PSHE

PSHE - The Capel Way

 

At Capel Manor, we believe that Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) plays a fundamental part in enabling our children to have a toolkit for a successful life. It aims to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially, and tackles many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up.  We follow the PSHE Association scheme of learning.

 

Value Based Education

We are dedicated to ensuring that Capel Manor is a happy, stimulating and caring place and we expect high standards of behaviour and good manners throughout the school.

Capel Manor Primary School is an accredited school for Values Based Education.  Behaviour and attitude to learning is underpinned by our school values, making it integral to the success of the whole school.

 

We believe PSHE is successful when we support:

  • Happy and positive relationships
  • Empathy and compassion
  • The confidence to make the most of our abilities
  • Value and respect of diversity
  • Respect for others’ rights to their own values and beliefs
  • Evaluation (and appropriate challenge) of the opinions and arguments of others
  • Leadership and presentation skills
  • Strategies for managing influence
  • Enterprise skills and attributes
  • Skills for employability (aspiration, communication, creativity, goal setting)
  • Taking positive risks

 

Our PSHE curriculum is structures around 3 Core themes:

  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Relationships
  • Living in the Wider World

 

The core themes are broken down into important aspects of learning

Our PSHE programme is delivered through a variety of opportunities including:

  • Designated PSHE time
  • Circle time
  • Visitors coming in to bring the PSHE curriculum to life and engage pupils. These have included the NSPCC, police and motivational speakers
  • Use of external agencies and services
  • School ethos
  • Cross-curricular links
  • Assemblies
  • Enrichment days or weeks
  • Residential trips

 

 

 

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE)

At Capel Manor, we use ‘The Christopher Winter Project’ resource 'Teaching SRE with Confidence in Primary Schools' - which has been quality assured by the PSHE Association - to plan and deliver our Relationships, Sex and Health Education.  We have RSHE lessons from EYFS up to Year 6. This programme reflects the recent developments in SRE and the Science National Curriculum.

We understand that different families have different opinions about when it is appropriate to cover various topics related to RSHE with their children.  We have considered this and have therefore decided that this resource is appropriate for our children.  Within this resource there is an increased focus on safeguarding/keeping children safe. The resource also encourages children to develop the skills of listening, empathy, talking about feelings and relationships with families and friends.

SRE is taught as part of the Personal, Social, Health, and Economic (PSHE) education curriculum and the Science curriculum.

 

Relationships and Sex and Health Education is delivered by the class teachers. Sex Education is delivered separately to Year 6 children. Parents can choose to withdraw their child from the Relationships and Sex Education element of PSHE, but not the Science topic of ‘Animals, including Humans’ which covers puberty and life cycles.

The RSHE programme is delivered during the academic year and we communicate with parents before the start date to fully inform how the scheme will be delivered.  If you would like to discuss anything related to your child's RSE curriculum, please do contact us and we would happily arrange a meeting with you.

 

At Capel Manor, we also teach the NSPCC PANTS rule to our pupils.

 

Relationships Education (Primary) Department for Education

 

Understanding Relationships and Health Education A Guide for Parents

 

Capel Manor PSHE Curriculum Progressions 2024-25.docx

 

Vocabulary and Oracy

Throughout their learning in PSHE, there is also a focus on enhancing outcomes through the development of children’s vocabulary and oracy.  Through an age related progression of “Expectations for Talk” children learn to:

  • Listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
  • Ask relevant questions to extend understanding and knowledge
  • Use relevant strategies to build vocabulary related to class topics
  • Articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions
  • Consider and evaluate different viewpoints, and build on others’ contributions
  • Actively participate in discussions and interact with listeners
  • Select and use appropriate registers for effective communication
  • Become confident and clear communicators

 

Click here to find out how we teach PSHE at Capel Manor.

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