PSHCE

Intent

At Holywell Green Primary School, we believe that Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHCE) plays an essential role in helping children to become happy, healthy, safe, confident and responsible members of society.

Our PSHCE curriculum supports children to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to manage their lives successfully, develop positive relationships and make informed choices. We want every child to understand that they have value, that their voice matters and that they have the right to feel safe, respected and included.

Our curriculum is based on the PSHE Association Programme of Study, alongside statutory Relationships Education and Health Education and the wider requirements of the National Curriculum. The PSHE Association framework provides a clear and progressive structure for developing children's knowledge, skills and understanding across the three core strands of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships, and Living in the Wider World.

We believe that PSHCE provides children with the knowledge and skills to understand themselves, understand others and understand their responsibilities within the wider community.

Through carefully sequenced learning, children develop their understanding of:

  • relationships and friendships;

  • physical and mental health;

  • emotional wellbeing and resilience;

  • keeping safe;

  • online safety and responsible technology use;

  • identity, diversity and respect;

  • rights, responsibilities and citizenship;

  • financial awareness and economic wellbeing;

  • healthy lifestyles;

  • growing and changing;

  • making positive choices;

  • recognising and managing risks.

We believe that PSHCE should provide children with opportunities to discuss important issues in an age-appropriate, inclusive and supportive environment. Children are encouraged to ask questions, express their views, listen respectfully to others and recognise that people may have different experiences, beliefs and perspectives.

We place a strong emphasis on mental health and emotional wellbeing. Children learn to recognise and communicate their emotions, develop strategies for managing difficulties, build resilience and understand when and how to seek help.

We also recognise the importance of preparing children to navigate an increasingly complex digital world. Online safety is embedded throughout PSHCE and the wider curriculum so that children understand how to keep themselves and others safe, behave responsibly online and respond appropriately when something causes concern.

It is our intention that every child leaves Holywell Green Primary School with the knowledge, confidence, skills and resilience to make positive choices, develop healthy relationships, keep themselves safe and contribute positively to their community.

Implementation

PSHCE is taught through a planned and progressive curriculum from Reception to Year 6, using the PSHE Association Programme of Study and planning resources as the foundation for our programme.

The curriculum is organised so that learning is revisited and developed as children progress through the school. Knowledge, vocabulary and skills are built progressively, allowing children to move from understanding themselves and their immediate relationships towards understanding their responsibilities within the wider community and society.

Our curriculum follows the three core strands of the PSHE Association Programme of Study:

Health and Wellbeing

Children develop knowledge and skills to support their physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Learning includes:

  • physical health and fitness;

  • healthy eating;

  • sleep;

  • hygiene;

  • emotions and feelings;

  • mental health and wellbeing;

  • resilience;

  • self-esteem;

  • managing worries;

  • recognising when help is needed;

  • medicines and health services;

  • first aid and emergency situations;

  • the effects of substances;

  • keeping safe and managing risks.

Children are taught that looking after their mental health is as important as looking after their physical health.

Relationships

Children develop an understanding of what makes positive, healthy relationships and how to maintain them.

They learn about:

  • friendships;

  • family relationships;

  • respect;

  • kindness and empathy;

  • cooperation;

  • resolving disagreements;

  • recognising unhealthy relationships;

  • bullying and how to respond;

  • privacy;

  • personal boundaries;

  • consent and permission;

  • seeking help and support.

Children are encouraged to understand that healthy relationships are based on respect, honesty, kindness, trust and appropriate boundaries.

Living in the Wider World

Children develop an understanding of their role within their school, local community and wider society.

Learning includes:

  • rights and responsibilities;

  • rules and laws;

  • democracy;

  • community;

  • diversity;

  • equality;

  • respect;

  • prejudice and discrimination;

  • British values;

  • careers and aspirations;

  • money;

  • saving and spending;

  • budgeting;

  • work and employment;

  • enterprise;

  • environmental responsibility.

We want children to understand that they can make a positive contribution to their community and that their actions can have an impact on others.

