Elizabeth Selby Infants' School

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

PSHE vision for children

PSHE teaches us the life skills we need to be confident, independent, happy, healthy and safe.

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

What is PSHE Education?

PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) is a planned programme of learning through which children and young people acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to successfully manage their lives – now and in the future.

As part of a whole-school approach, PSHE Education develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society.

Schools also have statutory responsibilities to promote well-being and pupil safeguarding (Children Act, 2004) and community cohesion (Education Act, 2006). PSHE Education plays an important part in fulfilling of these responsibilities.

What do we teach in our PSHE Education?

The National Curriculum states that every school needs to have a broad and balanced curriculum that:

Promotes the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school;
Prepares pupils at the school for opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life;
Promotes British values
Schools also have statutory responsibilities to safeguard their pupils (Keeping Children Safe in Education) and to uphold the Equality Act (2010).

From September 2020, primary schools in England have also been required to teach Relationships and Health Education as compulsory subjects and the Department for Education strongly recommends this should also include age-appropriate Sex Education.

PSHE Intent

Our intention is that when children leave Elizabeth Selby Infant School, they will do so with the knowledge, understanding and emotions to be able to play an active, positive and successful role in today’s diverse society. We want our children to have high aspirations, a belief in themselves and realise that anything is possible if they put their mind to it. In an ever–changing world, it is important that they are aware, to an appropriate level, of different factors which will affect their world and that they learn how to deal with these so that they have good mental health and well-being.

Our PSHE curriculum develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills which will enable children to access the wider curriculum and prepare them to be a global citizen now and in the future. It promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils, preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences for later life. Our Relationships and Sex Education enables our children to learn how to be safe, and to understand and develop healthy relationships, both now and in their future lives.

PSHE Implementation

Our approach to PSHE and RSE is focusing on the whole child and we wanted a PSHE scheme that reflected our vision.

We deliver the PSHE curriculum through the use of the whole school comprehensive scheme ‘Jigsaw’ and it has two aims for all children;

To build their capacity for learning

To equip them for life

EYFS

Through Personal, Social, Emotional Development children are supported to build constructive and respectful relationships that allow them to play, learn and develop alongside both adults and their peers. As children make friendships they learn to manage conflicts and rivalries with the support of adults. Children are empowered to envisage themselves as valuable individuals who are aware of what makes them unique. In the Early Years children are encouraged to express their feelings and adults carefully model the handling of these feelings and emotions to support children in becoming independent in moderating their own feelings. Children are taught to manage their own physical needs and understand the importance of respecting others privacy. A large part of the curriculum in the Early Years supports the developing resilience within young children, children are encouraged to persevere to meet their goals and targets. As a part of the learning journey experienced in the Early Years developing the understanding of rules and routines is an integral part that runs parallel to all.

KS1

In Key Stage 1, PSHE is taught through a clear and comprehensive scheme of work in line with the National Curriculum. We ensure we cover the Health and Well-Being, Relationships and Living in the Wider World Learning Opportunities set out in the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study, which comprehensively cover the statutory Health Education and Relationships Education guidance. Jigsaw is a progressive scheme of work that covers all of the above and aims to prepare children for life, helping them to know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in this ever-changing world. There is a strong emphasis on emotional Literacy, building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health. It includes mindfulness to allow children to advance their emotional awareness, concentration, and focus.

PSHE is taught through Jigsaw’s six half termly themes with each year group studying the same unit at the same time (at their own level):

Autumn 1: Being Me in My World

Autumn 2: Differences (including anti-bullying)

Spring 1: Dreams and Goals

Spring 2: Healthy Me

Summer 1: Relationships

Summer 2: Changing Me (including Sex Education)

It also identifies links to British Values, and SMSC and is taught in such a way as to reflect the overall aims, values, and ethos of the school.

Wider Curriculum

We believe that focusing on developing a ‘Growth Mindset’ in our children will help them to build resilience, independence, and confidence; embrace challenge; foster a love of learning; and increase their level of happiness. We do this through the language we use in class, praising children for their efforts, and using language to encourage children to change their way of thinking. This supports both our school and PSHE aims and values, and we focus on Growth Mindsets in all aspects of school life.
PSHE, including SMSC and British Values, is an integral part of the whole school curriculum, and is therefore often taught within another subject area.
We work closely with Global Learning London on a number of projects that focus on global and local citizenship. These include: The Linking Project, Together with Music and the Community Cohesion Project.
All of our classes learn how to recognise and regulate their emotions through our Zones of Regulation learning.
We have developed strong local partnerships. We are very proud of our relationship with our local care home – Silk Court. The children regularly visit the care home and take part in activities alongside the residents including gardening, art and music. The residents also visit us frequently and are always present at our community events.
Visitors such as emergency services and the road safety team complement our PSHE curriculum to offer additional learning.
We encourage our children to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. We challenge all of our children to look for opportunities to show the school values of faith, hope and love.
Assemblies are linked to PSHE, British Values and SMSC and cover any additional sessions that would benefit the whole school.
PSHE, British Values and SMSC displays throughout school reinforce the PSHE curriculum enabling children to make links.

PSHE Impact

Our teaching of PSHE will lead to children each making progress relative to their own individual starting point. The implementation and impact of the PSHE curriculum is assessed across school to ensure that children are provided with the best possible chance at succeeding. We strive to ensure that by the end of their time with us at Oakley Infant School each child will:

Be more familiar with the British Values
Be able to recognise, understand and manage their own emotions
Understand who they can rely on and ask for support
Look after their own mental health and ask for support where necessary
Be on their way to maintaining a healthy lifestyle
Recognise differences and understand diversity
Apply learnt skills in real life situations
Demonstrate self-confidence and self-esteem
Have developed and maintained healthy relationships with peers and adults
Understand the physical aspects involved in the teaching of RSE at the level appropriate to them as an individual
Show respect to themselves and others

Relationships & Sex Education (SRE)

The guide available to download below explains in more detail what relationships and sex education consists of within the primary PSHE curriculum. It offers an insight for parents and carers to how it fits into our PSHE scheme and gives a detailed overview of what is taught in each year group covering this aspect of PSHE. It offers parents/carers advice and tips of what to say when talking to their child about sensitive issues.

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SMSC at Elizabeth Selby Infant School:

The Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development of our students has always been at the heart of the education offered at Elizabeth Selby Infant School. Our approach to SMSC is embedded in the ethos of mutual respect, partnership working and collaboration; an approach that we believe is fundamental to a full and positive participation in life in modern Britain.

At Elizabeth Selby Infant School, children will have the opportunity to: