PSHE inc RSE
What is PSHE Education?
PSHE Education (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.
What do schools have to teach in PSHE Education?
According to the National Curriculum, 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 the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life;
• promotes British values.
From September 2020, primary schools in England also need to teach Relationships and Health Education as compulsory subjects and the Department for Education strongly recommends this should also include age-appropriate Sex Education.
Schools also have statutory responsibilities to safeguard their pupils (Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE, 2019) and to uphold the Equality Act (2010).
PSHE at Woodhouse West
At Woodhouse West Primary School, our Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) vision is to provide children with opportunities, experiences and behaviours that they will need now and in their next stage of learning. We aim to encourage children to be open-minded, non-discriminative and help develop their sense of morality and equality. We believe these are important traits that children need for their social development in today's society.
Our PSHE curriculum, which includes Relationships, Health and Sex Education (RHSE), inspires a child’s self-worth and curiosity to ask and answer questions to deepen their knowledge in all aspects of the PSHE curriculum. Through carefully planned lessons, pupils learn to make informed decisions about their mental and physical health, wellbeing and positive relationships with others. The curriculum is delivered proactively and confidently by our teachers, who ensure that children have high aspirations, through use of discussion, storytelling and practical activities.
We will be adapting the Sheffield Primary RHE and PSHE Curriculum (Learn Sheffield), as well as using existing resources that we feel are already of a high standard. All staff in school have received training from the school’s PSHE coordinator, who has attended ongoing central training from Learn Sheffield alongside other Sheffield schools.
Although individual citizenship lessons will vary, there is a running theme across the subject. We aim to provide high quality stimuli, such as videos, books, pictures or scenarios. These will then lead on to class discussions, or questions for the teaching staff. Teachers will make it clear whether they are informing children or asking them to share their opinions.
What is Relationship and Sex Education (RSE)?
Below highlights what we cover within each Key Stage in line with expectations for Relationship and Sex Education.
Curriculum Progression- PSHE
Primary RSHE Audit
The materials used through school are available for parents and carers to view and discuss. Parents and carers have the right to withdraw their children from sex education, but we would, as ever, encourage any parent or carer to discuss their concerns with the school first.
Impact
The impact of our curriculum is measured in terms of the extent to which pupils have developed new knowledge, understanding and skills and that they can use and recall this with fluency.
This will be measured by:
- Lesson observations and book looks
- Subject review, feedback and action plans
- Pupil voice – questionnaires, pupil book reviews
- Subject Leader monitoring – Lesson visits, scrutiny of books, assessment, pupil interviews and questionnaires
- ASPIRE Awards
- External reviews