PSHE Curriculum Intent Curriculum Intent

Intent At Dean Field we are committed to promoting a safe and healthy lifestyle. We believe that PSHE and RSE is an integral part of the education of our pupils. We aim to offer pupils a carefully planned program on human development, relationships, sexuality and family life within a safe, comfortable atmosphere. We use Jigsaw as a whole school approach to teaching PSHE and RSE. It allows us to deliver a unique, spiral, progressive and effective PSHE and RSE curriculum that takes into account the needs of our pupils. It helps prepare our pupils for life, helping them really know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in this everchanging world. Our RSE curriculum is set within a moral framework that matches the pupils’ level of maturity and it involves learning about relationships, sexual health, healthy lifestyles, diversity and personal identify. RSE is not about the promotion of sexual activity. This policy covers our school’s approach to Relationships and Sex Education (RSE). It was produced by SLT in consultation with all teaching staff, parents and governors. The policy will be available to parents through the school prospectus and website.

Aims for pupils

We provide RSE and PSHE education through a spiral program from nursery to year 6. It gradually expands and enriches key concepts, increases knowledge, deepens understanding, and rehearses and develops key skills through a thematic approach.

The aims of PSHE at our school are to:

• Provide children with a safe space where they can discuss personal, social and health related topics
• Enable children to recognise their own identity and address their own feelings and emotions
• Allow children to celebrate differences around them and to challenge stereotypes
• Allow children to respect and value differences around them.
• Enable children to understand bullying a how to deal with bullying
• Allow children to set dreams and goals for the future and understand that there may be obstacles along the way
• Provide children with opportunities to learn about the importance of their physical and mental health
• Enable children to learn about the importance of money in society an teach them simple budgeting
• Allow children to learn about the importance of e-safety and the dangers they may encounter online

The aims of RSE at our school are to:

• Provide a framework in which sensitive discussions can take place
• Prepare pupils for puberty, and give them an understanding of sexual development and the importance of health and hygiene
• Help pupils develop feelings of self-respect, confidence and empathy
• Create a positive culture around issues of sexuality and relationships
• Teach pupils the correct vocabulary to describe themselves and their bodies

At Dean Field we are well aware that the primary role in children’s sex education lies with parents and carers. We wish to build a positive and supporting relationship with the parents of children at our school through mutual understanding, trust and co-operation. In promoting this objective, we:

• inform parents about the school’s sex education policy and practice;
• answer any questions that parents may have about the sex education of their child;
• take seriously any issue that parents raise with teachers or governors about this policy or the arrangements for RSE in the school;
• encourage parents to be involved in reviewing the school policy and making modifications to it as necessary;
• inform parents about the best practice known with regard to RSE, so that the teaching in school supports the key messages that parents and carers give to children at home. We believe that, through this mutual exchange of knowledge and information, children will benefit from being given consistent messages about their changing body and their increasing responsibilities.

How our PSHE Curriculum Is Constructed – Long Term Plan

Here is our long-term plan for PSHE and RSE which outlines the units that are covered in each year group. Children in Nursey – Year 6 cover the same topics at the same time however the content of the topics is very different to ensure pupils receive an education that suits their age and maturity. We have developed this in consultation with parents, pupils and staff, considering the age, needs and feelings of pupils. If pupils ask questions outside the scope of this policy, teachers will respond in an appropriate manner so they are fully informed and don’t seek answers online.

 

 

 

These areas of learning are taught within the context of family life taking care to ensure that there is no stigmatisation of children based on their home circumstances(families can include single parent families, LGBT parents, families headed by grandparents, adoptive parents, foster parents/carers amongst other structures) along with reflecting sensitively that some children may have a different structure of support around them (for example: looked after children or young carers).

PSHE Policy

PSHE Must Knows

Below, are a selection of the Must Knows that we provide for each year group, for each PSHE topic covered. These Must Knows are designed to be used at home by parents as conversation starters as well as in school to supplement work in lessons and to recap previous learning. These are carefully structured so that knowledge and vocabulary are sequenced and built upon over time as pupils progress through school. We are confident that these Must Knows will help our children to develop and retain key knowledge on a wide range of topics and will significantly improve their vocabulary.