PSHE/RSE Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement.
Intent
“High quality, evidence-based age-appropriate teaching of these subjects can help prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life. They can also enable schools to promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils, at home and in society.” Department for Education (DfE)
PSHE/RSE enables our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society. It aims to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially, and tackles many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. We provide our children with opportunities for them to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. Relationships and choosing and maintaining relationships is crucial, therefore we aim to teach the children how to be safe, and to understand and develop healthy relationships, both now and in the future.
Implementation
At Hugo Meynell Primary School, we deliver the PSHE/RSE curriculum by utilising first-hand experience and sharing good practice. It is the responsibility of every staff member to do this by being a role model and having high expectations of our children. We believe PSHE to be integral to the development of children’s values, in order for them to become a positive citizen in a forever-changing community.
Our children have the opportunity to be School/Class Councillors, Library Monitors and Little Leaders. It is positive roles, such as these, that help children to develop self-worth from a young age.
At Hugo Meynell Primary School, we believe that PSHE plays a vital part of infant education and needs to be taught at least weekly; although there will also be ample opportunity to make cross curricular links, in particular with Computing for Online Safety and Science for growing, nutrition, teeth, diet and lifestyle. There are always occasions where staff may feel it necessary to teach important life skills or impart key messages, as a result of an issue which has arisen in their own class.
PSHE is also an important part of our school assemblies and collective worship were children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural curiosity is stimulated, challenged and nurtured.
The delivered curriculum (Kapow) reflects the needs of our pupils and is tailored to meet specific needs. The teachers use the PSHE programme to equip pupils with a sound understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions.
The lessons are based on the statutory requirements for Relationship and Health education. The Kapow scheme of work supports the requirements of the Equality Act through direct teaching, for example learning about different families, the negative effect of stereotypes and the celebrating differences. Our school allows children to explore and value their own identities and identities of others. No Outsiders is a whole school ethos which teaches children that everyone is different, and everyone belongs; there are no outsiders in our school because everyone is welcome.
Impact
Our children are healthy, independent and responsible members of our society. They understand how they are developing personally and socially and have the confidence to tackle many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up.
Our children also understand their rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. They have developed their sense of self-worth and play a positive role in contributing to school life and our wider community.