PSHE
Intent
Hopton C of E Primary Academy is committed to providing a high-quality educational experience for all pupils. Our curriculum is determined and underpinned by the school’s Christian vision, mission statement.
Our intention is to develop the whole child to provide them with the knowledge, skills and attributes needed to protect and enhance their wellbeing. Through lessons, children will learn how to stay safe and healthy, build and maintain successful relationships and become active citizens, responsibly participating in society around them. Work is carried out with our ‘building learning power’ aims in mind, so that all children feel inspired to achieve and believe in themselves, creating active, confident members of the community. Lessons will provide our children with the knowledge they need to stay safe and to know when and how they can ask for help.
Implementation
Across the whole school, all our children record their PSHE/RSE work in their individual RSHE exercise books. Here, they record their activities and their reflections of what they are learning about. These reflective activities allow for assessment for learning opportunities which enable self-evaluation and allow the teachers to evaluate and assess learning.
In EYFS:
The provision is planned to ensure development in Physical, Social and Emotional Development (PSED), which occurs daily. In provision, children will explore the ideas of relationships, feelings and appropriate behaviours, self-confidence and self-awareness, rules and routines, empathy and restorative justice.
In KS1 and KS2:
We use the Jigsaw, the Mindful approach to RSHE to inform our curriculum planning. It covers all of the required objectives and fulfils the requirements of 2020 Statutory Relationships and Health Education through a broad and balanced curriculum. Some of the topics included in the Relationship & Health programme of study are: Families and people who care for me, Caring friendships, Respectful relationships, Online relationships, Being safe, Mental wellbeing, Internet safety, Physical health & fitness, Healthy eating, Drugs, alcohol & tobacco, Health and prevention, Basic First aid and Changing adolescent body.
In addition, PSHE is integrated into our curriculum through our School Learning Behaviours and whole school activities: such as Circle Time, School Council Meetings, discussion groups or through specifically themed weeks, such as Well Being Week, Mental Health Week, and Anti-Bullying Week.
Impact
As a result children will achieve age-related expectations across the wider curriculum. However, we are aware that the delivered curriculum must reflect the needs of our pupils. We expect teachers to use the PSHE programme (adapting it where necessary to ensure it suits all pupils’ needs) to equip pupils with a sound understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions now and in later life. Through PSHE and RSE, the children will develop the vocabulary and confidence needed to articulate their thoughts and feelings in a safe, trusting, respectful environment taking what they have learnt to their everyday interactions from the classroom to the wider community.