Health and Social Care
Subject Leader- Health and Social Care- Ms Marissa Napp
m.napp@sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk
Health and Social Care Teachers
Sinead Shirfield
s.shirfield@sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk
Nasrina Khan
n.khan@sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk
Marissa Napp
m.napp@sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk
Shanti Healey
s.healey@sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk
Subject: Health and Social Care
KS4 and KS5
Our Health and Social Care curriculum provides students with an understanding of the breadth and impact of the health and social sector in the UK and around the globe. Students develop their understanding on how vital the sectors are to our society and learn about the intricacies that underpin each aspect of the sectors. Our curriculum develops environmentally aware global citizens that are empowered to solve unique and emerging problems that arise across the globe.
The curriculum allows students to develop a deep knowledge of the various types of practitioners, settings, service users and key legislation to support in understanding how they function together. It encourages curiosity of people ensures students are empowered to ask theoretical questions about the best way to support service users. Students will learn to appreciate the differences between us and develop an understanding of how service users think and interact with providers.
Through our Health and Social Care curriculum, students will learn to confidently use a range of data to investigate communication to support in the development of their critical thinking skills, numeracy, and literacy. They will expand their Health and Social Care vocabulary and use it to communicate sociological, psychological, biological and ethical and ideas through discussion, debate, and writing. Students will develop the skills to identify and challenge bias when thinking about critically different perspectives and to develop understanding of the complex concepts in Health and Social Care and how they interconnect.
We encourage our learners to aim high and be ambitious by teaching students how to be enquiring service providers with a concern for society; who can make connections across their learning and think critically and logically about societal issues concerning health/social care. We will develop global citizens that are motivated to investigate and create solutions surrounding issues affecting a diverse range of service users now and in the future.
