Educating Children from Nursery to 13 Years
PSHEE
PSHEE CURRICULUM
The PSHEE Curriculum is central in providing opportunities for the children at South Lee to develop the spiritual, moral, social and cultural skills they need to lead a fulfilling and independent life. PSHEE is seen as an integral part of the whole school curriculum and is intrinsically linked to all aspects of life at South Lee. The messages given by the environment, ethos and relationships in school have a profound influence on the development of children’s values and attitudes therefore the PSHEE curriculum and the Pastoral aspects of school life are interlinked at every opportunity. Indeed, the flexibility of our PSHEE curriculum allows any pastoral issues that arise to be followed up and discussed during the next formal PSHEE lesson. At South Lee we aim to meet the developmental needs of all our pupils with regard to the learning of spiritual, moral, social and cultural skills.
The PSHEE curriculum aims to promote self-esteem, responsibility, autonomy, ownership, independence, co-operation, self-respect and respect for others. To that end, the nature of the language, relationships and communication in the classroom and throughout school have a great influence on the effectiveness of the PSHEE curriculum and provides essential opportunities for addressing these particular aspects of a child’s development. There is a huge amount of care and emphasis given to the pastoral side of life at South Lee. This whole school approach feeds into the PSHEE curriculum, giving them the flexibility to be both proactive in their delivery and content, as well as reactive to issues significant to the children at any given time.
Year 1
Michaelmas Term
Staying Safe Programme
New Beginnings
We Are All Special
Cyber Safety
British Values
Lent Term
Staying Safe Programme
Responding to Others
Making the Right Choice
Summer Term
People Who Help Us
Right and Wrong
Similarities and Differences
Fitness and Wellbeing
Year 2
Michaelmas Term
Staying Safe Programme
New Beginnings
Rules
Friendships
Relationships
British Values
Lent Term
Staying Safe Programme
Friendship
Considering My Actions
Summer Term
Looking After the Environment
Keeping Safe at Home and School
Fitness and Wellbeing
Year 3
Michaelmas Term
Staying Safe Programme
I Am Special
Personal Goals
Cyber Safety
Positive Mindset
Rules and Responsibilities
British Values
Lent Term
Staying Safe Programme
New Year’s Resolutions
Democracy and Law Making
Safety In/Outside School
Summer Term
Rules and Loyalty
Cooperation and Friendship
Equality
Moving On
Fitness and Wellbeing
Year 4
Michaelmas Term
Managing Risk and Change - To enable the children to make their own decisions and be responsible for their own safety and behaviour. The programme involves awareness of drugs and alcohol.
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Rights and Responsibilities
Staying Safe Programme
Lent Term
Personal Safety
Be Yourself and Not A Sheep
Good and Bad Touch
Understanding the Safety Rules and Who to Tell
Recognising Bribes and Tricks
Assessing Problems and Risks to Keep Safe
Assessing the School and Local Environment from a Personal Safety Perspective & Visit from Police Officer
Citizenship
What is right and wrong? Making decisions for myself.
What is right and wrong? Fairness and unfairness.
What is right and wrong? Sharing possessions with one another.
What is right and wrong? The importance of personal honesty.
Summer Term
Keeping Safe
Review of Road Sense
Keeping Safe in Risky Situations
First Aid Training
Community Work in the Wider World
Citizenship
Kindness
Bullying
Memories of Year 4
Year 5
Michaelmas Term
New Beginnings
Working Together – Myself and My Relationships
Friendships
Developing Listening and Communication Skills
Understanding Body Language
Group Work Skills - Giving and Receiving Feedback
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Bullying
Personal Hygiene
First Aid
Staying Safe Programme
Lent Term
Self-Awareness & Perception of Self
Rights and Responsibilities in Decision Making
Discovering Personal Qualities
Setting Realistic Goals
Global Citizenship
Being a Global Citizen
Using Cool Planet Website
Healthy Lifestyle Choices – Getting A Balance
Global Citizenship
Summer Term
Citizenship
Rules and Rights
Basic Human Rights
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children
Exploitation
Citizenship
Me in My Community
Roles Within the Community
Volunteers
Anti-Social Behaviour
Year 6
Michaelmas Term
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Drugs Awareness
Solvents
Social, Illegal, Legal Drug Categories
Tackling Stereotypes of Drug Users
Peer Pressure
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles Drugs 2
Law and Drugs
Visit from Education Bus
Staying Safe Programme
Lent Term
Citizenship
Understanding Self and Values
Valuing Different Opinions
Parental Rights and Responsibilities – Conflict
Emotional Wellbeing
Self Esteem and Body Image
Global Citizenship - Diversity & Valuing Differences
Economic Wellbeing - Financial Capability: Budgeting - Needs vs. Wants
Salary and Deductions
Role of Charities
Summer Term
Citizenship
Local Community Issues
Local Community Project Work
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Sex Education
Year 7
Michaelmas Term
Myself and My Relationships - Working In A Group
Aggressive/Passive/Assertive Responses
Taking Responsibility for Our Actions
Understanding the Consequences of Our Behaviour
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Smoking
Staying Safe Programme
Lent Term
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Food Choices - Balanced Diet
Understand Effects of Food Choices
Citizenship and the Global Environment
Research Project on Chosen Subject
Economic Wellbeing and Career Development
Economic Wellbeing and Personal Financial Capability
Summer Term
Myself and My Relationships
Global Citizenship - Diversity and Difference
Challenging Stereotypes
Race Equality and Cultural Diversity
Discrimination
Bullying - Impact on Victim, Reasons for Being a Bully, The Collective Roles in Dealing with Bullying, Information Available to Young People
Year 8
Michaelmas Term
Buddy System
Managing Time
Active Listening Skills
Sex and Relationships Education
Managing Change
Relationships - What Makes a Positive Relationship?
