PSHE and RSE
Intent
Personal, social and health education (PSHE) at St Anne’s Fulshaw will provide children with the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy independent lives and to become informed, active and responsible citizens. While pupils will bring different experiences and levels of knowledge and understanding to issues explored through PSHE education, it is vital that they make connections between their prior learning and their present and future real life experiences in order to develop and grow.
We believe the high quality PSHE curriculum at our school enables children to
- become healthier, more independent and more responsible members of society
- be able to play positive role in contributing to the life of the school and of the wider community
- develop their own sense of self-worth
- learn about both their rights and their responsibilities and about what it means to be a member of a diverse multicultural society
- understand how to maintain good physical and mental health
- develop the skills to recognise and maintain positive and nurturing relationships
- develop an informed and positive attitude to physical and emotional changes brought about by puberty and growing up
Implementation
We teach PSHE acrtoss the school through the myHappymindPlus curriculum, which covers all elements through its themed units of work.
myHappymind – emotional and mental health and wellbeing
Meet your brain – Helping children to understand how their brains work and teaching strategies for regulation such as Happy Breathing
Celebrate – Building children’s self-esteem through recognising and celebrating their Character Strengths
Appreciate - Developing an Attitude of Gratitude! Teaching children the importance of thinking about what we are grateful for and sharing this with others
Relate – Introducing relationship-building skills such as Active Listening to ensure children have the foundations to form friendships, be heard and understand others
Engage – Introducing the power of Goal Setting to children so that they aspire, dream and learn to persevere.
myHappymindPlus – PSHE coverage (not sex education)
myHappybody – including units on Health & Wellbeing: Healthy Lifestyles(Physical Wellbeing) ,Mental Health, Ourselves, Growing and Changing, Keeping Safe and Drugs, Alcohol & Tobacco
myHappyworld – including units on Living in the Wider World: Shared Responsibilities, Communities, Media Literacy and Digital Resilience, Economic Wellbeing: Money, Economic Wellbeing: Aspirations, Work & Career
myHappyrelationships – including units on Relationships: Families and Close Positive Relationships, Friendships, Managing Hurtful Behaviour and Bullying, Safe Relationships, Respecting Self and Others
In Year 6, through relationships and sex education using the Family Planning Association's 'Yasmine and Tom' resources, pupils learn about:
- themselves as individuals and how they are growing and changing
- physical and emotional changes that happen as puberty is approaching
- the process of reproduction and birth as part of the human life cycle (including that there are ways to prevent a baby being made)
- where to get more help and advice about growing, changing and puberty
- new opportunities and responsibilities that increasing independence may bring
- the promotion of personal safety and wellbeing
- predicting, assessing and managing risk
- peer pressure and consent
The PSHE curriculum is delivered throughout the school in a variety of ways including group work, collaborative learning, circle time, debate, discussion, role play and the use of outside agencies. Specific issues and challenging questions may be dealt with honestly and in age-appropriate ways as they occur. These may include bereavement, divorce, friendship issues and world affairs. Our personal knowledge of the children and their families allows us to recognise and deal with issues and challenges sensitively, as they arise.
All staff members are responsible for promoting the school’s positive ethos and modelling desirable behaviours which support PSHE and related discussion where necessary. Learning through PSHE is further explored through assemblies, extra-curricular activities, the use of visitors, theme days, P4C and circle time, which all support the planned curriculum.
Impact
Ongoing assessment of pupils’ knowledge and understanding takes place through discussion, observation, questioning, written and drawn evidence, role play and art work. Assessment is participatory, addressing progress in pupils’ skills and actions as well as knowledge and understanding. Many of these skills may be assessed in context with other subjects.
Regular tracking of pupils’ achievement against the PSHE end of key stage expectations will ensure that staff have a clear and up to date view of their achievement and any areas which may need further attention. We have the same high expectations of the quality of work in PSHE as we do in all other curriculum areas and achievement will be reported on in the same way.
By the time they leave the school, children will have learnt to recognise their own worth, work well with others, and become increasingly responsible for their own learning. They will understand and respect our common humanity, diversity and differences. They can find out about political and social institutions which affect their lives, as well as their rights and duties as individuals and members of society.