Personal Social Health Education (PSHE)
Education that prepares for life today, and tomorrow.
Intent
In PSHE, children are given the tools with which to build lasting and meaningful relationships for life, to stay safe and also to make good decisions about their health and wellbeing. Our school vision and values form the basis of our entire curriculum at St. Anne’s which means that the personal development of our pupils’ is a clear strength of our school.
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Implementation
Our scheme of work for Key Stage One and Key Stage Two, Jigsaw, is carefully planned to ensure progression through six main units (Being Me in My World; Celebrating Differences; Dreams and Goals; Healthy Me; Relationships and Changing Me) building upon the knowledge and skills gained in the previous year group and preparing for the next year.
In EYFS, PSHE is taught as part of their personal, social and emotional development (a prime area of learning). Our children follow the scheme ‘Think Equal’. Think Equal is a curriculum-based programme that support social and emotional development in the early years. It is rooted in mental health and social justice and aims to build a strong foundation for individual and societal progress. The programme is fully aligned with the early years foundation stage (EYFS) curriculum and teaches 25 skills and competencies to help children through their Early Childhood Education.
Our pupils are given opportunities in PSHE lessons (Jigsaw) and wider planned opportunities (e.g. Collective Worship, Zones of Regulation, Young Leaders Awards) to develop confidence, self-motivation, social skills and an understanding of their rights and responsibilities within our diverse society.
We encourage all our pupils to play a positive role in contributing to school life through our Pupil Parliament, Ethos Committee, STEM Ambassadors, Anti-Bullying Ambassadors and Eco Committee are elected yearly. This helps to ensure the voice of our children is heard.
We also teach PSHE through other subjects (such as: Computing, RE, History, Geography and Science) and through our school culture: our vision and values; St. Anne’s learning powers and our family environment. Children are taught how to be safe online and parents are supported to help their children remain safe online.
We engage with outside agencies and visitors to further develop our pupil’s life skills; for example, Year 6 attend crucial crew sessions and complete Bikeability, Year 1 and 2 have visits from the fire brigade and we have worked with organisations such as the NSPCC; Trussell Trust Food Bank.
The PSHE leader supports teachers and monitors standards by reviewing planning of units, talking to children with the PSHE floor books, staff feedback and observing lessons.
Impact
Our Eco Warriors achieved the Green Flag Award in Summer 2022 and Summer 2023 – Living out our value of caring for God’s world.
A number of cohorts have now successfully completed the Young Leaders’ Award – demonstrating the impact that their work has within their local community.
Children at St. Anne’s make good behaviour choices and are kind and empathetic to their peers. They respect each other’s differences and can articulate what makes them unique.
Children can talk confidently about their emotions.
Children feel safe in school and know where they can seek help.
Children can identify ways to stay healthy, including around food choices, physical fitness and mental wellbeing.
Children are responsible when using the internet and know how to keep safe.
Our Jigsaw Curriculum - Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
Relationship, Health and Sex Education
Think Equal - EYFS
Information about Think Equal can be found here: