PSHE
Intent
We provide a curriculum in which PSHE and citizenship are embedded. Our subject provision includes
opportunities to develop pupils’ spiritual, moral and social cultural development, whilst strongly upholding and promoting our school vision and British Values. This in turn enables all children to develop an understanding of the ever changing world in which we live, develop the skills necessary to take an active role in their community and manage their lives safely and effectively.
At Scott Primary, PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) aims to teach our pupils to become creative, respectful, responsible individuals who will fulfil their potential. Using our school values, we provide a curriculum that allows our children to share and express their ideas, thoughts and feelings; understand positive relationships and recognise how to contribute constructively to their community. We promote our school ethos of inclusivity through PSHE lessons, and provide opportunities to support positive well-being and good mental health.
The PSHE curriculum at Scott is supported by our use of the JIGSAW scheme and taught weekly. All the pupils, from Reception to Year 6, follow a sequence of six topics over the school year:
- Being Me In My World
- Celebrating Differences
- Dreams and Goals
- Healthy Me
- Relationships
- Changing Me
Long Term Plan
Pupil Voice
“I like talking about different things, such as relationships.” (Year 5 pupil)
“My PSHE lessons are always fun and interesting.” (Year 2 pupil)
“I like learning about different things that will help us in the future.” (Year 4 pupil)
“I like PSHE because we get to do role play and I enjoy acting out real-life scenarios and solving problems.” (Year 3 Pupil)
“I like expressing my feelings and emotions.” (Year 6 pupil)
“I like learning about dreams and goals and setting our own.” (Year 5 pupil)
“I like learning about different cultures and how everyone is unique.” (Year 5 pupil)
“In PSHE, we share our ideas.” (Year 2 pupil)
Recommended Reads
‘Elmer’ by David McKee
Elmer is different. Elmer is patchwork. The grey elephants all love him, but he soon starts to wonder what it would be like to be just the same as them…
Once upon a Time Online by David Bedford
“Once upon a time, a laptop arrived in Fairy-tale Land. Join Jack and his friends as they discover the ups and downs of going online!”
Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival
“Ruby has a worry and it gets bigger. How will she get the worry to disappear?”
Mega Magic Teacher Swap by Rochelle Humes
“Mai discovers that although change might feel scary it can be a good thing. A heart-felt picture book about starting a new year at school.”
Useful Websites
Children’s Mental Health Week 2024
The theme this year was ‘my voice matters’. This theme was about empowering young people by equipping them with tools to express themselves and look after their mental health and wellbeing.
For children’s mental health week we discussed what we could do to make us feel happy and completed an Unwind the Mind activity. We discussed what we should do if we are feeling sad or lonely and the children came up with some excellent ideas including exercise, getting fresh air, spending time with friends and family and talking about our feelings with people we trust.
https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/
