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Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) is, in our opinion at Parkside, a fundamental building block to our pupil’s personal development.
We intend to provide a whole school PSHE curriculum that builds on the foundations of health and wellbeing, providing crucial skills and positive attitudes that will enable children to have high aspirations and achieve their best both academically and socially. Our well-planned curriculum is in line with all government guidelines, and we have worked hard to ensure that it meets the needs of our pupils, so that they leave us with a beneficial and comprehensive toolkit of life skills.
Our aim is that our pupils develop and deepen their personal, social and emotional development in ways that are tailored to their age group, whilst also expanding on their previous knowledge as they progress through the school. It is about giving them access to critical information about themselves and the many facets of the diverse world around them. With an ever-changing society, we are able to provide our pupils with a strong understanding of the diverse world around them and support them ways in which they can contribute positively.
Children explore PSHE topics in a safe environment allowing them to feel comfortable and well informed around some sensitive topics. Our curriculum develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills which will enable children to access the wider curriculum and prepare them to be a global citizen now and in the future.
PSHE at Parkside is accessible to all and is designed to maximise the outcomes for every child so that not only do they learn more but remember more. They are equipped with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate them through life; ways in which to build and maintain healthy relationships, to ensure good physical and mental health, to confidently and successfully ‘say no’ in difficult situations. We aim to provide them with knowledge and skills so that they can best navigate puberty, to tackle prejudice and discrimination, to acknowledge and respect others of the same or different beliefs, to keep themselves safe in a host of situations both on and offline. PSHE is enjoyed by pupils
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Year 5
Autumn
Health & Wellbeing
Living in the wider world
Achievements, aspirations, goals and strengths.
How to maintain physical, mental and emotional health/wellbeing.
Hygiene routines; bacteria and viruses.
Managing pressures; media, influences and peer.
Resources, sustainability, economics, choices and the environment.
Communities, volunteers, pressure groups, link to health and wellbeing.
Discussion/debate of topical issues/problems and events – economics, choices, environment.
Spring
Relationships
Bullying, cyber bullying and internet safety.
What constitutes as committed, loving relationships, civil partnerships, marriage.
Dares/ challenges; privacy and sharing, including personal boundaries.
Confidentiality, secrets, surprises and personal safety.
Health & Wellbeing
Basic first aid; how to respond in an emergency.
Managing risk – dangers, hazards, responsibility and safety.
Including online safety, personal information, passwords, images, responsibility and safe use.
Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, medicines and caffeine.
Summer
Relationships & RSE
Living in the wider world
Looking after ourselves and changes during puberty. Introduction to menstruation. Body image.
How are babies made?
Human reproduction.
Rights to protect body and speaking out (including against FGM).
Acceptable and unacceptable physical touch; personal boundaries and right to privacy.
Resolving difference, points of view, decisions and choices, including consequences.
Enterprise skills, and entrepreneurs.
Money, interest, loan, tax and debt.
Discussion/debate of topical issues/problems and events – economics, choices, environment.
Year 6
Autumn
Health & Wellbeing
Achievements, aspirations, goals and strengths.
How to maintain physical, mental and emotional health/wellbeing.
Hygiene routines; bacteria and viruses.
Managing pressures; media, influences and peer.
Living in the wider world
Resources, sustainability, economics, choices and the environment.
Communities, volunteers, pressure groups, link to health and wellbeing.
Discussion/debate of topical issues/problems and events – economics, choices, environment.
Spring
Relationships
Bullying, cyber bullying and internet safety.
What constitutes as committed, loving relationships, civil partnerships, marriage.
Dares/ challenges; privacy and sharing, including personal boundaries.
Confidentiality, secrets, surprises and personal safety.
Health & Wellbeing
Basic first aid; how to respond in an emergency.
Managing risk – dangers, hazards, responsibility and safety.
Including online safety, personal information, passwords, images, responsibility and safe use.
Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, medicines and caffeine.
