Intent

• We want our pupils to “Spark the flame, light up the world” by becoming leaders and making a difference.
• Our PSHE curriculum is underpinned by our school Christian Values of: To Be Curious – Encounter Jesus, To Love and Respect – Become like Him and To Be Brave and have no limits – Do the things He did.
• We want our pupils to learn how to be happier, healthier and safer, with a good understanding of contributing factors to their personal, social, emotional and economic well-being and the impact that they can have on others, both locally and globally.
• We want our pupils to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future in order to stay healthy, safe and prepare them for life and work in the modern world.

Implementation

At South Wilford Endowed Primary School we use the SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience, Friendship) scheme of work to plan and support our PSHE and RHE. It is centred on a values-based and ‘Growth Mindset’ approach. SCARF lessons promote positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience, and achievement. SCARF provides us with a comprehensive scheme of work for PSHE and RHE with over 350 lesson plans, which are mapped to the National Curriculum and cover all of the DfE’s statutory requirements for Relationships Education and Health Education, and the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study recommended learning opportunities. PSHE learning is also supplemented by special events such as Anti-Bullying Week, Children’s Mental Health Week, Healthy School Week, and Safer Internet Day.

Each year group covers the same six core themes:
1. Me and My Relationships
2. Valuing Difference
3. Keeping Myself Safe
4. Rights and Responsibilities
5. Being at My Best
6. Growing and Changing.

SCARF is a spiral curriculum, which means that the children cover these same six themes every year, and each time they encounter a theme, it increases in complexity and reinforces previous learning. This continual revisiting with a changing focus ensures that learning becomes embedded and children continue to build upon and deepen their knowledge and understanding in all PSHE and SRE areas.

Picture News and Votes for Schools

We are using 'VotesforSchools' and 'PictureNews' in our oracy assemblies to help us learn about current affairs and issues in the world around us. We learn about British Values, the protected characteristics, and practice democracy through debating and voting about a news story each week.

Relationships and Health Education (RHE)

Some aspects of RHE overlap with the national curriculum for Science, such as the main external body parts, the human body as it grows from birth to old age (including puberty), and birth and reproduction. Therefore, children cannot be withdrawn from these lessons. Conception is the only part of RHE which isn’t part of the Science curriculum, and so the only small amount of non-statutory sex education that is included in SCARF is covered in a Year 6 ‘Making Babies’ lesson.

PSHE Curriculum Councillors

We have recently welcomed two wonderful new PSHE representatives to our school curriculum council, which is made up entirely of pupils. Sienna and Isla's role includes attending some PSHE lesson visits across school, being up to date with the action plan, helping with PSHE displays and providing pupil voice feedback. 

Impact