PSHE

PSHE
at Sacred Heart Primary School

The school’s PSHE provision aims to develop healthy, caring, responsible and resilient members of society. The social and emotional development of pupils is embedded throughout the entire school’s curriculum and culture. Through our curriculum, we provide the children with the opportunities to learn about rights and responsibilities as well as celebrating living in such a diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self and self-worth through actively engaging both in school life and within the local community.

Intent

Our curriculum aims:

to give pupils the knowledge, confidence, self-esteem and self- awareness to make informed choices and decisions now and in the future;

to encourage and support the development of social skills and their social awareness;
to enable pupils to make sense of their own personal and social experiences;
to promote responsible attitudes towards the maintenance of good physical and mental health, supported by a safe and healthy lifestyle;
to enable effective interpersonal relationships and develop a caring attitude towards others;
to encourage a caring attitude towards and responsibility for their environment;
to help our pupils understand and manage their feelings; to build resilience and be independent, curious problem solvers;
to understand how society works and the laws, rights and responsibilities involved;
to develop an awareness of future careers and a path that may lead them to choosing an avenue right for them.

Implementation

How PSHE is taught at Sacred Heart:

Our bespoke curriculum reflects the needs of our pupils and is tailored to meet their specific needs; this is reviewed on a yearly basis. Teachers use our PSHE programme to equip pupils with a sound understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions.

The curriculum is split into three core themes of: Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World. As our PSHE is a spiral curriculum, children address these themes each half term and they are built upon as they move through school.

Health & Wellbeing

Pupils are taught:

1. what is meant by a healthy lifestyle;

2. how to maintain physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing;

3. how to manage risks to physical and emotional health and wellbeing;

4. ways of keeping physically and emotionally safe;

5. about managing change, including puberty, transition and loss;

6. how to make informed choices about health and wellbeing and to recognise sources of help with this;

7. how to respond in an emergency;

8. to identify different influences on health and wellbeing.

Relationships

Pupils are taught:

1. how to develop and maintain a variety of healthy relationships, within a range of social/cultural contexts;

2. how to recognise and manage emotions within a range of relationships;

3. how to recognise risky or negative relationships including all forms of bullying and abuse;

4. how to respond to risky or negative relationships and ask for help;

5. how to respect equality and diversity in relationships.

Living in the Wider World

Pupils are taught:

1. about respect for self and others and the importance of responsible behaviours and actions;

2. about rights and responsibilities as members of families, other groups and ultimately as citizens;

3. about different groups and communities;

4. to respect equality and to be a productive member of a diverse community;

5. about the importance of respecting and protecting the environment;

6. about where money comes from, keeping it safe and the importance of managing it effectively;

7. how money plays an important part in people’s lives;

8. a basic understanding of enterprise.

In EYFS, floor books are used to record the children’s responses to and progress in PSHE/RSHE lessons. The rest of the school record work in individual books; the children record a self-reflection on what they have learnt and how this will help them in their daily lives at the end of each session.

At Sacred Heart we believe that PSHE/RSHE plays a vital part in developing well-rounded citizens and is taught at least once a week. In addition to this, staff are able to make cross-curricular links through the teaching of Religious Education and Collective Worship, as well as through other subjects such as Science.

As well as our weekly lessons, we also have many themed days throughout the year which further address the PSHE Core Themes. PSHE is a fundamental part of assemblies and Gospel assemblies, whereby children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural curiosity is nurtured.

We will complete regular audits of pupil and staff voice to continuously develop our learning, as well as consulting with parents to ensure what is delivered is most relevant to our children and local context.

Impact

Class teachers will assess children against the PSHE objectives. The impact of our PSHE scheme can be constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities.

Each lesson includes assessment opportunities for teachers to assess children against the learning objectives. The self-reflection activity at the end of each lesson will indicate clearly what children have taken away from the session. At the start of each topic, teachers will baseline the children’s understanding, assessing what they already know. This will then be added to at the end of the topic to demonstrate the learning that has taken place for that individual. Opportunities for children to demonstrate their understanding through role-play and practical activities will be encouraged.

Our children should leave school equipped with a sound understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions. We hope to shape children into healthy, caring, responsible and resilient members of society.

At the end of each term our children’s work will be monitored and moderated to assess each child’s progress and learning and to make any necessary further adaptations.