PSHCE

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” Maya Angelou

Intent

Our PSHCE curriculum will develop our children’s personal and social skills to enable them to be happy, healthy, active citizens making a positive contribution to the world around them. Through learning about themselves children develop self-awareness and confidence, making the most of their abilities. They begin to understand the impact of their actions on others. They learn to respect the differences between people. They learn how to keep themselves healthy and safe, both physically and emotionally. Understanding of their local context and relevant issues to them is key. Children leave Puss Bank prepared for their next stage in learning and the adult world beyond.

Implementation

School use the PSHE Association Scheme of work as a framework for their teaching. The scheme is designed with progression of key concepts and knowledge, including vocabulary. A progression overview grid and vocabulary lists from EYFS to Year 6 enable all teachers to be able to support teachers in making explicit links to prior knowledge and learning.

The three core PSHCE themes are:

•       Living in the Wider World

•       Relationships

•       Health and Well-being

From September 2020, Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) is statutory for all primary schools and this is delivered to all year groups from Year 1 to Year 6. The scheme is reviewed each year by the subject leader, through consultation with class teachers to ensure it meets the needs of our school community.

PSHCE is taught through a combination of discrete sessions and by making relevant links to other aspects of curriculum work and daily support of our children’s personal development. Our approach to delivery is to promote discussion and debate. This allows them to develop their own understanding of issues in the world around them alongside key skills of citizenship such as listening, taking turns, sharing ideas, compromising – reflecting the British Values of democracy, free speech, equality and tolerance. This may be through for example circle time, debate and being aware of local, national and global issues and having to address them in addition to the planned progression. Through our programme of whole school and department assemblies, the children are exposed to a wide range of visitors to support the PSHCE intent of being world citizens. These are included in our PSHCE curriculum document and assembly overview. Teachers are encouraged to engage the children in discussion of relevant topical issues as they arise – personally, in school, in the community or wider - in an age-appropriate way to support them in developing their understanding of the world in which they live. Some of the local issues that we must cover in our provision include drugs education and our locality in relation to county lines. Our curriculum allows flexibility to incorporate relevant issues as they arise – personally, in school, in the community or wider - in an age-appropriate way. Working together as a Trust group for SRE, we stay abreast of current local issues which can then be disseminated as appropriate if not previously planned for.

Themed weeks and events are used to extend children’s interests in local, national and global issues at a given time.

Impact

There is ongoing teacher assessment to ensure that the children are keeping up with the pace of the curriculum and achieving our goals. As a result of our PSHCE Curriculum:

All children will: 

·       Be on their way to becoming healthy, open minded, respectful, socially and morally responsible, active

members of our local, national and global society.

·       A wider variety of communication skills linked to knowledge and understanding of the world around them in

a local, national and global context.

·       A richer vocabulary which will enable to articulate their understanding and managing of their own emotions,

mental health and a positive self esteem

·       Appreciate difference and diversity

·       Recognise and apply the British Values of Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual respect, Rule of Law and Liberty

·       High aspirations, which will see them through to further study, work and a successful adult life.