Crypt School - citizenship - the house system
The Personal Education Programme.
Is delivered indiscrete weekly lessons to all students in years 7-13, it includes
two elements:
The school promotes high standards of respect for individuals, enthusiasm for competition
and encouragement of learning to which the pupils respond positively.
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Citizenship: As the PSHE program explores personal issues and relationships then
citizenship examines our take as citizens in a societal context including the local
national and global community.
Students think about their relationship with the law, politics, the UK and the E.U.
and consider global issues affecting the world today. There are opportunities for
both visits outside school and speakers who come into school , e.g. from the houses
of parliament. There is an active citizen element where students raise wither awareness
or funds for an issue that they studied and feel strongly about. For example “save
the whales” or “Cancer Research.” This project is written up as their GCSE coursework
for citizenship.

PSHE explores personal issues and concerns and gives the students opportunities to
explore their emotions in the face of changing pressures. The lessons stress the
importance of the family in a loving relationship, and the cover puberty, sexuality
transmitted infections, HIV and AIDS. Emotional well being and financial capability
are extensively covered.
Each pupil is placed in a School House, the objective being to encourage “friendly
competition” in games, work and other activities. There is a Merit Card system which
operates in the junior years, and which allows all pupils to contribute to the House
competition through their work and effort. Great care is taken to reward a pupil’s
effort, thus encouraging those pupils who, although encountering some temporary difficulty
in a subject, are clearly striving to do their best.
Where a boy gains a number of commendations for effort over the year he is presented
with a Certificate of Good Endeavour.