Online Safety and Digital Citizenship

Online safety is embedded throughout PSHCE and is reinforced through Computing and the wider curriculum.

Children learn how to:

  • keep personal information safe;

  • use passwords responsibly;

  • recognise inappropriate content;

  • communicate respectfully online;

  • identify online risks;

  • respond to unwanted contact;

  • recognise cyberbullying;

  • understand the permanence of online activity;

  • question the reliability of online information;

  • seek help when something online makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

Relationships and Sex Education

Relationships Education is taught progressively and in an age-appropriate manner in accordance with statutory requirements and our school's RSHE policy.

Children learn about relationships, friendships, families, respect, boundaries, growing and changing and keeping themselves safe.

The content is carefully sequenced so that children revisit key concepts at an appropriate level as they move through the school. Parents and carers are informed about the curriculum and are encouraged to support and complement their children's learning at home.

Planning and Progression

We use the PSHE Association Programme of Study and planning resources as the foundation for our PSHCE curriculum and adapt the planning to reflect the needs, experiences and context of our pupils.

  • Planning is informed by statutory Relationships Education and Health Education requirements.

  • Learning is sequenced from Reception to Year 6 so that knowledge and skills are progressively developed.

  • The three PSHE Association strands provide the structure for our curriculum.

  • Key concepts are revisited at increasing levels of depth and complexity.

  • Teachers identify the knowledge, vocabulary and skills to be developed within each unit.

  • Lessons are adapted to meet the needs of individual pupils, including pupils with SEND.

  • Teaching is responsive to issues arising within the school, local community or wider society where appropriate.

  • Children's questions and experiences are used sensitively to inform discussion and further learning.

  • PSHCE learning is reinforced through assemblies, school routines, pastoral support, safeguarding education and opportunities to take responsibility.

  • Online safety is revisited regularly and reinforced across the curriculum and through assemblies.

  • Children are given opportunities to practise and apply the skills they develop through real-life situations and school experiences.

A Safe and Supportive Learning Environment

PSHCE lessons are taught within a supportive environment where children are encouraged to participate, ask questions and express their views respectfully.

Teachers establish clear expectations around listening, respect and appropriate discussion. Sensitive issues are approached carefully and in accordance with the school's safeguarding procedures.

We recognise that children bring different experiences and backgrounds to PSHCE lessons. Teaching is therefore inclusive and carefully adapted so that all children can access learning and feel valued and respected.

Where a child raises a concern or discloses information during PSHCE teaching, staff follow the school's safeguarding procedures.

Enrichment and Wider Opportunities

PSHCE is strengthened through opportunities beyond the classroom.

Children develop their understanding and skills through:

  • school council and pupil voice;

  • charitable activities and fundraising;

  • assemblies;

  • community involvement;

  • visits and visitors;

  • road safety education;

  • careers and aspirations activities;

  • environmental projects;

  • sporting activities;

  • mental health and wellbeing initiatives;

  • safeguarding education;

  • opportunities to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership.

These experiences enable children to apply the knowledge and skills developed through PSHCE in meaningful contexts.

Assessment

Assessment in PSHCE focuses on the knowledge, understanding and skills children develop, rather than simply recording written work.

Teachers use questioning, discussion, observation, pupil reflection and other assessment opportunities to identify children's understanding and inform future teaching.

Children are encouraged to reflect on what they have learned, how their understanding has developed and how they can apply their learning to real-life situations.

The impact of our PSHCE curriculum is seen in children's ability to:

  • talk confidently about their feelings and wellbeing;

  • form and maintain positive relationships;

  • make safe and healthy choices;

  • recognise and manage risks;

  • seek help when needed;

  • demonstrate respect for themselves and others;

  • understand and respect differences;

  • make informed decisions;

  • manage money and understand economic choices;

  • participate positively in their school and community.

Through our PSHCE curriculum, we aim to ensure that children leave Holywell Green Primary School confident in themselves, respectful of others, aware of their responsibilities and prepared for the opportunities and challenges of life beyond primary school.

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