Personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE)
Statement of Intent for Personal Social Health Education and Relationships Education (PSHE), including spiritual, moral, social and cultural development (SMSC) and British Values
Rationale
Personal, social and health education (PSHE) enables children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of our society and play a positive role in contributing to the life of the school and the wider community.
We will follow the ‘Kapow’ scheme for our taught PSHE curriculum. This will include the following units each year:
Families and relationships
Health and wellbeing
Safety and the changing body
Citizenship
Economic wellbeing
From September 2020 Relationships (primary) and Health Education became statutory aspects of the school curriculum. Sex education in all primary settings remains recommended but non-statutory. We believe that sex education should ensure that both boys and girls are prepared for the changes that adolescence brings. We have chosen to teach this aspect of PHSE through our science lessons and therefore you cannot withdraw your child from this curriculum content. The science aspect includes:
- In Years 1/2, children learn that animals, including humans, have offspring that grow into adults. They should be introduced to the concepts of reproduction and growth, but not how reproduction occurs.
- In Years 5/6, children are taught about the life cycles of humans and animals, including reproduction. They also learn about the changes that happen in humans from birth to old age. This includes learning what happens in puberty, including periods.
If you would like additional information about the way we teach Relationships (primary) and Health Education, please refer to the link below.
The Kapow scheme provides a progressive and planned scheme of work, giving children relevant learning experiences to help them navigate their world and to develop positive relationships between themselves and others.
Some PSHE content could be covered alongside other curriculum areas. The teacher will make these choices and to arrange these objectives so that they fit in well, for example, teaching money in maths and financial education in PHSE at the same time as internet skills in computing.
Teaching children to stay safe
We have added some additional content to our curriculum to help children stay safe within our local context.
Click here to read the Teaching Children Stay Safe overview.