Sauncey Wood Primary School
PSHE
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic education) is an integral part of our curriculum at Sauncey Wood and embedded in our day-to-day practice and is part of who we are as a school. PSHE lessons are taught as a discrete subject as well as indirectly throughout the school day through assemblies, circle times, buddy/mentor time and time spent at break and lunch. Key themes are also touched upon in other subjects, such as Keeping Safe Online (Computing) and leading a healthy lifestyle (PE).
We follow the Jigsaw scheme of work. We use this to meet the Early Years Personal, Social, Emotional Development (PSED) Early Learning Goals and then continue with this scheme of work throughout KS1 and 2. This ensures a sequential curriculum which allows us to build on previous learning and keeps a consistency of language and lesson expectations as the children make their way through the units of work.
RSE (Relationships and Sex Education)
The opening paragraph of the Department for Education guidance states:
“Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people need to know how to be safe and healthy, and how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way.” (DfE, 2019, Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education)
As part of our PSHE curriculum, we teach Relationships and Sex Education (RSE). This is now a statutory part of the curriculum. Some elements of this curriculum overlap with our Science curriculum.
Please see below for more information about this part of our curriculum:
Requests for the right to excuse your child from the non-statutory components of sex education should be put in writing to the Headteacher.
SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural)
