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PSHE

Why is PSHE important? 

Our PSHE curriculum enables our pupils to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes they need to live confident, safe, healthy, independent lives. It prepares them for the opportunities, experiences, responsibilities, and challenges of life as individuals, citizens, workers, and parents.

PSHE has the power to enhance the health and emotional wellbeing of all children, their families, and the whole school community. It promotes pupils spiritual, moral, cultural, mental, emotional, and physical development yet also introduces them to a wider world. PSHE enables individuals to make an active contribution to their communities therefore promoting community cohesion.

How is organised? 

 Myself and My Relationships

Healthy and Safer Lifestyles

 

Citizenship

Economic Wellbeing

What is taught?

My Emotions

Beginning and Belonging Anti-bullying

Family and Friends  Managing Change.

Healthy Friendships

 

 

Personal Safety

Digital Lifestyles

Drug Education Relationships and Sex Education

Healthy Lifestyles Managing Safety

Risk (including Road Safety). 

                                                    

Diversity and Communities Rights, Rules and Responsibilities

 Working Together.

 

 Financial capability

 

 

 

 

  In what order? 

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Yr 6

Rights and Responsibilities

Family and Friends/Healthy Friendships

 Digital Lifestyles/

Financial Capability

Personal Safety

Drug Education

 

Relationship and Sex Education

Yr 5

Beginning and Belonging

Anti-Bullying

Diversity and Community

Managing Risks

Healthy Lifestyles

Relationship and Sex Education

Yr 4

Rights and Responsibilities

Family and Friends

Personal Safety

Digital Lifestyles

Drug Education

Managing Change

Yr 3

Beginning and Belonging

My Emotions

Diversity and Community

Healthy Lifestyles

Safety and Risk

 

Relationship Education

Yr 2

Rights and Responsibilities

Anti-Bullying

Family and Friends

Personal Safety

Drug Education

Relationship Education

Yr 1

Beginning and Belonging

My Emotions

Diversity and Community

Healthy Lifestyles

Safety and Risks

Managing Change

EYFS

Beginning and Belonging

Family and Friends

My Emotions

Identities and Diversity

Me and My World

My Body and Growing Up

Keeping Safe

Healthy Lifestyles

What will this include?

  • Skills for communication, empathy and healthy relationships
  • Understanding of the British values
  • Management of the physical and emotional changes at puberty
  • Development of resilience, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and aspiration
  • Awareness of personal responsibility and management of personal safety, including online
  • Knowledge to support decision-making about personal, emotional, mental wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, and mental ill health
  • Exploration of the knowledge for personal situations and decision making
  • Opportunities to explore, clarify and if necessary, challenge, their own and others’ values, attitudes, beliefs, rights, and responsibilities
  • Strategies to live healthy, safe, fulfilling, responsible and balanced lives.

What will I see in a PSHE lesson?  

  • Establishing ground rules
  • Whole class discussion and debate using stem sentences as a scaffold
  • Introduction and explanation of vocabulary
  • Social skills games and activities
  • Working in pairs/groups
  • Drawing and writing, circle of feelings, mind maps, Venn Diagram, Diamond Nines
  • Drama and role play
  • Use of fiction, poems and picture books
  • Use of considered video clips, Newsround, BBC Bitesize
  • Creation of posters, presentation, leaflets, comic strips, adverts 
  • Distancing techniques such as case studies