Personal Development Curriculum
Nurturing Confident, Healthy and Principled Individuals
At Wrenmere International Online School, we believe that education should extend far beyond academic achievement. Alongside intellectual development, students should be given the opportunity to develop the confidence, self-awareness, resilience, and sense of personal responsibility needed to flourish throughout life.
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Our Personal Development curriculum provides a carefully considered programme of PSHE and Physical Educationfrom Year 1 through to Year 11. These subjects form an important part of the wider curriculum for our full-time students, ensuring that personal wellbeing, healthy living, physical development, and social understanding remain central to a well-rounded Wrenmere education.
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Through age-appropriate learning, thoughtful discussion, and opportunities for reflection, students are encouraged to understand themselves, respect others, make informed decisions, and develop the confidence to navigate the opportunities and challenges they may encounter as they grow.
The Personal Development Journey
Our Personal Development curriculum supports students throughout their formative years, developing the knowledge, confidence, and habits that contribute to both personal wellbeing and a healthy, balanced life.
Beyond the Classroom
Personal Development helps build key skills for students' futures and covers a range of important areas:
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Confidence
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Wellbeing
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Resilience
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Healthy Living
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Relationships
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Independence
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Personal Responsibility
Primary School
PSHE
Years 1 - 6
PSHE provides young learners with an important foundation for understanding themselves, their relationships, and the world around them.
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Through carefully structured, age-appropriate learning, pupils are encouraged to develop self-confidence, emotional awareness, respect for others, and an understanding of how positive choices can support their wellbeing.
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As children progress through Primary School, they begin to develop the language and confidence to express their thoughts, recognise their strengths, navigate relationships, and approach everyday challenges with increasing independence.
Topics May Include
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Self-awareness and confidence
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Emotional wellbeing
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Friendships and positive relationships
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Respect and empathy
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Personal responsibility
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Healthy choices
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Safety and wellbeing
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Understanding communities
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Rights and responsibilities
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Developing resilience
Physical Education
Years 1 - 6
Physical Education encourages pupils to develop a positive and lasting relationship with movement, physical activity, and healthy living.
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Through a broad range of activities and physical challenges, students develop coordination, balance, teamwork, perseverance, and confidence while discovering the enjoyment that can come from being active.
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Alongside physical development, lessons encourage learners to understand the importance of cooperation, fair play, determination, and setting personal goals.
Topics May Include
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Movement and coordination
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Balance and agility
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Physical fitness
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Teamwork and cooperation
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Individual and team activities
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Health and active lifestyles
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Fair play and sportsmanship
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Setting personal goals
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Perseverance and resilience
Lower Secondary School | KS3 Years 7 - 9
PSHE
Years 7 - 9 | Lower Secondary School
As students enter adolescence, PSHE provides a supportive and thoughtful space in which to explore the personal, social, and practical aspects of growing independence.
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Students are encouraged to develop self-awareness, confidence, resilience, and informed decision-making while considering relationships, wellbeing, responsibility, and their role within wider communities.
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Learning is designed to help students approach important questions with maturity, respect, and the confidence to make thoughtful decisions.
Areas of Study
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Personal identity and self-awareness
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Emotional wellbeing
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Healthy relationships
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Respect and inclusion
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Personal responsibility
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Resilience and managing challenges
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Decision-making
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Digital awareness and responsibility
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Rights and responsibilities
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Preparing for future independence
Physical Education
Year 7-9 | Lower Secondary School
Secondary Physical Education builds upon the foundations established during the Primary years, encouraging students to develop their physical confidence, fitness, and understanding of the importance of maintaining an active and balanced lifestyle.
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Students are encouraged to set personal goals, challenge themselves, develop resilience, and appreciate the role that physical activity can play in supporting both physical and emotional wellbeing.
Areas of Study
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Physical fitness
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Strength and endurance
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Coordination and movement
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Individual physical activities
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Teamwork and cooperation
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Personal goal-setting
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Health and wellbeing
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Active lifestyles
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Sportsmanship and fair play
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Resilience through challenge
Upper Secondary School | KS4 Years 10 - 11
PSHE
Years 10 - 11 | Upper Secondary School
During Years 10 and 11, PSHE continues to support students as they approach an increasingly important period of personal and academic independence.
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Alongside their examination studies, students are given opportunities to reflect upon wellbeing, relationships, responsibility, future aspirations, and the practical skills that support a thoughtful transition into adulthood.
Through discussion and guided learning, students are encouraged to make informed decisions, understand their responsibilities, and develop the confidence to approach the next stage of their education with maturity and purpose.
Areas of Study
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Personal wellbeing and resilience
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Healthy relationships
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Independence and responsibility
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Decision-making
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Digital responsibility
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Personal values and identity
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Future aspirations
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Financial and practical awareness
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Rights and responsibilities
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Preparing for adulthood
Physical Education
Years 10 - 11 | Upper Secondary School
Physical Education remains an important part of the wider full-time curriculum, ensuring that students continue to make time for movement, physical wellbeing, and healthy living alongside their academic studies.
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As students increasingly specialise in their examination subjects, PE provides an opportunity to maintain balance, develop personal fitness goals, and understand the importance of establishing healthy habits that can continue beyond school.
Lessons encourage students to take ownership of their physical development while continuing to cultivate resilience, determination, teamwork, and a positive relationship with physical activity.
Areas of Study
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Personal fitness
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Strength and conditioning
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Physical wellbeing
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Active lifestyle choices
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Goal-setting and self-motivation
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Individual physical development
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Teamwork and leadership
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Resilience and perseverance
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Balance and wellbeing
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Lifelong healthy habits
A Well-Rounded Education
Personal Development Beyond Qualifications
At Wrenmere, we believe that some of the most valuable aspects of education cannot always be measured by an examination.
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For this reason, PSHE and Physical Education are included as additional subjects alongside art, music, and drama, within the curriculum for our full-time students from Year 1 through to Year 11. While they are not studied as IGCSE qualifications, these subjects form an important part of the wider educational experience we provide.
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PSHE creates opportunities for students to develop self-awareness, emotional intelligence, personal responsibility, and an understanding of the world around them. Physical Education encourages healthy habits, confidence in movement, resilience, and an appreciation for the importance of lifelong physical wellbeing.
Together, these subjects reflect our belief that education should support the development of the whole individual, not only preparing students for examinations, but also helping them to grow into confident, thoughtful, healthy, and principled young people.
Why Personal Development Matters
Academic knowledge provides an important foundation for future success, but the ability to understand oneself, build positive relationships, make thoughtful decisions, and maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle is equally valuable.
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Throughout their Personal Development journey, students are encouraged to develop qualities that will remain with them long after they leave the classroom: confidence, resilience, empathy, independence, responsibility, and respect for others.
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By combining PSHE and Physical Education throughout the Primary and Secondary years, Wrenmere seeks to provide students with the opportunity to develop both personally and physically alongside their academic education.
At Wrenmere, we believe that true educational success is not defined solely by what a student knows, but also by the confidence, character, and sense of purpose with which they move forward.
Begin Your Journey
A meaningful education prepares students not only for the next examination, but for the opportunities and responsibilities that lie beyond it. We warmly invite you to discover how Wrenmere International Online School provides a thoughtful and well-rounded education that supports every aspect of a student's development.
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Arrange a personal consultation with our Admissions Team to learn more about our full-time curriculum and how we can support your child throughout their educational journey.