Subject Lead: Miss Fagan
Intent
Our PSHE and RSE curriculum has been carefully designed to enable our children to grow into confident, independent and respectful members of society. It addresses the topics most relevant to our pupils and reflects the context of the community in which they are growing up.
The curriculum is structured around six key strands: Citizenship, Community, Staying Safe, Relationships and Growing Up, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), and Healthy Lifestyles and Wellbeing.
Implementation
PSHE is taught through weekly sessions in every class. Elements of the programme are drawn from the Ten:Ten RSE scheme and are further supplemented with additional high‑quality resources to ensure a coherent and progressive PSHE and RSE curriculum. This spiral approach enables children to revisit and build upon prior learning, deepening their understanding over time. The curriculum explicitly includes important themes such as safeguarding, sexual harassment, child‑on‑child abuse, protected characteristics and online safety. These themes are taught intentionally through a planned sequence of lessons, rather than being addressed only in response to incidents.
Teachers make meaningful links across the wider curriculum to support learning in PSHE, helping pupils to understand the practical steps they can take to protect and promote their own health, safety and wellbeing, as well as that of others. Learning is evidenced through pupils’ active participation, with books showcasing independent work, collaborative tasks, role‑play and discussion‑based activities.
We aim to create a safe and supportive learning environment in which all children feel able to express their views, discuss relevant issues and learn without fear of judgement. Pupil voice is central to our approach and is regularly gathered through learning walks and through a range of pupil leadership and participation groups, including the School Council, Community Crew, Searchlights, Mini Vinnies, Chaplaincy and Sunshine Crew.
In delivering relationships and sex education, we place a strong emphasis on working in partnership with parents. Parents are kept informed, consulted and given opportunities to contribute to decisions about how and what their children learn, enabling learning to be supported and reinforced at home.
Impact
- Pupils leave primary school confident in managing relationships, resilient in making positive lifestyle choices, and committed to contributing to their community and the wider world.
- They demonstrate respect, tolerance, and high aspirations for themselves and others.
- They know how to stay safe, nurture their wellbeing, and live out their faith in action.
- By transition to secondary school, pupils are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to thrive in an ever-changing world.
"Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery/"
-Anne Frank.