PSHE Curriculum Intent

Our Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) curriculum at Riverside Primary School equips pupils with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy and safe and to prepare them for life and work in modern Britain with an in-depth understanding of fundamental British Values. In addition we enable our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society whilst developing their skills in resilience; self-esteem; risk-management; team work and critical thinking.

They develop an understanding of how to tackle spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues as well as sensitive issues which they may encounter in their lives.

PSHE in Early Years

PSHE in the early years is taught through a variety of adult led and child initiated activities. All activities and play based learning opportunities are guided by the interests of the individuals in the settings. PSHE forms the basic structure of the EYFS with numerous opportunities for the children to develop within each of the strands.

PSHE is taught in three main strands:

• ‘Health and self-care’

Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe. They manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs successfully, including dressing and going to the toilet independently.

• ‘Making Relationships’

Children play co-operatively, taking turns with others. They take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise their activity. They show sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children.

• ‘Managing Feelings and Behaviour’

Children talk about how they and others show feelings, talk about their own and others’ behaviour, and its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable. They work as part of a group or class, and understand and follow the rules. They adjust their behaviour to different situations, and take changes of routine in their stride.

PSHE in Key Stage One

PSHE is taught through the following strands:

• Relationships
• Living in the Wider World
• Health and Wellbeing

PSHE lessons are taught discretely, however a range of opportunities to develop and build upon PSHE themes are incorporated into every part of the curriculum and school day.

In Key Stage One pupils are taught to:

Relationships:

• Identify and respect differences between people.
• Identify special people in their lives.
• Understand the community groups they belong to.
• To know who looks after them and who to go to for support.
• How to manage conflicts within a friendship.
• Recognise types of bullying.
• Recognise what is fair and unfair.
• Understand that people’s bodies can be hurt.
• Loss and death or a pet or family member.

Living in the Wider World:

• Understand the Pants Rule (good touch/bad touch)
• To know what is meant be privacy.
• To know the difference between good and bad secrets.
• Understand rights and responsibilities.
• Recognise types of teasing and bullying.
• Develop strategies to deal with teasing bullying.
• About people who help us.
• About family networks for support.
• People who help in an emergency.

Health and Wellbeing

• How to celebrate strengths and set challenging goals.
• How to communicate feelings and develop strategies for dealing with and managing feelings.
• Understand what constitutes a healthy lifestyles.
• To know the importance of maintaining personal hygiene.
• To know about how some diseases are spread and how to minimise risk.
• Being respectful to those with disabilities.

PSHE in Key Stage Two

PSHE is taught through the following strands:

• Relationships
• Living in the Wider World
• Health and Wellbeing

PSHE lessons are taught discretely, however a range of opportunities to develop and build upon PSHE themes are incorporated into every part of the curriculum and school day.

In Key Stage Two pupils are taught to:

Relationships:

• Explore how families give love, security and stability.
• About different family types.
• Characteristics of healthy family life.
• Identify when to seek advice if family life makes them unhappy.
• Importance of self respect.
• Importance of friendships and the characteristics of friendships.
• Manage conflicts and recognise who to trust.
• How to report concerns of abuse.
• Online safety within relationships.
• About marriage and its legal binding.
• Tolerance of others
• About the terms: sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
• Road safety
• Staying safe on scooters.
• About addiction
• About deaths caused by natural disasters.

Living in the Wider World:

• About respect, courtesy and convention of manners
• About online safety and people who pretend they are someone they are not.
• About online abuse, trolling, bullying and harassment.
• How to ask for advice and help/
• Responding safely to adults
• About keeping secrets and staying safe
• Understanding bullying and responsibilities in different contexts.
• Types of bullying, the impact of bullying.
• Stereotypes, people living with different values and customs.
• Understanding personal boundaries and the right to privacy.
• About permission seeking within relationships
• Taking care of their body.
• Drugs education
• The role of money and managing money.
• About homelessness
• About radicalisation.
• About terrorism and extremism.

Health and Wellbeing

• About the scale of emotions.
• About managing mental health.
• Impact of bullying on mental health.
• About Importance of health, lifestyle, diet, exercise and sleep to help our mental wellbeing.
• Benefits of physical exercise and time outdoors on mental health.
• Risks of an inactive lifestyle.
• About simple self care techniques.
• Importance of hygiene.

• About body changes.
• Personal hygiene and spreading of germs.
• Superhuman and Paralympics.
• Loneliness and depression.
• About phobias and poverty.
• Basic first aid.
• How to respond in an emergency situation.
• Facts and science relating to allergies, immunisation and vaccination.
• Addictive behaviour and OCD.
• To know the key facts about puberty and the changing adolescent body, particularly from age 9 through to 11 including physical and emotional changes.
• To know about menstrual wellbeing including the key facts about the menstrual cycle.