At Walkington Primary School, we teach PSHE as a whole-school approach, underpinning our children’s development as well-rounded individuals who have the skills and resilience to manage the world around them in order to excel and achieve socially, emotionally, academically and economically.
We know that in order for children to be successful with their learning, they at first need to feel safe and secure emotionally and feel a sense of belonging with their environment, peers and adults. The ‘Jigsaw’ scheme of work provides a comprehensive, carefully planned curriculum which brings consistency to approach and progression of skills and knowledge to our children’s learning in this vital curriculum area. This also supports the ‘Personal Development’ and ‘Behaviour and Attitude’ aspects of the current Ofsted Inspection Framework, as well as significantly contributing to the school’s Safeguarding and Equality Duties, the Government’s British Values agenda and the Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural (SMSC) development of children across the whole school.
At Walkington, we value PSHE as one way to support children’s development as human beings, to enable them to understand and respect who they are, to empower them with a voice and to equip them for life and learning. We include the statutory Relationships and Health Education within our whole-school PSHE Programme. To ensure progression and a spiral curriculum, we use Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE, as our chosen teaching and learning programme and tailor it to all children’s needs. The mapping document: Jigsaw 3-11 and statutory Relationships and Health Education, shows exactly how Jigsaw and therefore our school, meets the statutory Relationships and Health Education requirements.
Our intention is that when children leave here, they will do so with the knowledge, understanding and emotions to be able to play an active, positive and successful role in today’s diverse society. We want our children to have high aspirations, a belief in themselves and realise that anything is possible if they put their mind to it. In an ever–changing world, it is important that they are aware, to an appropriate level, of different factors which will affect their world and that they learn how to deal with these so that they have good mental health and well-being.
Our PSHE curriculum develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills which will enable children to access the wider curriculum and prepare them to be global citizens now and in their future careers within a global community. It promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils, preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences for later life.
Our relationships learning enables our children to learn how to be safe, and to understand and develop healthy relationships, both now and in their future lives. Whole-school approach Jigsaw covers all areas of PSHE for the primary phase including statutory Relationships and Health Education, Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural education (SMSC) and the fundamental British Values of Democracy, Rule of Law, Respect and Tolerance, Individual Liberty. Each half term the same learning theme (Puzzle Piece) is taught across the school:
- Autumn 1 Being Me in My World
- Autumn 2 Celebrating Differences
- Spring 1 Dreams and goals
- Spring 2 Healthy Me
- Summer 1 Relationships
- Summer 2 Changing Me
The learning within these themes deepens and broadens by being revisited every year.
