Progression Skills
2023 Progression of knowledge and skills for PSHE including EYFS
DFE Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education
Philosophy |
At Thornhill Primary School we believe that education in Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) enables children to become healthier, more independent and more responsible members of society. We encourage our pupils to play a positive role in contributing to the life of the school and the wider community therefore developing their sense of self-worth. We teach them how society is organised and governed. We ensure that the children experience the process of democracy and we teach then specifically about their rights and about their responsibilities. In doing so they learn to appreciate what it means to be a positive member of a diverse and multi-cultural society.
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Intent: What we are trying to achieve through our curriculum… |
We believe that our school is a safe, inclusive community where ALL have high aspirations, achieve well, develop self-confidence, positive values and beliefs, a sense of community and personal well-being, together with a caring attitude towards others.
Our school is built on positive, respectful relationships, where manners and politeness are key, and it is our intention to provide all our children with the tools they need to be able to foster and strengthen these positive relationships both internally, in the day to day life of the school, and externally as part of a diverse, multicultural society. When our children leave Thornhill Primary School we want them to be, ‘the best person they can possibly be,’ ready to seize opportunities and combat challenges and we believe high quality personal development education is central to this. Our curriculum promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils; whilst 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 |
Implementation: How our curriculum is delivered… |
We use a range of teaching and learning styles to meet the PSHE requirements of the National Curriculum. We emphasise active learning by including the children in discussions, investigations, games, circle time activities, drama and problem solving. We encourage the children to take part in a range of tasks that promote active citizenship e.g. charity fundraising, the planning of special school events e.g. The Fiver Challenge, assemblies, open evenings or involvement in helping other individuals and groups less fortunate than themselves or who require support e.g. the school buddy scheme and school council.
We organise classes in such a way that pupils are able, through discussion to set agreed rules of behaviour, and to resolve any conflicts initially through pupils utilizing the Restorative Approach to behaviour management. Also at certain times throughout the year e.g. Sports and Golden Days, we organise the children in mixed year age groups, with children from Reception to Year Six. As a direct result we believe social relationships across year groups and key stages are much stronger. Also, we offer the children the opportunity to hear visiting speakers, such as health workers, police and local clergy, who we invite into school to talk about their role in creating a positive and supportive local community. We teach PSHE in a variety of ways. For example, when dealing with issues such as drug, financial, relationships, sex education , we teach PSHE as a discrete subject and have a dedicated weekly timetabled session. On other occasions we introduce PSHE topics through teaching in other subjects e.g. RE and RSE. For example, when teaching about local environmental issues in geography, we offer pupils the opportunities to find out who is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of local parks and to work on environmental projects such as Gorilla Gardening in conjunction with Shildon Alive, a local charity. Also, as there is a large overlap between the programme of study for Religious Education and the aims of PSHE so we deliver some of the PSHE curriculum through our RE lessons. Our PSHE progression of knowledge and skills grid sets the content of the PSHE curriculum. We also develop PSHE through various activities and whole school events e.g. the Shildon Alive rescued food shop and The Fiver Challenge assist with economic and financial understanding, the school council and eco council representatives from each year group meet at regular intervals to discuss school and environmental matters, thus fostering debate, negotiation and democracy. We offer a residential visit in Key Stage Two where there is a particular focus on developing pupils’ self-esteem and giving then opportunities to develop leadership skills and positive group work in preparation for transition to secondary school. Also each half term every class has the opportunity to develop their presentational skills as they prepare and deliver an assembly on their PSHE learning for that half term. We use our key school documents to plan our PSHE throughout the school: LTP / Progression of Knowledge & Skills / MTP / Short term plans. There is a focus on the following disciplinary skills:
We teach PSHE in EYFS as an integral part of our topic work with the aim of developing a child’s personal, emotional and social development. We address key aspects, such as the British Value of Democracy though voting for lunch time stories , while circle time activities help our youngest children to cooperate and develop Mutual Respect. We also support PSHE education in Reception class, when we teach ‘how to develop a child’s personal, social, emotional development and understanding of the world. This is achieved through clear routines that enable self regulation, management of self care and positive relationships to be built; through whole class, group and one to one discussions and the use of a wide range of stories and social experiences. PHSE is also taught through our assemblies and each topic is covered with an introductory assembly at the beginning of the topic and a pupil celebration assembly at the end of the topic. We also cover topics through class assemblies and whole school assemblies: e.g. Careers, Pride, Environmental Issues etc We work closely with parents and listen to feedback. Parents were consulted during 2020-2021 on the RHE (Relationship Health Education) and also receive information in Year 5 and 6 every year to ensure they are fully informed as to what is taught. |
Impact: The difference our curriculum is making… |
We believe that the impact of a meaningful personal social and health education curriculum is children who are safe, happy, confident, tolerant, well rounded individuals who can go on to become valuable members of society – our, ‘ promise for the future.’
Monitoring and assessment are ongoing with the use of lesson observations, book scrutinies and pupils discussions providing evidence of the positive impact our PSHE teaching is having. Also, when taking part in external visits or visitors come into our school we are incredibly proud of the positive comments directed towards our children who consistently maintain high standards of behaviour and manners and these can be read in our compliments book. |