Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

Intent

At Sidlesham Primary School we aim to create a happy, purposeful and supportive environment where children are enabled to become successful learners, develop their full potential and achieve the highest educational standards they can. Our vision statement reflects a passionate commitment to learning and recognition of the uniqueness of individual learners. It is driven by our desire to offer the best possible education for our pupils in partnership with parents, the local and wider community.

We believe a collaborative culture is fundamental in enabling children to develop personally and emotionally, and as young citizens. Children grow up in a complex and ever changing world and are exposed to an increasing range of influences. As a school we aim to build on and complement the learning that has already started at home to provide the knowledge, understanding and skills that children need to lead healthy, fulfilling and meaningful lives, both now and in the future.

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) – and within this curriculum Relationship, Health and Sex Education – is central to a school’s ethos, supporting children in their development, and underpinning learning in the classroom, school, and in the wider community. Values are fundamental expressions of what we think and believe. As a school we encourage children to think about personal and social values, to become aware of, and involved in the life and concerns of their community and society, and so develop their capacity to be active and effective future citizens.

PSHE education equips children with the knowledge, understanding, skills and strategies required to live healthy, safe, productive, capable, responsible and balanced lives. It encourages them to be enterprising and supports them in making effective transitions, positive learning and career choices, and in achieving economic wellbeing. A critical component of PSHE education is providing opportunities for children to reflect on and clarify their own values and attitudes, and explore the complex and sometimes conflicting range of values and attitudes they encounter now and in the future. PSHE education is taught as a planned, developmental programme of learning through which children acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to 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. Further it can help reduce or remove many of the barriers to learning experienced by pupils, significantly improving their capacity to learn and achieve. PSHE education also makes a significant contribution to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development, their behaviour and safety, and to their emotional wellbeing. PSHE education contributes to personal development by helping pupils to build their confidence, resilience and self-esteem, and to identify and manage risk, make informed choices and understand what influences their decisions. It enables them to recognise, accept and shape their identities, to understand and accommodate difference and change, to manage emotions and to communicate constructively in a variety of settings. Developing an understanding of themselves, empathy and the ability to work with others will help pupils to form and maintain good relationships, develop the essential skills for future employability and better enjoy and manage their lives.

It is vital that when educating our children’s brains, we do not neglect to educate their hearts.” Dalai Lama

Curriculum Aims

A person’s ‘character’ develops over time and in a range of contexts and is shaped by unknown and unpredictable events. PSHE education helps children and young people to stay safe, healthy and prepared for life's opportunities and events.

PSHE education is an integral element of a whole-school approach to developing ‘character’, providing the ideal curriculum subject through which to focus on the development of these essential skills and attributes. The Shoreham Academy PSHE framework provides learning objectives that, delivered through the context of a planned, developmental PSHE education programme, enable pupils to develop:

• interpersonal and social effectiveness

• self-awareness

• values

• resilience

• effectiveness within a wider community

• risk management

Implementation

How is this subject planned?

In the Early Years the Foundation Stage Curriculum is taught, using the Kapow curriculum to ensure children’s start to school life is smooth.
Longs term plans have been updated to reflect the statutory inclusion of RSE.
Teachers incorporate a focus on one of the school’s learning behaviours or values within their planning each term or half-term. These support the PSHE curriculum content.

How is this subject taught?

PSHE is taught through half term units of work, in weekly sessions.
Opportunities are taken to teach it through all areas of the curriculum, eg themed days/weeks, school trips and visits (including residential),
sporting fixtures, church services, assemblies, school productions and local events.
An Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)
provides additional support for children if needed.

Impact

How is this subject assessed?

Formal assessments in PSHE are not carried out as this development is an ongoing process, although over the year the school puts together a PSHE scrapbook of work.
Staff, parent and child questionnaires provide insight into the effectiveness of PSHE teaching and learning and help establish areas for further development.
Verbal feedback from parents and visitors to the school is used to assess the effectiveness of elements of children’s PSHE development.
Children’s personal and social development is reported verbally to parents via termly parents’ evenings and in writing through the annual end of-year report.

How is this subject monitored?

This subject is in focus once every three years. When in focus there will be an action plan to develop the subject which will be monitored by
governors and the senior leadership team.
The subject leader is responsible for monitoring the planning, teaching and assessment of the subject. This is achieved through book looks, pupil conferencing, questionnaires, discussions with teachers and liaison with governors.
Feedback from parents and support staff about children’s personal and social development is also discussed at staff meetings and supports the monitoring of PSHE provision.

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

Intent

Curriculum Aims

Implementation

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Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education Progression

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