“PSHE is a curriculum for modern life. A good PSHE education provides young people with both the knowledge and skills to manage their lives, stay safe, make the right decisions and thrive as individuals and members of society.” Department for Education

PSHE is led by Miss Webb

We tell the children that: ‘PSHE lessons teach us to be healthy members of society’.

PSHE Intent

At Nursteed School, we teach Personal, Social, Health Education as a whole-school approach to underpin children’s development as people and because we believe that this also supports their learning capacity.

PSHE Implementation

PSHE is taught using the Jigsaw Programme, a comprehensive whole-child, school wide approach, rooted in mindfulness practice. This curriculum offers us a comprehensive, carefully thought-through Scheme of Work which brings consistency and progression to our children’s learning in this vital curriculum area.

Jigsaw meets all statutory RSHE requirements and also supports the “Personal Development” and  “Behaviour and Attitude” aspects required under the Ofsted Inspection Framework, as well as significantly contributing to the school’s Safeguarding and Equality Duties, the Government’s British Values agenda and the SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural) development opportunities provided for our children. 

PSHE Impact

This curriculum enables our children to leave primary school having had opportunities to develop their emotional intelligence and life skills, with an increased capacity to learn and face the challenges of the modern world with confidence and success.

SMSC in PSHE

Spiritual

Children are given opportunities to enjoy learning about their own feelings and values and to reflect on these whilst learning to explore and respect those of other people in their surrounding world. Jigsaw lessons are rooted in mindfulness practise delivered through the ‘Calm Me’ and ‘Pause Point’ elements of each lesson.

Moral

Through a wide range of activities including case studies, children are supported to recognise right and wrong; respect the law; understand consequences; investigate moral and offer reasoned views.

Social

Children are encouraged to use a wide range of social skills throughout the PSHE curriculum with each lesson having a specific social skills learning intention. They are encouraged to appreciate diverse viewpoints, cooperate with others and to learn to resolve conflict.

Cultural

PSHE lessons develop our children’s abilities to understand, accept, respect and celebrate diversity through the ‘Celebrating Difference’ units of work in each year group.

British Values: Democracy, The Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance

PSHE supports children to build their understanding of British Values which are clearly mapped throughout the Jigsaw Curriculum. Children learn about having a voice within their community and the importance of listening to the views of others. They learn the importance of being a law-abiding citizen. Mutual respect is taught through PSHE when children take part in group discussions and activities and are encouraged to consider and respect the thoughts and feelings, faiths and beliefs of others.