Summer
Relationships & RSE
Looking after ourselves and changes during puberty. Introduction to menstruation. Body image.
How are babies made?
Human reproduction.
Rights to protect body and speaking out (including against FGM).
Acceptable and unacceptable physical touch; personal boundaries and right to privacy.
Living in the wider world
Resolving difference, points of view, decisions and choices, including consequences.
Enterprise skills, and entrepreneurs.
Money, interest, loan, tax and debt.
Discussion/debate of topical issues/problems and events – economics, choices, environment.
Year 7
Autumn
Health & Wellbeing
Living in the wider world
Diet, exercise and how to make healthy choices The benefits of physical activity and the importance of sleep.
Healthy mind vs healthy body.
Causes and triggers for unhealthy coping strategies – sources of help and strategies to help.
Knowledge and skills for setting realistic and challenging personal goals and targets.
Similarities, differences and diversity among people. And the impact of stereotyping, prejudice, bigotry, bullying and discrimination on individuals and communities.
Strategies for safely challenging stereotyping, prejudice, bigotry, bullying and discrimination
Spring
Relationships
Diversity, prejudice and bullying including cyber bullying.
Managing on- and off-line friendships.
Features of positive and stable relationships. Differing types of relationships. Include bereavement, separation and divorce.
Compromise and relationships, the concept of consent in a variety of relationships (including sexual relationships).
Health & Wellbeing
The risks of alcohol, tobacco and other substances – awareness. Classification of drugs.
Inappropriate use of mobile phones and contributions to accidents.
E-safety – assess and manage risks to health and to keep others safe.
Summer
Relationships & RSE
Ground rules and appropriate language.
Consolidate and further development of key learning of puberty from KS2.
Physical and emotional changes including selfexamination and the issues of unwanted contact and consent.
Sexting, exposure and sexual harassment.
Gender and stereotypes, including LGBT community.
Self-esteem, romance and friendships.
Living in the wider world
Making ethical financial decisions.
Saving, spending and budgeting our money.
Enterprise skills and introduction to careers - challenging career stereotypes and raising aspirations.
The importance of protecting their own and other reputations. Link to careers.
Education and work; different types of work and pathway through life.
Year 8
Autumn
Health & Wellbeing
Mental health and emotional wellbeing, including body image.
Emotional well-being and how to maintain physical, mental, and emotional health and wellbeing.
Managing change and loss How to manage transition.
Friendships, bullying and new beginnings.
Living in the wider world
Rights and responsibilities in the community, primacy of human rights.
Tackling age and disability discrimination.
Recognise that they have the same rights to opportunities in learning and work as all other people; to recognise and challenge stereotypes;
and/or family or cultural expectations that may limit their aspirations.
Spring
Relationships
Developing and maintaining healthy relationships within a range of social/cultural contexts.
The differences between friendship groups and gangs (risks, strategies and appropriate support).
Peer pressure.
Media portrayal of relationships – reflection on real life and expectations.
Unacceptability of sexist, homophobic etc. language.
Health & Wellbeing
First aid and personal safety, focusing on road safety.
Alcohol and drug misuse and managing peer influence. Classification of drugs/factual information.
The role and influence of the media on lifestyle.
Antisocial behaviour.
Tackling racism and religious discrimination, promoting human rights.
Online safety and digital literacy.
Summer
Living in the wider world
Ground rules and inappropriate language.
Introduction to sexuality and consent.
Introduction to contraception including condom and the pill. Links
to myths surrounding contraception and sexual relationships.
Informed choices; the law in relation to consent and boundaries.
Healthy relationships, teenage pressures and toxic masculinity.
Stereotyping, gender and sexuality.
Money management; assess and manage risk in relation to financial
decisions that young people might make.
Careers and CV – work roles and career pathways, choices available to them at the end of KS3, benefits of being ambitious and enterprising in all aspects of life; The importance of protecting their own and others’ reputations; protecting their ‘online presence’: the concept of having a personal ‘brand’ that can be enhanced or damaged.
