At Langley Mill C of E Infant School and Nursery PSHE(Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education)/RSHE (Relationships & Health Education) is a vital tool to ensure all children are equipped with the
ability to show resilience and integrity at the heart of all that they do. By
supporting the whole child we allow them to flourish both personally and academically.
Intent
PSHE/RSHE not only helps children stay healthy (emotionally and
physically) and safe (on and offline), it also prepares them for life’s
challenges and growing up in an increasingly complex and diverse world.
Implementation
Children are encouraged to talk about their own thoughts and feelings
with a view to understanding that these are normal and are all part of
good mental health. Children are shown that when times get tough, they
know how to manage these feelings and which trusted adults are there to
support them and that sometimes, it is ok not to be ok
In Early Years, children begin to develop PSHE skills through PSED –
Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
PSED focusses on building children’s awareness of the world around them, the other people in that world and the way they feel about it and
themselves. PSED is important for children’s social and emotional
development, but the topics are often used to target other key skill areas
too.
Within PSED EYFS the three main ELG are:
Self-confidence and self-awareness – Children are willing to attempt new things, to explain why they do and do not like things, they can speak in group settings or one-on-one and about their own thoughts and ideas.
Managing feelings and behaviour – Children feel comfortable talking about their feelings and other’s feelings, they recognise some behaviour is appropriate and inappropriate, they can moderate their behaviour with
regard to others.
Forging relationships: Children playing together, taking turns, taking each other’s ideas and feelings into account.
At Langley Mill C of E Infant School and Nursery we teach PSHE through Derbyshire’s PSHE Matters planning document.
These are our Core Themes
-Health & Wellbeing
-Relationships
-Living in the Wider World
The 12 modules covered through PSHE Matters Scheme of Learning
1. Drug Education – including how to manage risk and
peer influences
2. Exploring Emotions – including how to recognise and
manage feelings and emotions
3. Being Healthy – including the importance of looking
after our mental health
4. Growing up – including the Sex Education element
5. Changes – including loss
6. Bullying Matters – including how to ask for help
7. Being Me – including identity and community
8. Difference and Diversity – including challenging
stereotypes
9. Being Responsible – including looking after the
environment
10.Being Safe – particularly featuring cyber, gaming and CSE
11.Relationships – including what is a healthy relationship
12.Money Matters – including enterprise
We supplement this with our Four Foundations (Aspire, Learn, Respect & Serve), British Values, Commando Joes RESPECT programme, SMSC. We take part in Anti-Bullying Week, Online Safety, IDAHOBIT Day, Road, Rail & Fire Safety as well as ensuring we have visitors and take the children out on trips.
We use floor books to record, celebrate and reflect on our learning in PSHE.
Impact
We will have children who are confident, independent, resilent learners who take pride in their achievements and understand and live by our four foundations (Aspire, Learn, Respect & Serve) and link these to our British Values. We will have children who flourish as learners and are equipt for later life. They know when and who to ask for help and how to keep themselves safe both on and offline.
Children’s learning in PSHE is assessed thoroughly at termly assessment points throughout the year. The PSHE leader completes data analysis after each assessment point and uses this to inform pupil progress meetings with the senior leadership team and class teachers. These are used to highlight aany areas of learning we need to focus on more. It also may highlight any children where targeted interventions (nurture, turn taking group) may be needed to enable them to progress further or develop a skill that they are finding particularly difficult.
