PERSONAL, SOCIAL, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION  AT ST RICHARD'S

OUR INTENT

Through our PSHEE programme we aim to develop our pupils’ self-awareness, positive self-esteem, resilience and confidence to:

• Stay as healthy as possible

• Keep themselves and others safe

• Have worthwhile and fulfilling relationships

• Respect differences between people

• Develop independence and responsibility

• Play an active role as members of a democratic society

• Make the most of their own and others abilities

• Manage normal stresses of life

We aim to  develop social and emotional learning skills and vocabulary which will enable pupils to make positive choices throughout life. The curriculum has been designed to facilitate the development of self-control, emotional awareness and interpersonal problem-solving skills. We recognise that it is important to empower children to know that all feelings are ok to have and to have both the vocabulary to name the emotion as well as have strategies to manage comfortable and uncomfortable feelings. We feel certain that our curriculum has a positive impact on pupil's self-esteem, emotional intelligence and self control, as well as academic engagement. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PSHEE CURRICULUM 

We have developed a curriculum map to ensure all elements of both the statutory relationships and Wellbeing curriculum and the non-statutory elements that we have chosen to include in our programme of study. These include elements of Personal, Social and Economic education.

We follow a programme called PATHS@ and most of our Relationships education is delivered through this. The programme is a social-cognitive programme progressively covering the following social emotional learning skills in a developmentally appropriate way:

• Emotional understanding

• Self-control

• Social problem solving

• Peer relations and self esteem

The programme is designed to help children:

• develop specific strategies that promote reflective responses and mature thinking skills

• become more self-motivated and enthusiastic about learning

• obtain information necessary for social understanding and pro-social behaviour

• increase their ability to generate creative alternative solutions to problems

• learn to anticipate and evaluate situations, behaviours and consequences

In addition, we have identified other curriculum areas where we can teach aspects of the PSHE education curriculum. These include Science, Maths, P.E. and our cross curricular Big Pictures. Other aspects of the Relationships and Health education, not covered in these subjects, are covered using the Christopher Winter project lesson materials.

IMPACT OF THE PSHEE CURRICULUM

We believe that the breadth of study included in our provision provides our children with the foundation for a healthy, happy adult life. The Paths curriculum builds incrementally over the key stages to ensure children have the resilience they need to face the challenges life throws at them and supports good mental health. The wider curriculum ensures that children learn to understand and take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. Finally, through our programme looking at the wider world we aim to broaden children’s horizons and develop aspirations.

OUR 3I PLAN FOR PHSEE

Please see below for our Intent, implementation and Impact overview for PHSEE

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