PSHE
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education, including Relationships and Sex Education (PSHE/RSE)
Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement
Intent
At Seascale School, we aim to give children the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they need to effectively navigate the complexities of life in the 21st Century. Our broad approach to personal, social, health, economic and relationships education ensures that we cover key areas which will support children to make informed choices, now and in the future, around their health, safety, wellbeing, relationships, and financial matters and will support them in becoming confident individuals and active members of society.
Alongside our PSHE and Relationships Education, our broad and balanced curriculum significantly contributes to children’s personal development and promotes the four fundamental British values which reflect life in modern Britain: democracy; rule of law; respect and tolerance and individual liberty. Our PSHE and RSE teaching is an important element in helping us to carry out our duty of care with regards to safeguarding, as we ensure children are taught about safeguarding and online safety. This prepares pupils for the challenges and responsibilities they will face in the future.
Implementation
From 2023, we are using Kapow Primary scheme for teaching PSHE and RSE as our whole school approach through the following areas of learning:
EYFS: Self-regulation
Building relationships
Managing self
KS1 & 2: Families and relationships
Health and wellbeing
Safety and the changing body
Citizenship
Economic wellbeing
The PSHE/RSE curriculum is a spiralling curriculum taught throughout each year, with one or two units of work covered each term. Lessons can be taught weekly or blocked together at the discretion of the class teacher, to best meet the learning needs of the year group.
In Key Stage 1 and 2, there is an introductory lesson at the start of each year group which provides the opportunity for children and teachers to negotiate ground rules for the lessons, which can be referred to throughout the year to help create a safe environment. All lessons include ideas for differentiation to stretch the most able learners and give additional support to those who need it. Many lessons, stories, scenarios, and video clips provide the opportunity for children to engage in real life and current topics in a safe and structured way. Role-play activities are also included to help children play out scenarios that they may find themselves in.
The lessons are based upon the statutory requirements for Relationships and Health Education, but where lessons go beyond these requirements in the Citizenship and Economic wellbeing areas, they refer to the PSHE Association Programme of Study which is recommended by the DfE.
Sex education has been included in line with the DfE recommendations and is covered in Year 6.
There are meaningful opportunities for cross-curricular learning, in particular with Computing for online safety and Science for growing, nutrition, teeth, diet and lifestyle. The Kapow scheme provides consistent messages throughout the age ranges including how and where to access help. We work with parents to ensure key learning messages are shared between school and home to support children’s long-term learning and development.
Classroom learning is enhanced by our wide range of trips, activities and visitors to school which are planned for the personal development of pupils throughout their primary years.
In addition to discretely taught PSHE and Relationships Education, we use Picture News as a weekly resource for Key Stage and Class Assemblies. These high-quality and topical resources support us to address key aspects of news and current affairs within class discussions. Picture News makes meaningful and accessible links to British Values and supports pupils' Personal Development week by week.
Impact
Once taught the full scheme, children will have met the objectives set out within the Relationships and Health Education statutory guidance and can utilise their learning within their daily lives, from dealing with friendship issues to resilience to making healthy choices and knowing where and how to get help when needed. They will have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they need to effectively navigate the complexities of life in the 21st Century and will be able to make informed choices, now and in the future, around their health, safety, wellbeing, relationships, and financial matters and will support them in becoming confident individuals and active members of society.
Guide to RSE for Parents
British Values and Personal Development
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Internet Safety
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Internet safety for parents
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