At Enstone Primary School we nurture our children as unique individuals in a safe and secure environment, to ensure they thrive and fulfil their potential.

The importance of PSHE/RSE

Our personal, social and health education (PSHE) programme alongside our relationships, sex and health education (RSE) programme promote children’s personal, social and economic development, as well as their health and wellbeing. These help to give children the knowledge and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy and independent lives and to become informed, responsible citizens. We believe it is the duty of our school to give our young people the learning that will enable them to live safe, fulfilled and healthy lives. This includes giving them all the skills they will need to survive in the modern world. Our PSHE and RSE Policy covers our school’s approach and attitude towards PSHE and RSE, and outlines key content which is taught at each key stage. It is available below in the documents section.

At Enstone Primary School, children’s wellbeing, happiness and safety are our first priority, and PSHE is the key vehicle through which we share this with children. We regard PSHE as an important, integral component of the whole curriculum, central to our approach and at the core of our ethos. In accordance with government guidance, the PSHE and RSE curriculum focus on developing personal attributes including love, courage, truth and respect.

As part of our PSHE curriculum, we include RSE, making sure all our children are prepared for the changes which will happen to their bodies, along with how to deal with transitions in their lives.

Our curriculum is broad and balanced, ensuring it:

• Promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our children
• Prepares our children for the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences they will face in life
• Provides information about being healthy and safe, both emotionally and physically
• Encourages our children to understand how all actions have consequences and how they can make informed choices to help themselves, others and the environment.

The curriculum is planned in accordance with all relevant government guidance as referenced in Appendix 7 of the PSHE and RSE Policy document. It meets the learning objectives as set out in the Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019.

Organisation/Provision

PSHE is delivered within a whole school approach which includes:

• Dedicated curriculum time/lessons from our school scheme (Jigsaw) and other appropriate resources
• Teaching PSHE through other curriculum areas
• Circle Time sessions
• Our assembly programme
• Themed weeks and school events
• Our pastoral care support and interventions when appropriate
• Visiting speakers
• Externally delivered workshops

The curriculum is delivered by all staff and is supplemented by visitors and other external agencies to give children the highest quality provision available. However, we do not allow external agencies to take over this provision as it is important that PSHE and RSHE are seen as things we can talk about at school. Furthermore, class teachers know their children and will be best placed to support additional needs, or scaffold difficult and sensitive topics which make a child feel vulnerable.

At school, we use Jigsaw, a health and wellbeing whole school approach scheme. This is supplemented, when appropriate, with up to date resources for more difficult issues e.g. bullying, racism, homophobia etc. Along with the scheme, we also ensure that we incorporate and respect all social, moral, spiritual and cultural issues, encouraging our children to think about their place within Britain as citizens. We include the five British Values (democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths/beliefs) within our teaching to establish an effective and safe school environment.

The Jigsaw Scheme provides structured lessons for each year group. The scheme is adapted by teachers to suit their class needs and to ensure age appropriateness. The scheme is progressive throughout the school, showing the development in knowledge from Reception to Year 6. It also meets the needs set out in the RSHE government guidance.  More information is included in the policy document, available in the section below.