Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) plays a vital role in supporting the personal development and wellbeing of pupils at Eastern Green Junior School.

Through PSHE lessons, pupils learn about relationships, health, wellbeing and how to become responsible members of society. The curriculum supports children in developing the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to navigate the challenges of growing up and to make positive choices.

Our PSHE curriculum helps pupils develop:

• emotional wellbeing and resilience

• healthy relationships and respect for others

• an understanding of personal safety

• awareness of citizenship and community

• confidence in making responsible decisions

Through discussion, reflection and practical activities, pupils are encouraged to think carefully about their choices and develop the skills needed to live healthy, happy and safe lives.

Personal Development

PSHE is a key part of our wider Personal Development curriculum at Eastern Green Junior School.

Through PSHE and wider school experiences, pupils develop:

• confidence and self-awareness

• empathy and respect for others

• resilience and emotional literacy

• an understanding of their role in the wider community

Children learn how to express their thoughts and feelings appropriately, resolve conflicts respectfully and build positive relationships with others.

These skills help pupils grow into thoughtful, responsible and confident young people.

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Bringing Learning to Life

At Eastern Green Junior School, we believe that learning about life skills is most powerful when children can experience learning in real contexts.

We enrich our PSHE curriculum through a range of activities including:

• educational visits and trips

• visitors from the local community and emergency services

• assemblies and themed awareness events

• opportunities for leadership and responsibility within school

These experiences help pupils apply their learning to real-life situations and develop a deeper understanding of how to keep themselves and others safe.

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Protective Behaviours and the Network Hand

As part of our commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing, we teach Protective Behaviours across the school.

Protective Behaviours is a programme that helps children understand their feelings, recognise when something does not feel right and know how to seek help.

A key tool we use is the Network Hand.

The Network Hand helps children identify a group of trusted adults they can talk to if they feel worried, unsafe or need support. Each finger of the hand represents someone the child trusts and can go to for help.

Through this approach, children learn that:

• their feelings are important

• they have the right to feel safe

• they should always talk to a trusted adult if something worries them

Teaching Protective Behaviours helps pupils develop confidence, resilience and the understanding that they are never alone when they need help.

 

Our PSHE curriculum has been designed in accordance with the latest PSHE guidance from the National Curriculum. The objectives for Key Stage 2 are taught across a two-year cycle, enabling all aspects to be covered twice before children leave at the end of year 6.

The curriculum is divided into three key concepts: 

Health and Wellbeing

Relationships

Living in the wider world

The key concepts are then further broken down into themes, and each theme is taught across a term. To ensure the updated statutory elements of RSE are taught thoroughly, we follow the Christopher Winters scheme of work, which is taught in all year groups in the summer term.

Evidence of PSHE teaching and learning is done in a joint RE and PSHE book. This incorporates photos, activities and examples of work completed. This table shows where the PSHE curriculum is taught across the year.

	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Term 1	E-safety + Mental Health Week October	E-safety + Mental Health Week  October	E-safety + Mental Health Week October	E-safety + Mental Health Week  October
Term 2	Healthy Me	Healthy Me	Healthy Me	Healthy Me
Term 3	Zones of Regulation British Values	Zones of Regulation British Values	Zones of Regulation British Values	Zones of Regulation British Values
Term 4
Term 5	Aspirations and Careers
Term 6	RSE

 

 RSE

Our school is committed to providing effective RSE for all pupils. RSE teaching contributes to our statutory duty to safeguard children and prepare them for the responsibilities and experiences of adult life. RSE is taught in an age-appropriate manner throughout the school.

 

 

 

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