Personal, Social and Health Education

Helping pupils thrive as individuals and community members

Focus

Our focus is for every child to become a healthy, independent and responsible member of society.

Aims

The purpose of the Futura Learning Partnership PSHE intent is to provide a framework for high quality PSHE education across phases which is accessible to all and ensures that each of our pupils will develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy, safe and prepared for life and work. The aim is to ensure our pupils understand more about how to play a positive and successful role within our society, both as a child and as an adult within the future. It should have an impact on both academic and non-academic outcomes for pupils, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. The aim is for a holistic PSHE learning journey spanning the pupil’s school career, with a progressive, spiral curriculum that addresses real needs in a rapidly changing world. Our curriculum is ambitious for all and strives to address inclusion and disadvantage in its intent and implementation.

Delivery

We use the Jigsaw scheme of work to deliver our PSHE lessons. Jigsaw gives our children the relevant learning experiences to help them navigate their world and to develop positive relationships with themselves and others.

During the school year we cover 6 core themes:

Being Me in My World
Celebrating Difference
Dreams and Goals
Healthy Me
Relationships
Changing Me

We teach PSHE in a variety of ways; as a discrete subject, through lessons, circle times, assemblies and through other curriculum subjects. As well as our outdoor educational visits, community work and activities, we have many visits from outside agencies.

RSE curriculum

In term 6 all classes will have lessons delivered from a theme called ‘Changing Me’. This unit teaches from the now statutory RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) curriculum. This is a valuable part of every child’s education and all will benefit from a clear programme of RSE. We have consulted all parents in years 4, 5 and 6 about the RSE curriculum via the Parent Voice Group. Face to face parents’ briefings have also been held for parents to view the resources that will be shared with the children. Please see our Relationships and Sex Education Policy on our Saltford School Policies page here.

E-team

E is for equality. We have established an E-team to help promote and ensure that everyone is treated equally and fairly, and no-one is left out or discriminated against. We have recently introduced a playground buddy scheme aimed at improving playtimes for all pupils and making everyone feel included.

PSHE yearly overview

EYFS: please see Personal, social and Emotional Development section of the curriculum breakdown.

We have been working in teams across the Futura Learning Partnership to create a shared curriculum for all schools to use across a range of subjects. The document for PSHE can be found within this booklet here. The overview across the school can be seen in this document here.

Websites

Please look at these sites before using them with your child.

General

www.gogivers.org/kids/

Bereavement

Helping your child to understand and cope with bereavement can be very difficult. Please see our bereavement information sheet and the useful websites listed below. Please read all the information before you talk to your children.

www.winstonswish.org.uk

www.childbereavement.org.uk

www.clicsargent.org.uk