PSHE

Intent:

Our intention at Barming Primary School is to provide our children with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that they need to effectively navigate the complexities of 21^st Century life.   Our curriculum will support our children to make informed choices around their health, safety, wellbeing, relationships and financial matters and will support them in becoming confident individuals and active members of society.   Through our whole-school approach to PSHE, it is our belief that our children will have high aspirations, a belief in themselves and realise that anything is possible.   Weaving through the heart of our PSHE teaching, is our commitment to enhancing and promoting our core values: Respect, Wisdom, Responsibility and Courage.

Our curriculum also incorporates an age appropriate understanding of RSE (Relationships and Sex Education), as set out in the statutory guidance, which will enable all our children to be safe and understand how to develop healthy relationships, both now and in their future lives.

Implementation:

At Barming Primary School we follow the Kapow Scheme of learning which provides our children with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that they need to effectively navigate the complexities of the 21^st Century.   The lessons are taught on a weekly basis in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

The Kapow scheme of Learning for PSHE consists of five topic areas:

• Families and Relationships
• Health and Wellbeing
• Safety and the Changing Body
• Citizenship
• Economic Wellbeing

Each topic is revisited every year to allow the children to build on their prior learning.   The lessons also provide a progressive programme, which supports the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study.   Children across the school access a range of high quality teaching and learning activities to ensure that all children are able to access the learning and make progress. 

All lesson plans include ideas for differentiation to stretch the most able learners and give additional support to those who need it.  Many lessons include stories, scenarios, role-play situations and video clips which provide the opportunity for children to engage in real-life and current topics in a safe and structured way.   Teachers are also encouraged to adapt activities accordingly for their classes.

PSHE in EYFS:

In Reception, PSHE is taught as an integral part of topic work and is embedded through the curriculum and daily routines.   The objectives taught are from the Personal, Social and Emotional Development Statements from ‘Development Matters in EYFS’.  Examples of how we support the personal, social and emotional development of our pupils in reception are:

• Use of a buddie system with Year 6 pupils to build constructive and respectful relationships
• Use of a ‘Calming Corner’ which promotes self-regulation and the ability to express and moderate their own feelings both socially and emotionally
• Modelling daily routines and practices that support good personal hygiene e.g. washing hands before snack time
• Use of activities which regularly involve sharing and cooperating with friends and peers

Enrichment Opportunities:

As a school we also have visitors, such as the emergency services, who come into school to complement our PSHE curriculum and offer additional learning opportunities.   This could be through the use of assemblies or year group specific workshops.   PSHE and British Values are also an important part of school assemblies where children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural curiosity is stimulated, challenge and nurtured.

Impact:

At Barming Primary School, we believe that a meaningful PSHE curriculum is the key to our children becoming confident, reflective and well-rounded members of society.   By the time our pupils leave our school, they will be able to approach real-life situations and apply skills they have learnt to help them to navigate themselves through modern life.   By teaching our pupils to stay safe and healthy, and by building their self-esteem, resilience and empathy, our PSHE programme will tackle barriers to learning, raise aspirations and improve the life chances of all our pupils. They will also be able to recognise and apply the British Values of Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual Respect, Rule of Law and Liberty.

Personal, Social and Health Education

Evidence shows that well-delivered PSHE programmes have an impact on both academic and non-academic outcomes for pupils, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.

We embrace and celebrate our differences here at Barming Primary School!

As a school we empower our children to be the very best citizens they can be by exploring Anti-Bullying ideas, Cyber-Bullying and Online Safety. This ensures our children our protected and they know how to support their friends.

Transition days support our children with life changes and enable them to cope with and embrace change. We provide opportunities for our children to work across age groups and across the school to learn key skills in cooperation, resilience, team building and communication.

NSPCC Number Day

National Society Prevention Cruelty Children

Today we learned about the charity NSPCC. We looked into what they do and how the help families. 

We discussed how we use numbers in every day life for houses, phone numbers, times and cooking. We also thought about different jobs where you use numbers (there was a lot!) and finally we thought about games where we use numbers. 

Look at our fantastic number outfits and what we have been up to...