PSHE

What is PSHE Education?

PSHE Education (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) is a planned programme of learning through which children and young people acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to successfully manage their lives – now and in the future. As part of a whole-school approach, PSHE Education develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society.

What do schools have to teach in PSHE Education?

According to the National Curriculum, every school needs to have a broad and balanced curriculum that:

• promotes the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school.
• prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.
• promotes British values.

From September 2020, primary schools in England also need to teach Relationships and Health Education as compulsory subjects and the Department for Education strongly recommends this should also include age-appropriate Sex Education. Schools also have statutory responsibilities to safeguard their pupils (Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE, 2019) and to uphold the Equality Act (2010).

At D’Eyncourt Primary School we offer the pupils a fantastic approach to PSHE and RSE through our Kapow scheme. Kapow’s scheme develops children’s skills and knowledge over five main areas. These are:

• Family and Relationships
• Health and Wellbeing
• Citizenship
• Economic Wellbeing
• Safety and the Changing Body

Kapow Primary, PSHE and RSE is designed as a spiral curriculum with the following key principles in mind:

• Cyclical: Pupils revisit the five key areas throughout KS1 and KS2.
• Increasing depth: Each time a key area is revisited, it is covered with greater depth and increasing maturity.
• Prior knowledge: Upon returning to each key area, prior knowledge is utilised so pupils can build on previous foundations, rather than starting again.

Kapow Primary, PSHE and RSE also focus on developing the following knowledge and skills:

• Valuing different family structures.
• Developing safe and respectful relationships
• Promoting good health and carrying out first aid.
• Operating safely in a digital world
• Creating and maintaining positive friendships.
• Understanding the changes that take place during puberty.
• Learning to make independent choices and not be influenced by others.

Key Vocabulary

Download Key Vocabulary PSHE

Cultural Capital

According to the national curriculum, cultural capital is the ‘essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.’ (Ofsted School Inspection Handbook 2019). 

Cultural capital is at the heart of all our PSHE lessons at D’Eyncourt Primary School, helping our children navigate through the ever-changing world around them. Citizenship at school, community and global levels are a vital part of our PSHE lessons, providing knowledge and skill development for all children. 

Through an extensive range of educational visits, visitors and themed days and events, we build on cultural capital, providing our pupils with the knowledge and exposure to experiences that they may otherwise not have had. In turn, this knowledge will equip and prepare our pupils to become active and successful members of society. 

Cultural capital can be seen through the units taught, including ‘Family and Relationships’, ‘Health and Wellbeing, ‘Citizenship’, ‘Economic Well-Being’ and ‘Safety and the Changing Body’, that are taught in every year group.

Policies

PSHE Policy

Drug and Substance Policy

Kapow Primary – RSE – Guidance for parents

Protected Characteristics

D’Eyncourt Primary School is an inclusive school where all are welcome. We celebrate diversity and champion equality. Our School Community and everybody who enters our school is to behave in a way which respects the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010.

We recognise the four prohibited behaviours under the Equality Act 2010 – to protect people from direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation.  No form of discrimination is tolerated at D’Eyncourt Primary School and our pupils show respect for those who share the protected characteristics.

We do not teach about all the protected characteristics in every year group. The curriculum is planned and delivered so that our pupils develop age-appropriate knowledge and understanding during their time at D’Eyncourt Primary School.

How does the Kapow Primary’s RSE and PSHE scheme support teaching of the protected characteristics?

Promoting respect for people of diverse backgrounds is nothing new. However, Ofsted states:

‘All primary and secondary schools should be able to demonstrate that no form of discrimination is tolerated and that pupils show respect for those who share the protected characteristics. Schools will not be able to demonstrate this by pointing to a general policy of encouraging respect for all people.’

The mapping document below shows which Kapow Primary RSE and PSHE lessons (KS1 and KS2) support schools in teaching pupils to show respect for those who share the protected characteristics. These issues are integrated into the curriculum, rather than addressed separately, and are taught in an age-appropriate way.

Download Kapow Primary – Protected characteristics mapping

Equality Policy:

Equality Policy