PSHE stands for personal, social, health and economic education. In PSHE we learn how to stay healthy, safe and are prepared to lead confident and independent lives in our diverse world
Our PSHE Intent
At Kippax Greenfield, we teach the National Curriculum for PSHE as part of a whole school approach dedicated to supporting our children in their holistic development; ultimately boosting their attainment and life chances.
In line with our vision of Growing Greatness at Greenfield, our PSHE curriculum is designed to ensure our children are proud of their own background and culture, but are also inspired by the diversity of the wider world and all it can offer. It prepares our children with the skills they need to lead happy, healthy lives in an exciting, innovative and fast-paced world. We recognise the issues and challenges that our children may face during their lifetimes, particularly in relation to their mental health, relationships and safety, both online and offline.
Our Great Greenfield Five values underpin our approach to teaching PSHE
Respect – this is essential for a productive, safe and vibrant learning environment. Children are taught to respect themselves and others, understanding and celebrating our differences and similarities.
Resilience – we teach our children to understand their emotional responses and know positive strategies to manage and overcome negative emotions.
Responsibility – we teach our children to take responsibility for the choices they make both in school and in the wider world. We ensure that they understand the impact they can have on others and their environment.
Collaboration – we use collaboration as a tool for teaching and learning in PSHE and teach our children that when we work together to solve personal, moral and social problems, the problem can become much more manageable.
Aspiration – we have high aspirations for every area of our children’s development; beginning with their personal, social and health development to enable them to be valued contributors to society.
The PSHE curriculum at Kippax Greenfield follows the You, Me and PSHE programme with the addition of Mind Mate units of work. Additional resources are used to support the teaching of Relationship and Sex Education.
PSHE has been planned carefully to be delivered to our mixed class structure, while ensuring the curriculum is progressive and builds throughout school. The PSHE curriculum is supported by assemblies and workshops from external organisations such as Diversity Role Models, the NSPCC and Road Safety Team. Circle time and class discussions are also used to build relationships and enable children to grow emotionally and socially. A pre-assessment is carried out before each unit to ensure teaching is carefully tailored. Teaching is delivered through various methods, including but not limited to, class discussion, debate, frieze frame, drama, stories and creative arts.
Ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary is weaved through the curriculum to enable our pupils to be confident, articulate orators.
Our curriculum is intended to enable pupils to master knowledge and skills, yet is adapted according to their needs. Our “retrieve and revise” approach allows children to create schema that is constantly revisited and enables them to build on the solid foundations of previous learning.
We deliver the following units in each year group, building on the knowledge and skills taught in the previous year
- Identity, society and equality
- Relationships and management of feelings
- Healthy eating and exercise
- Drugs, alcohol and tobacco education
- Mental health and emotional wellbeing
- Keeping safe and managing risk including e-safety
- Careers, financial capability and economic wellbeing
- Growth, change and Sex and Relationship Education (SRE)
