Secondary | streetwise

SECONDARY work

Streetwise works nationally with Jewish schools and community organisations, enhancing the personal safety and personal development of young Jewish people to support their physical and emotional wellbeing. We are a partnership project between Maccabi GB and CST delivering programming to secondary schools, community organisations and youth movements across the UK.

At a Secondary level our programmes fall into these areas of work: Anti-Bullying, Online Safety, Personal Safety, Relationships & Sex Education and Leadership. Through these topics, Streetwise empowers and advises young people in a safe and informal environment, giving them the skills, knowledge and confidence to make educated positive decisions.

curriculum

The following programmes can be taught to all secondary school students, for more age-specific programmes please scroll down.

Streetwise delivers Antisemitism & Personal Safety sessions for young people in Year 7-13

Streetwise Personal Safety sessions are delivered by trained Streetwise facilitators and CST's personal safety instructors in primary and secondary schools, as well as in youth movements and community organisations. Streetwise delivers Personal Safety sessions to over 4,000 young people each year.

Streetwise together with its sister project 'Stand Up! Education against Discrimination', delivers antisemitism & anti-discrimination education (also focusing on anti-Muslim hate) to young Jewish people in secondary schools from the age of 12 to 18. Streetwise also delivers sessions on antisemitism education to young, Jewish people that do not attend Jewish schools - in JSocs, Synagogues, communal organisations, summer camps and youth movements.

The session uses a variety of resources and the issue of antisemitism is framed in a broader conversation about racism and discrimination, as well as British Values.

The aims of this programme are for pupils to:

Learn how to stay safe as they begin to enter a more independent life
Feel confident in their understanding of Antisemitism both online and in person
Know where to go and how to deal with Antisemitism in the real world

To report an incident of antisemitism, click here or call CST on 0800 032 3263

For young Jewish people and/or teachers at mainstream schools that are experiencing Antisemitism please contact our partners at Stand Up! Education Against Discrimination

Streetwise delivers Relationships & Sex Education sessions for young people in Year7-13

Streetwise is the only organisation in the UK to deliver RSE National Curriculum to Jewish schools. It holds a unique position in the world of Jewish education by teaching these sensitive topics across many denominations, reaching over 4,000 young people each year in the process. Streetwise took over the educational curriculum of JAT (Jewish Action and Training for Sexual Health) in 2012.

Since then, it has delivered sessions on a variety of sexual health topics for Year 5 to Year 13 using the guidelines of the PSHE Association and Sex Education Forum, approved by the Department of Education. At the same time, Streetwise RSE sessions respect and promote the Jewish ethos of the schools across the Jewish Communal denominations.

The secondary school sessions cover a variety of topics, from boundaries in relationships, to body image, to myths & facts about sexual health. In KS4 our sessions discuss consent, STIs and HIV, as well as healthy relationships and sexual health on university campus, amongst other topics.

The aims of these sessions are for pupils to:

Have a comprehensive understanding of puberty and how their bodies change
Learn how to build and maintain healthy relationships
Feel confident in knowing about STI's and safe practice.

Streetwise delivers Internet Safety sessions for young people in Year 7 -13

Online Safety sessions cover a variety of topics within internet safety; from the S.M.A.R.T. rules (Safe, Meeting, Accepting, Reliable, Tell), to gaming, cyber-bullying, social media and sexting. Streetwise facilitators are accredited to deliver Internet Safety workshops and the programmes are run in partnership with national organisations such as CEOP and Childnet International.

Our Secondary School sessions cover a range of topics including digital footprints, instant gratification, deepfakes and AI. We are able to tailor all our sessions for the needs and digital literacy levels of each school.

The aims of this programme are for pupils:
• To feel confident using the internet in a fun, safe way
• To understand the benefits and risks of using technology to communicate
• To understand what personal information is, and when and where it is appropriate to give out personal details online
• To know what to do if they have trouble online

This relates directly to the following PSHE National Curriculum targets:
1. Developing confidence and responsibility and making the most of their abilities to face new challenges positively by collecting information, looking for help, making responsible choices, and taking action
2. Preparing to play an active role as citizens and to realise the consequences of anti-social and aggressive behaviours, such as bullying and racism, on individuals and communities
3. Developing a Healthy and Safer Lifestyle

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