Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education

The 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 through a whole school themed week. 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.

As part of the PHSE curriculum, a variety of visitors from the local community are invited into school to meet with the children and provide first hand experiences for them. A wide range of PHSE objectives are also met outside of the PSHE curriculum, through assemblies, class discussions and school events. The school meets together weekly to celebrate achievements and discuss current issues in an assembly. We support a wide range of charities throughout the school year as part of our School Council programme and elements of our PHSE curriculum are covered through supporting the community.

Evidence of PSHE teaching and learning is kept in individual year group PSHE scrap books. This incorporates photos, activities, examples of work completed and pupil voice.

Themes covered within each Key Concept: 

Key Concepts	Health and Wellbeing	Relationships	Living in the Wider World
Themes	Healthy Me Healthy Lifestyles Mental Health Safety	British Values RSE Anti-bullying	Aspirations and Careers Enterprise

This table outlines where each theme is covered across a two yearly cycle:

	Year 1	Year 2
Autumn	Anti-bullying week and e-safety   Safety Week	Careers Week   Anti-bullying week and e-safety
Spring	Healthy Me Week   Mental Health Week	Mental Health Week   British Values Week
Summer	RSE   Enterprise Week	RSE   Healthy Lifestyles Week

RSE

Our school is committed to provide 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.