PSHE
We use the Twinkl Life curriculum to support our children’s knowledge and understanding in this area of learning.
At Barnfield Primary, PSHE is at the core of everything we do; it underpins our 5 principles of learning, our school rules and our ethos of being the best you can.
- Healthy me
- Ambitious me
- Empathetic me
- Curious me
- Creative me
Our school rules are
- I am responsible
- I am respectful
- I am ready to learn
We talk regularly about our children aspiring to be the best they can so they have high aspirations of themselves and each other. We want our children know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society. Self-confidence, independence and risk-taking is encouraged through the embedding of our curriculum offer.
PSHE is taught across the school on a weekly basis and as a school, we follow the Twinkl Life PSHE scheme of work.
PSHE is embedded in all that we do to enable our children to become independent, responsible, healthy, and confident members of society. Our PSHE curriculum has been built with the aim to support the development of the ‘whole child’, by helping them to understand how they are developing personally and socially as well as promoting their social, mental, and physical development. Children will be able to develop the ability to tackle the moral, social, and cultural issues that are part of growing up.
Through our discreet lessons as well as wider cross curricular approach to teaching PSHE, children are taught how to keep themselves safe, physically, and emotionally resulting in the acquisition of knowledge and skills, which enable children to access the wider curriculum. We provide our children with opportunities for them to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community.
Key themes and topics include:
- Health and wellbeing: Physical and mental health, including coping with anxiety and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
- Relationships and sex education (RSE): Learning about healthy relationships and personal safety.
- Economic well-being: Topics related to careers and managing money.
- Safety: Both online and in the real world, including understanding risks associated with drugs and alcohol.
- Citizenship: British values, global citizenship, and community engagement.
- Personal development: Building skills like resilience, communication, and teamwork, and developing independence and self-confidence.