PSHE

Our Curriculum

At St William’s Catholic Primary School, our curriculum stems from our Mission Statement:

‘By following Jesus’ example, standing side by side, we will nurture each other to fulfil our hopes and dreams’.

We are passionate about helping every child to fulfil their potential and become an all-round versatile citizen with the skills needed to succeed in life. We design our curriculum to ensure it is fully inclusive of every child and that it addresses each aspect of how a child develops, progresses and grows both academically and emotionally. We recognise that we live in a rapidly changing digital world and at St William’s we want to enable our children to not just learn WHAT to think, but HOW to think by developing intellectual learning behaviours. ‘Thinking’ is at the heart of our curriculum because our intent is to future proof our children so they become independent and resilient citizens.

Intent

At St William’s Catholic Primary school our PSHE curriculum intends to provide values-based, progressive content that promotes positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience and achievement. Research shows that there is a link between a pupil’s wellbeing and positive mental health and academic achievement. Therefore, in order for our children to learn and be well, they need to have good mental health, resilience and the ability to keep themselves safe. Through our PSHE curriculum, we aim to equip children with these attributes and the skills to implement them in different contexts.

We ensure that taught content is fully aligned to the PSHE Association Framework in order to provide our children with a comprehensive and progressive curriculum. In order to tailor our PSHE content to the needs of our pupils, we carefully combine chosen resources that make up our full PSHE offer.
Implementation
The majority of our PSHE coverage uses SCARF as starting point to build upon. The programme aligns fully with St William’s Catholic Primary School’s mission statement DREAM and therefore provides a strong foundation for our relationships and health curriculum. SCARF covers both the DfE statutory requirements and the PSHE association advisory content, which together ensure a comprehensive, spiral curriculum for our PSHE education. The curriculum is broken down into six strands;

1. Me and my relationships
2. Valuing difference
3. Keeping myself safe
4. Rights and responsibilities
5. Being my best
6. Growing and changing

Children explore these strands year-on-year, building a toolkit of strategies and knowledge which they apply in scenario-based lessons, giving them the opportunity to ask questions and practise the skills in a safe and caring environment.

By fully understanding our children and families, and making use of local health data, we tailor our PSHE curriculum to address the needs we have identified in these areas. Our curriculum offer is therefore bespoke to our children and our community. In support of this we provide additional lessons such a debt awareness, dental hygiene and healthy relationships.
- Long Term Plan
- Progresion Map
Impact

The impact and measure of implementation is to ensure children not only acquire the appropriate age related knowledge linked to the curriculum, but also skills which equip them to progress from their starting points. In shaping our curriculum this way, progress can be measured and evidenced for all children, regardless of their starting points or specific need.

We shall assess the impact of our curriculum by high quality teacher assessment, formal assessments for core subjects (including NFER), effective intervention and support, the use of nationally standardised tests in core subjects, professional reflection and consultation with pupils and parents and other means of external support. These methods will ensure teaching is matched to learning needs and pupils build learning blocks and competences as they grow. We will also mentor their attitudes to self and school and enhance their personal development.
Key Documentation
- PSHE National Curriculum
- St Williams PSHE Subject Policy
Helping Your Child With PSHE At Home

PSHE as a subject is not just learnt within the classroom, good PSHE Education is a partnership between the child’s home and school and there are lots of things you can do as a parent/carer to support your child’s journey.
Allowing your child to talk about PSHE topics at home can be a really good way for them to explore and contextualise some of the content. If you have time, research some of the areas you know are coming up in your child’s PSHE programme, and anticipate any awkward questions. Also, be honest if you can’t answer a question, we can’t be expected to know everything from first aid, to online safety but you can listen to your child and explore these areas further together.
For additional and information you might felt helpful, please see our ‘Useful Links’ section

RSHE
A Journey in Love EYFS Parents meeting
A Journey in Love Y1 Parents meeting
A Journey in Love Y2 Parents meeting
A Journey in Love Y3 Parents meeting
A Journey in Love Y4 Parents meeting
A Journey in Love Y5 Parents meeting
A Journey in Love Y6 Parents meeting
Useful Links
Mindful Moments

30 second visualisation and breathing exercise - star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-3n5iBi4u0

30 second visualisation and breathing exercise - dome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEGnXTiaNIM

30 second visualisation and breathing exercise - pyramid
https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpI9bm3lTQw