PSHE
At Worth Valley Primary School, personal, social and health education (PSHE) enables our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of a society. It is an embedded part of our broad and balanced curriculum. It aims to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially, and tackles many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up.
Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development is fully at the heart of our school ethos. British Values are promoted through the overarching aims and objectives of PSHE by supporting our children to become healthy and responsible members of society, as well as preparing them for life and work in modern Britain. Relationship and Sex Education (SRE) enables our children to understand the importance of marriage and committed relationships for family life, stable and loving relationships, respect, love and care. It is also about the teaching of sex, sexuality and sexual health. It is not about the promotion of sexual activity.
Primary School children in modern society are exposed to many aspects of adult life and image. They begin to make their own sense of these from an early age. Parents and teachers share responsibility to help them in this and work together to ensure children build an accurate foundation of knowledge, skills and attitudes which will enable further concepts to be added to as the children grow and develop. Children have an entitlement to personal, social, health, relationship and sex education and this should be delivered within the context of caring relationships and a moral framework.
We recognise the importance of PSHE and RSE including the role it plays in developing our pupils into healthy, independent, and responsible individuals who are prepared for life and work. Our curriculum builds upon the children’s first stages of development in EYFS through progressive and sequenced topics, which revolve around three key themes: relationships, health and wellbeing and living in the wider world. Within the study of PSHE, our children develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future.
The quality PSHE is not only taught but is embedded in our school values at Worth Valley Primary School and ensures children are given wide perspectives to the diverse society that we live in today. Pupils develop fully as:
- individuals as they focus on their own personal development; believing in themselves, building resilience, developing habits to lead a healthy life.
- members of families and social communities; understanding how to relate to others and adopt teamwork skills
- members of economic communities; developing their awareness of the part that they play and how to live responsibly.
It is essential that we teach PSHE and RSE to provide the link between pupils’ health and wellbeing, and their academic progress. We know the value of focusing on promoting positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience, and achievement will impact their whole education.
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