punish everyone for a few students’ behaviour?

Should we force people to vote?

Should animal testing be banned?

Should we give free homes to the homeless?

Should animals live in a zoo?

Should we only eat food produced in Britain?

Should pupils be able to appoint their headteacher?

Should food companies donate food to stop poverty?

Is the best way to reduce littering to add more bins?

Caring Relationships:

Transition: Is it better to defend people who are getting bullied or to not get involved?

Transition: Will making more friends in high schools improve mental health?

Transition: Should I spend more time making new friends or hanging out with my old friends?

Being safe:

Should parents be able to get into their children’s social media?

Should you show empathy to everyone?

Does everyone deserve to be loved?

Should 10 year olds have a mobile phone?

Should young people go to bed at the same time every night?

Transition: Is it better to defend people who are getting bullied or to not get involved?

Transition: Is it safer to bring cash for school lunches or pay by card?

Should we give youth more free activities to end youth crime?

Is better funding for the police the way to solve crime?

Internet Safety and Harms:

Should parents be able to get into their children’s social media?

Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?

Is Youtube a good or bad thing?

Should having the internet be a human right?

Transition: Is the best way to stay organised to turn in work online?

Is technology making our life better?

Physical health and fitness:

Would a year in the army create better citizens?

Should ESports be in the next Olympics?

Should we improve transport to prevent overpopulation of our cities?

Families and People who care for me:

Should parents be able to get into their children’s social media?

Should mothers stay at home and look after their children?

Is better funding for the police the way to solve crime?

Healthy Eating:

Should food companies donate food to stop poverty?

Should everyone be vegetarian?

Mental Wellbeing:

Transition: Will making more friends in high schools improve mental health?

Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?

What would motivate you more in a job? Money or happiness?

Does reality TV do more harm than good?

Should young people go to bed at the same time every night?

Should schools offer more support in mental health services?