PSHE
PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) underpins all the teaching and learning that we do at St Mary's School. Our school values of 'Love, Respect and Belonging' are reinforced through weekly circle time sessions in class and weekly taught sessions.
Through our PSHE curriculum, children learn about citizenship, relationships with others, health and safety and how to make a positive impact on the world around them. We also develop children's abilities to reflect on their learning and build on their skills of perseverance and resilience.
PSHE at St. Mary’s includes high quality RSE (Relationsips and Sex Education) as required by law. RSE and PSHE is lifelong learning about physical, moral and emotional development. The aim of RSE is to provide children with age appropriate information, explore attitudes and values and develop skills in order to empower them to make positive decisions about their relationships, friendships and health related behaviour.
For PSHE (including RSE) we use a long term plan developed by the PSHE Association and adapted for our children.
This year (2021-2022) we will be on Cycle A.
PSHE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK: WHOLE SCHOOL OVERVIEW CYCLE A | ||||||
Six key themes which demonstrate how the spiral curriculum develops across the year groups – it is recognised these themes overlap. | Rights and Responsibilities | Feelings and Friendship | ||||
Money | Safety and Risk | |||||
Health | Identity | |||||
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Oak (Year 1) | How do we decide how to behave? | What can we do with money? | How do we keep safe? | How do we feel? | What makes us special? | |
Ash | How can we help? | What is bullying? | How can we be healthy? | What is the same and different about us? | How do we show our feelings? | How can we keep safe in different places? |
Lime | What is diversity? | How can we be a good friend? | How do we grow and change? | How can we keep safe in our local area? | ||
Elder | What makes a healthy and happy relationship? | What are human rights? | How can money affect us? | How can we stay healthy? | How can we manage risk? | |
PSHE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK: WHOLE SCHOOL OVERVIEW CYCLE B | ||||||
Six key themes which demonstrate how the spiral curriculum develops across the year groups – it is recognised these themes overlap. | Rights and Responsibilities | Feelings and Friendship | ||||
Money | Safety and Risk | |||||
Health | Identity | |||||
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Oak (Year 1) | How do we decide how to behave? | What can we do with money? | How do we keep safe? | How do we feel? | What makes us special? | |
Ash | What are the rules that keep us safe? | What can we do about bullying? | What are we responsible for? | How can we describe our feelings? | How can we eat well? | What jobs would we like? |
Lime | What makes a community? | What does discrimination mean? | How can we manage our money? | What choices help health? | How can we be safe online and using social media? | What makes us enterprising? |
Elder | What makes a healthy and happy relationship? | What are human rights? | How can money affect us? | How can we stay healthy? | How can we manage risk? | |
We also have an incredibly strong compassionate resilience programme, aimed to support children as they move through school and beyond. This programme teaches our pupils how to cope during adversity and how to enjoy and celebrate successes. This is a fundamental part of a PSHE but more than this, it is about our school values and our school imperative. Use the link below to learn more about this.
2020-2021
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