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25/03/24

After qualifying for the finals of Oxford University Computing Challenge, HASU student finished at 15th place from over 400,000 students that participated in the challenge this year from the United Kingdom and abroad. We are extremely proud! pic.twitter.com/p6B7Nyo2ZK

25/03/24

Last Friday we had a visit from Lloyd Alter, a leading sustainable design author & lecturer at . He gave a talk to our Y12 Product design students & some Eco Reps, along with Christian Dimbleby from who designed our building.#passivehaus pic.twitter.com/D0NGuKRT8G

25/03/24

HASU SE Regional pic.twitter.com/UgFvZc8lEU

25/03/24

HASU SE Regional pic.twitter.com/27d8KYN8pQ

25/03/24

Our Eco Committee were treated to an inspiring talk by leading sustainable design author & lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University & Christian Dimbleby from about sustainable living, upfront carbon & Passive House architecture. pic.twitter.com/AfHeFKm7fb

19/03/24

Our talented students are getting ready for our Bugsy Malone Musical 🎭 It's going to be an amazing show! pic.twitter.com/PxiwSoOq03

19/03/24

Thank you to our student concierge for his positive attitude and valuable help this morning. Ladies in the HASU's office are very impressed today! 👌Brilliant work! 👏 👌 ✨️ pic.twitter.com/v4Fighwziz

15/03/24

What a week! Congratulations to our regional WINNING team!! We're all buzzing to be going to the Grand Final held in London in June. With thanks to pic.twitter.com/teiGMoBysU

15/03/24

And off they went.. Good luck girls! pic.twitter.com/XQLFomkN8a

15/03/24

Practical Chemistry lesson for Y7 students!They learnt about pH scales, used enquiry process to predict the colour of universal indicator paper with different solutions. They went on to experiment to see for themselves and discussed the results as they "spoke like a scientist". pic.twitter.com/SkwBg6ExZq

15/03/24

Good luck to our HASU team who takes part in Reading Champions Quiz today!#readingchampionsquiz pic.twitter.com/vhwPX0yeGX

14/03/24

Book signing with our visitor Jennifer Bell. pic.twitter.com/g9kKNai5Jx

14/03/24

We are incredibly lucky to have Jennifer Bell - author of bestsellling "Wonderscape", visiting HASU today. She is delivering an assembly to our Year 7 students and is going to meet them afterwards for book signing and a writing workshop.📚#lovereading pic.twitter.com/A0DgFcn9bz

12/03/24

Our Y10/11 students took part in a Post-18 Options assembly today. They learned how different careers link to course and qualification choices​ and what skills they need to succeed in certain jobs.Thank you for visiting us today.#post18options pic.twitter.com/a9O2SRzb7d

11/03/24

We're very excited! Book orders are being placed and library copies are eagerly being borrowed https://t.co/uhzCxNw0or

11/03/24

To see what our HASU6 students are up to follow them on:https://t.co/gtjoeyuiMv pic.twitter.com/JSxt7O2q4v

11/03/24

To check what our HASU6 students are up to Followhttps://t.co/10QaO4zdDL

07/03/24

World Book Day at HASU! Such an imaginative display of costumes.📚 pic.twitter.com/g8WegkwdUs

07/03/24

Here we go... pic.twitter.com/DFNGIqqbfj

07/03/24

Happy World Book Day! 📚#WorldBookDay2024#WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/8OMxvG99yD

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The Personal Development Curriculum

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We provide an outstanding Personal Development Curriculum (PDC) to support the character development of our students throughout their journey at the Academy. At HASU, personal development (PD) refers to “the development of knowledge, skills, dispositions and habits which will promote and support our students in leading healthy, happy and fulfilling adult lives.”

Our curriculum encompasses a wide range of themes including:

  • Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE)
  • Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
  • Social, Moral, Spiritual & Cultural Education (SMSC)
  • Careers Education
  • Citizenship Education

You can read more about these themes and more on our Personal Development Curriculum pages.

 

The Student Experience

Students at HASU experience the PD curriculum through a variety of channels:

  • Daily tutor time
  • Weekly assemblies
  • Termly ‘IID Day’ drop down days
  • Participation in our ‘IID Award’ character development programme
  • Enrichment
  • Educational visits

 

Tutor Time Programme

The tutor time programme ensures that every student experiences a consistent personal development curriculum, led by their tutor and supported by their Head of Year and the Academy Leadership Group. In Years 7 to 10, every week, each tutor group will have a session of:

  • Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)
  • Assembly
  • PSHE
  • Citizenship
  • Healthy Harris

In Year 11, students also study our bespoke 'Learning to Learn' curriculum during Tutor Time, incorporating revision skills, study habits and independent learning strategies. This addition to the Tutor Time programme is intended to provide Year 11 with the best possible support as they head towards their mock and formal exams.

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Assemblies at HASU

Assemblies are an opportunity for students to come together and learn together about a variety of themes. Assemblies are hosted by the Head of Year, and led by a wide range of staff and students. Assemblies often begin by celebrating the arts through student performances. In any given year, assemblies will focus on a wide variety of themes such as:

  • Our academy values (Innovation, Integrity, and Discovery)
  • UK Parliament Week
  • Black History Month
  • European Week of Languages
  • Chinese New Year
  • Scholarship and challenge
  • Sports Relief

And so many more. Each assembly links to our wider personal development curriculum, often introducing, developing or building upon content studied in PSHE and Citizenship lessons.

 

To find out more about the other elements of our Personal Development curriculum, please follow the links below to the relevant pages:

Termly ‘IID Day’ drop down days

Enrichment

Educational visits

 

Curriculum Overviews

At the bottom of this page you will find overviews of the Personal Development Curriculum.