PSHE at Birchfield School
“When you know better, you do better.” – Maya Angelou.

Intent:
At Birchfield Primary School, our curriculum aims to prepare children to be global citizens in a diverse society and prepare them for the opportunities, experiences and responsibilities for later life. Our intent is that children leave Birchfield with the knowledge, understanding and emotional intelligence that will allow them to flourish and play a positive and active role in our society. Teaching and learning in the classroom shows progression across all Key Stages within the PSHE core themes: Relationships, Health and Wellbeing and Living in the Wider World.

Implementation:
Our PSHE curriculum has been developed around the PSHE association framework. Using this framework, we have developed a comprehensive, clear and personalised scheme of work based on the national curriculum contextual information and including all of the statutory content for Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE). We have planned, developed and written this curriculum to ensure that the units of work carefully build on previously taught knowledge and skills, enabling pupils to ‘know more and remember more’. We have planned our curriculum content to ensure it represents and promotes diversity and inclusion through the literature, resources and subject content taught. This has also enabled us to address contextual safeguarding issues and embed school values within and across year groups. The PSHE curriculum is enhanced by collective worship which is based around the school values. Planned safeguarding assemblies support pupils in the retrieval of key PSHE themes such as trusted adults and healthy relationships.

Visits and visitors complement our PSHE curriculum and give pupils access to outside experiences and expertise. Other school responsibilities and activities, such as school council, prefects and head pupils and mentors support the development of pupils’ personal skills. We also provide termly enrichment opportunities that enhance the learning from our PSHE curriculum. In KS1 and KS2, PSHE is taught weekly and, where appropriate, evidence is recorded in PSHE books. Within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Personal, Social and Emotional development (PSED) lays the foundation for the EYFS curriculum. Pupils learn self-regulation, managing self and building relationships. These skills are taught through a combination of focused teaching and opportunities to learn through play.

Impact:
We believe that the success of the PSHE curriculum will be demonstrated in the pupils themselves. Pupils will be able to not only articulate their learning in PSHE but will demonstrate the qualities we are promoting through their day-to-day interactions and development of their individual characters. Our pupils will approach a range of real-life situations and apply their skills and attributes to help navigate themselves through modern life. They will understand the different lifestyles that people may live and be respectful and accepting towards those. They will have a ready willingness and ability to try new things, push themselves and persevere. They will have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe, healthy and develop good relationships. The impact of the PSHE curriculum is directly demonstrated through pupils’ attitudes to learning and their understanding of themselves and their sense of wellbeing.