Personal and Social development
Personal,, Social, Health and Emotional Education
Intent
At Church Walk C.E. Primary School, we believe that personal, social and emotional education and our Vision and Christian Values are at the core of our whole curriculum.
For a child to be an effective learner they need to have good personal, social and emotional skills and as a school we need to focus on these.
Children need the knowledge, skills and understanding to lead confident, healthy, independent lives to become informed, active and responsible citizens.
They will reflect on their experiences and understand how they are developing personally and socially using many of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up.
They need to learn to understand and respect our common humanity, diversity and differences so that they can go on to form the effective, fulfilling relationships that are an essential part of life and learning.
As well as focusing on developing children’s skills in these areas we will actively look for opportunities for them to be applied in a real social context e.g. electing class representatives to the school council.
Aims of PSHE at Church Walk C.E. Primary School PSHE has five broad themes and aims to support the personal, social and emotional development of children and young people.
• To develop good relationships and respect differences between people, based upon our Christian Vision and Values.
• To understand their emotions and act upon them appropriately.
• To develop confidence and making the most of their abilities • To develop a healthy, safer lifestyle
• To prepare to play an active role as citizens
Organisation
In Foundation Stage, PSHE is central; it is taught through Christian Values in all other areas of the curriculum and is implicit in good continuous provision.
PSHE themes run through the whole curriculum in both Key stage 1 and 2. Areas are delivered as an integral part of other curriculum areas, eg; Sex and Relationships and Drugs Education through Science, Debating skills through Literacy or PSHE is delivered as a separate curriculum area. These include; Relationships in School (including friendship, bullying, behaviour etc.) Relationships at Home (including marriage, divorce, separation, step-siblings, birth, death etc.).
Many aspects of PSHE are taught through the use of PSHE materials, Rights Respecting Schools resources and through circle time and in school and school council activities. In all key stages we can say that PSHE is taught both explicitly and implicitly. Implicitly by • Agreed rules and routines • Learning environments • Whole school ethos • Parent partnerships • Community involvement • Church links
Specifically we teach PSHE skills through; • Circle times,, whole school and class assembly • we have a scheme of work that is taught in a two year cycle. • UN Conventions for the Rights of the Child • Identified in Medium Term plans
Additionally, we will use specific programmes for children who need further development of their PSHE skills, these include; • Time to Talk programme • Socially Speaking programmes • Rights Respecting Schools resources
Online safety is covered through the PHSE programmes and also through Computing in all year groups.Pupils learn how to use mobile technology and the internet safely including how to report abuse, appropriate screen time levels and identifying online scams.
Scheme of Work
https://www.cushycms.com/temporary_uploads/291072/2. Primary Programme Builder - Thematic model (1).pdfWe follow a thematic approach covering the following :
Family and friendships
Respectful relationships
Being safe
Living in the wider world
Belonging to a community
Money and work
Growing and Changing
Keeping safe including online safety
Mental health and wellbeing is a large part of PSHE. We have two members of staff who are Mental Health First Aid Champions and SERIS workers (Social and Emotional Resilience in School). They are available to support children and often run small groups to help develop coping strategies and explore issues, including bereavement, anxiety, etc.We also have an ELSA trained member of staff who supports children through emotional literacy.
RSE Relationships, Health and Sex Education
The Relationships Education, RSE, and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 have made Relationships Education compulsory in all primary schools. Sex Education is not compulsory.
The content covers everything that primary schools should teach about relationships and health, including puberty. The national curriculum for science also includes subject content in related areas, such as the main external body parts, the human body as it grows from birth to old age (including puberty) and reproduction in some plants and animals.
Parents do not have the right to withdraw children from the Relationships Education covered in school.
RHSE Policy
Kidsafe
Kidsafe is a programme that is developed to ensure that children have the confidence and knowledge to keep themselves safe in different contexts.
We have a Senior Teaching Assistant who delivers the programme in school to Year 1 and Year 4. We also hold meetings for parents and send out information sheets, so that they can discuss certain topics with their children.
The programme includes:-
Trusted grown ups, private places, safer use of the internet and age appropriate computer games or videos.
‘Teach children how they should live and they will remember it all of their lives.’ Proverbs 22:6
Our Vision
Our vision is to provide a secure, happy learning community based upon Christian Values in which each child is encouraged to reach their full potential.
We aim to support the children's developing skills as learners by:
- Providing a secure foundation upon which individuals can grow into independent, challenged learners.
- Stimulating active learning experiences,that develop children's awareness of themselves as learners.
- Valuing every child irrespectve of gender, disability,age, race or culture and ensure that they have an active voice in school and know that their opinions matter.
- Supporting children in succeeding in their learning and finding opportunities to celebrate their success.
- Developing skills of independence, co-operation and self- motivation.
- Contributing to the wider community, both locally and globally.
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