Puberty - Changes
Staying Safe Programme
Lent Term
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Drugs - Alcohol
Relationships - Personal Space
Citizenship - Parliament and Democracy, Global Citizenship, Discussion Forums
Relationships - Loyalty
Summer Term
Charities
First Aid Training
Healthy Living - Sun Protection
Economic Wellbeing and Career Development
Economic Wellbeing and Personal Financial Capability
Leavers Programme
Relationship Sex and Education
Relationship Sex and Education is lifelong learning about sex, sexuality, emotions and healthy relationships. The aim of the Relationship Sex and Education is to educate our children so that they make responsible and well informed decisions about their lives. It is to help and support young people through their physical, emotional and moral development, so that they learn to respect both themselves and others as they move through life from childhood through to adolescence and finally adulthood. It is not delivered in isolation, rather it makes up part of both the Science and PSHEE curriculum. Effective Relationship Sex and Education does not encourage early sexual experimentation, rather it encourages children to gain confidence and self-esteem and understand the reasons for delaying sexual activity.
The children are given opportunities to work in gender specific groups during this time, as this enables the children to ask questions which they may feel embarrassed to ask in front of a large group. The children are also supplied with a sealed question box, so they can put anonymous questions in there. The teacher will endeavour to answer all those questions which are reasonable and appropriate.
The Relationship Sex and Education is adapted each year, depending on the needs of the children.
Whole School Staying Safe Programme
This unit of work is presented separately due to the importance of safety work within the curriculum, including Child Protection. Particular attention is given to the safe use of technology and is incorporated wherever possible as well as in the more formal dedicated lessons in ICT and PSHEE. Issues around cyberbullying are raised regularly both in class discussions and when the safety circles/networks are revisited each term. In this section we consider staying safe work throughout the whole school.
This unit of the PSHEE aims to give the children the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to keep themselves safe. It is based on Cambridgeshire County Council’s Personal Development Program as recommended by the NSPCC. The curriculum is delivered using a range of methods such as role play, story and discussion. The teacher is the facilitator, guiding the lesson and ensuring the key teaching points are covered, but the ideas come from the children themselves. Personal Safety work also runs through other areas of the PSHEE Curriculum such as Drugs Education and Sex and Relationship Education.
Some aspects of the Staying Safe curriculum, such as ‘Worries’ and Internet Safety are revisited formally each term, but they are also incorporated more informally into all the work we do in PSHEE.
The Safety Circle forms the basis for all the work we do with regard to Personal Safety and to this end, it is revisited on a termly basis. It is a key activity which is undertaken by all the children, in which they identify and record all the adults who they can turn to for help or reassurance if they have a worry. There is also a lot of discussion around what will happen to the worry once it has been shared with an adult. It is important that the children understand that an adult has a duty of care to protect a child and this may involve sharing the information with parents, the Headmistress and in some cases outside agencies, in order to ensure the safety of the child. It is revisited each term for two main reasons. Firstly, it reminds the children that we care about their worries whatever they may be, and it highlights their need to deal with any worries they may have. Secondly it allows them to review their choice of adult in the safety circle/ network should they wish to do so. It is important to bear in mind that the children should feel no pressure to include who we, as adults, see as the obvious choices. (e.g. a parent or teacher) Indeed, there may be times when a child needs to turn to an adult stranger for help, so it is important that personal safety work does not make a child fearful of all strangers, but rather allows them to seek out the safest way to get help when needed.
The remainder of the Staying Safe curriculum is taught using the themes:
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All About Me
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Looking After Myself
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Out and About
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Bullying Behaviour & Cyberbullying
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Secrets & Telling
More details about the Staying Safe curriculum can be requested from the office.