PSHCE Curriculum
PSHCE Curriculum Intent
Our school's PSHCE curriculum is designed to provide our pupils with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to lead healthy, safe, and fulfilling lives both now and in the future. Our curriculum aims to develop pupils' confidence, resilience, empathy, and respect for others. The curriculum provides a safe and supportive environment, where pupils feel confident to explore sensitive and complex issues.
It is our intent that all children will have the confidence and ability to develop their skills and understanding when experiencing things for the first time, meeting new challenges and when finding themselves in unfamiliar situations. We offer a nurturing learning environment in which each child is encouraged to develop their full potential and where their achievements and successes are celebrated and rewarded. We provide our children with opportunities to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. As a school, we believe that children are all individuals and therefore, we aim to encourage mutual respect, responsibility and foster self-esteem in a happy and caring atmosphere.
Implementation
At our school, we take pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and child-centered Personal, Social, Health, and Citizenship Education (PSHE) program. Our approach to PSHCE is focussed on delivering high-quality teaching in a nurturing learning environment for all students.
The PSHE Association Programme of Study has been implemented for the KS1 and KS2 curriculum and is split into 3 core themes:
Living in the Wider World,
Health and Well-being
Relationships
The PSHE Association's thematic model encompasses all relevant topics and is designed to equip children with the skills needed for life. The curriculum focuses on fostering a deep understanding of self-worth, interpersonal relationships, and adaptability in an ever-evolving world. It places significant importance on emotional intelligence, the development of resilience, and the promotion of mental and physical well-being. The clear and comprehensive scheme of work also links to the British Values and SMSC throughout school.
Teachers make use of a wide-range of teaching approaches and resources to effectively deliver age-appropriate content to pupils whilst also allowing for progression throughout school.
PSHE lessons are delivered weekly but many of the objectives are also embedded in our wider curriculum. Digital literacy is delivered within PSHCE lessons and across the Computing curriculum, ensuring children have an age appropriate understanding of how to be safe online.
Beyond the planned programme for PSHCE, we provide our children with a variety of experiences and opportunities to further learn about PSHE. These opportunities have the potential to promote their personal and social development and their economic education. Examples of this include themed assemblies including coverage of British Values and the protected characteristics, School Council, fund raising and charity events, extra-curricular activities, interaction with members of the local community, visiting speakers and professionals, visits to places of interest, residentials and themed days.
Each class has a shared scrapbook which teachers use to record evidence of learning in the lessons. This includes examples of children’s work, photos and pupil voice examples. In KS2, children are encouraged to take ownership of this book and show pride in the work they contribute. Placing discussion at the heart of our PSHE lessons also allows for ongoing assessment of the children’s understanding and for current issues within class, our local community and the wider world to be revisited when appropriate.
RSHE
Relationships, sex and health education is important at Rowley Lane School because it:
- provides a framework in which sensitive discussions can take place
- Prepares pupils for puberty and gives them the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being
- supports pupils’ skills to recognise positive, healthy and respectful relationships
- helps to safeguard pupils so they can find, and access, help and support
- teaches pupils’ tolerance and respect for diversity
- develops pupils’ self-respect and self-worth, confidence and empathy
- prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
RSHE will ensure that all pupils understand the importance of equality and respect. All schools are required to comply with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
At Rowley Lane School, we believe that RSHE (within PSHE) is an integral part of lifelong learning, about the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up, including relationships. Our aim is to give children essential skills for building positive, enjoyable, respectful and non-exploitive relationships and to stay safe on and offline. This enables children to safely explore different attitudes and values, and helps build their self-esteem and confidence in order to create meaningful relationships.
PSHCE happening around school
Impact
We believe in creating a learning atmosphere where students feel encouraged and inspired to explore and develop their social, emotional, and personal skills. By providing opportunities for discussion, we hope to create confident and active citizens who feel comfortable to share their understanding, opinions and views of the world around them.
Our teaching is designed not just for immediate learning but to help our pupils remember and integrate what they've learned as they grow up in society.
By the time children leave us, they will:
- Demonstrate kindness and respect towards both themselves and others.
- Possess a sound understanding how to stay safe and be physically and mentally healthy.
- Display the courage and resilience to explore new experiences and embrace challenges.
- Be able to take responsibility for their actions.
- Be able to recognise and develop healthy relationships.
- Develop an understanding and appreciation of contributing positively to a diverse and multicultural society.
- Understand and put into practice the core principles of British Values, encompassing Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual Respect, Rule of Law, and Liberty.
