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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:

Protected: Would a year in the army create better citizens?

Protected: Can one person change the world?

Protected: Should children be allowed to vote in elections?

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

Protected: Should you feel guilty about killing insects?

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

Protected: Should we force people to vote?

Protected: Should animal testing be banned?

Protected: Should we give free homes to the homeless?

Protected: Should animals live in a zoo?

Protected: Should we only eat food produced in Britain?

Protected: Should pupils be able to appoint their headteacher?

Protected: Should food companies donate food to stop poverty?

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

Caring Relationships:

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

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

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

Being safe:

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

Protected: Should you show empathy to everyone?

Protected: Does everyone deserve to be loved?

Protected: Should 10 year olds have a mobile phone?

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

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

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

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

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

Internet Safety and Harms:

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

Protected: Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?

Protected: Is Youtube a good or bad thing?

Protected: Should having the internet be a human right?

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

Protected: Is technology making our life better?

Physical health and fitness:

Protected: Would a year in the army create better citizens?

Protected: Should ESports be in the next Olympics?

Protected: Should we improve transport to prevent overpopulation of our cities?

Families and People who care for me:

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

Protected: Should mothers stay at home and look after their children?

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

Healthy Eating:

Protected: Should food companies donate food to stop poverty?

Protected: Should everyone be vegetarian?

Mental Wellbeing:

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

Protected: Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?

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

Protected: Does reality TV do more harm than good?

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

Protected: Should schools offer more support in mental health services?