Curriculum
Personal, Social, Health and Economy
Curriculum intent, implementation, and impact
Intent
Wrekin View’s PSHE and Citizenship Scheme of Work aims to equip children with essential skills for success in life in our ever changing world. It aims to develop the whole child through carefully planned and resourced lessons that develop the knowledge, skills and attributes children need to protect and enhance their wellbeing. Through these lessons, children will learn how to stay happy, safe and healthy, build and maintain successful relationships and become curious, active citizens, responsibly participating and able to communicate in society around them. Successful PSHE curriculum coverage is a vital tool in preparing children for life in society, now and in the future. Our PSHE and Citizenship units aim to cover a wide range of the social and emotional aspects of learning, enabling children to develop their identity and self-esteem as active, confident citizens. The themes and topics support social, moral, spiritual and cultural development and provide children with protective teaching on essential safeguarding issues, developing the knowledge of when and how children can ask for help.
Implementation
At Wrekin View, we recognise that all children are unique individuals and therefore we aim to encourage mutual respect, responsibility and foster self-esteem in a happy and caring atmosphere. The teaching and learning of PSHE supports and upholds our vision of Happy, Curious, Successful Communicators. We follow the statutory guidance and PSHE framework. To deliver our curriculum, we use the JIGSAW scheme of work as a basis for our teaching and learning. Where possible we utilise first-hand experience and sharing good practice, and it is every staff members responsibility to do this by being a role model and having high expectations of pupils.
Our curriculum is split into 6 core themes which are taught across the school at the same time. The key themes. are: Being Me In My World, Celebrating Differences, Dreams and Goals, Healthy Me, Changing Me and Relationships.
In Nursery PSHE is recorded through observations on Tapestry. Reception and Y1 record through floor books. In KS2 children are encouraged to be reflective learners. Their PSHE books will record reflections on what they have taken away from each lesson, whether that is new facts or insights about themselves and their development.
At Wrekin View we believe that PSHE plays a vital part of primary education and needs to be taught at least weekly; although there will also be opportunities to make cross curricular links and these opportunities should not be missed. This enables staff to ensure full coverage of the PSHE scheme of work. There are always occasions where staff may feel it necessary to teach PSHE as a result of an issue which has arisen in their own class.
PSHE is integral to the development of children’s values in order for them to become a positive citizens in a forever changing community.
Impact
Our teaching of PSHE will lead to children meeting the standards of attainments across the school and those that are expected of our children nationally. Children will each make progress relative to their own individual starting point. The implementation and impact of the PSHE curriculum is assessed across school to ensure that children are provided with the best possible chance at succeeding. We strive to ensure that by the end of their time with us at Wrekin View each child will:
be able to approach a range of real life situations and apply their skills and attributes to help navigate themselves through modern life
- be on their way to becoming healthy, open minded, respectful, socially and morally responsible, active members of society
- appreciate difference and diversity
- recognise and apply the British Values of Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual respect, Rule of law and Liberty
- be able to understand and manage their emotions
- be able to look after their mental health and well-being
- be able to develop positive, healthy relationship with their peers both now and in the future.
- understand the physical aspects involved in RSE at an age appropriate level
- have respect for themselves and others.
- Understand who they can rely on and ask for support
- Demonstrate self-confidence and self-esteem.
Assessment within discrete PSHE lessons, will ensure that pupils are building on their skills and knowledge over time. It will demonstrate progression and also uniformity between parallel classes. Predetermined learning objectives allow teachers to be mindful of the assessment elements within lessons and can help them pitch and plan subsequent lessons. Activities are included within lesson to give the children the opportunity to self-assess and these allow children the opportunity to identify areas for self-improvement.
An individual’s progress will be recognised through recognition within the classroom.
