Relationships and Health Education
INTENT
At Ashcott Primary school the intent of our RSE and PSHE curriculum is to equip our children with essential skills for life. We aim to deliver a curriculum that is accessible to all and enable all of our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society. We want to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially as well as to address many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are a part of growing up, as well as a daily part of modern life. We provide our children with different opportunities for them to learn about these different aspects and encourage them to be inquisitive and to ask questions as a part of these sessions in order to further develop their understanding.
Our curriculum develops children’s learning and understanding as they move through the school and the result we aim for is that they are able to add to and acquire knowledge and skills to enable our children to feel confident in becoming a member of a global community.
It will demonstrate appropriate subject knowledge, skills and understanding in line with those set out in the national curriculum whereby schools must provide a ‘balanced and broadly-based curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities and responsibilities and experiences for later life.’
IMPLEMENTATION
Teaching will always be carried out in an age-appropriate way and the titles below will be adapted so that the content taught is relevant for the year group/class of the child.
By the end of primary school, we aim to teach children the following-
EYFS:
- Self -regulation
- Building relationships
- Managing self
Key Stage 1 and 2:
- Families and relationships
- Health and well-being
- Safety and the changing body
- Citizenship
- Economic well-being
Each area is revisited allowing children to build upon prior knowledge.
Lessons are based upon the statutory requirements for Relationships and Health education, however some lessons go beyond these requirements, primarily in the Citizen and Economic well-being areas, in these cases they refer to the PHSE Association Programme of Study (recommended by the DFE). Sex education is inline with the DFE recommendations and is covered in year 6 of the scheme of learning.
The scheme supports the requirements of the Equality Act through direct teaching, for example learning about different families, the negative effect of stereotypes and celebrating and respecting differences.
Our focus will also include opportunities to link to British values, SMSC (through R.E lessons) as well as the school’s secrets of success and assemblies. Lessons will also be linked to key campaigns and well-being days throughout the year such as E-Safety week, Anti-Bullying week, Inspirational week and Hello Yellow- World Mental Health Day.
Wider Curriculum- There are meaningful opportunities for cross-curriculur learning, where appropriate, links will be made between different subject areas in the national curriculum (i.e/e.g. between science and RSE or P.E and physical healthy).
Assemblies- Whole school, Key Stage and class assemblies will always make links to one of the following: PSHE, British values, SMSC and the school’s secrets of success.
IMPACT
Outcomes in books (including cross curricular books) evidence a broad and balanced RSE curriculum, and alongside teacher assessments, demonstrate the children’s acquisition of identified key knowledge. Children show a good understanding of the different aspects they have been learning about and also record what they have learned comparative to their starting points at the end of every topic, where possible.
Once children have covered the full scheme of learning, children will have met the objectives and can utilise their learning within their daily lives, from dealing with friendship issues to resilience to making healthy choices and knowing where and when to get help.
Also-
- Children will demonstrate and apply the British Values of Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual respect, Rule of law and Liberty.
- Children will demonstrate a healthy outlook towards school – attendance will be in-line with national data and behaviour will be good.
- Children treat themselves and others with respect and kindness and show good manners.
- Children will become healthy and responsible members of society.
- Children will be more confident on their journey preparing them for adult life.
Progression of Skills:
Overview:
