PSHE & RSE
At Crampton Primary School we believe happy children become happy learners.
Through our teaching of PSHE, we meet the key aims of our curriculum:
- To empower our children to contribute actively to society
- To develop self-motivated learners who are curious and aspirational about the world they live in
- To support our school ethos of celebrating equality and diversity
In PSHE we focus on teaching the fundamental building blocks and characteristics of positive relationships, with particular reference to friendships, family relationships, and relationships with other children and adults. Through the RSE embedded within our PSHE curriculum we teach the children how to be safe and to develop healthy relationships both now and in the future.
Building positive relationships is integral to our school community. Staff lead by example in demonstrating the empathy and kindness that we hope our students will develop throughout their time here, and by building positive relationships with the children and their families.
Our preventative PSHE education helps Crampton children to know how they can support each other, manage their own behaviour and get help for themselves or their friends when they need it. Our curriculum also covers personal development, health & safety, emotional health, anti-bullying, inclusion & equality, children’s rights, behaviour & welfare, Citizenship, British values and Social, Moral, Spiritual, Cultural education (SMSC).
When our children leave Crampton we want to have equipped them with the skills to be respectful and active members of society, who are able to understand and manage their emotions, and are able to look after their physical and mental health and well-being. We teach children the Crampton values to develop their emotional literacy. We hope they will take these values with them throughout their lives, as well as the knowledge and skills they have learned here, so that they are able to be the best versions of themselves that they can be.
How we teach PSHE at Crampton
PSHE is taught through discrete lessons in class, as well as through assemblies, drama, visitors and workshops. We also make many cross-curricular links to our Learning Journey, Science, RE and PE topics.
There are three core themes split across three terms. The content builds year on year in a spiral approach.
| Core Theme 1: Health and Wellbeing | Core Theme 2: Relationships | Core Theme 3: Living in the Wider World |
What is meant by a healthy lifestyle | How to develop and maintain a variety of healthy relationships, within a range of social/cultural contexts | How to develop and maintain a variety of healthy relationships, within a range of social/cultural contexts |
How to maintain physical mental and emotional health and wellbeing | How to recognise and manage emotions within a range of relationships | About rights and responsibilities as members of families other groups and ultimately as citizens |
How to manage risks to physical and emotional health and wellbeing | How to recognise risky or negative relationships including all forms of bullying and abuse | About different groups and communities |
Ways of keeping physically and emotionally safe | How to respond to risky or negative relationships and ask for help | To respect equality and to be a productive member of a diverse community |
About managing change, such as puberty, transition and loss | How to respect equality and diversity in relationships | How to respect equality and diversity in relationships |
How to make informed choices about health and wellbeing and to recognise sources of help with this | The characteristics of a healthy family life and how families may appear different to their own. | About where money comes from, keeping it safe and the importance of managing it effectively |
How to respond in an emergency and know some basic concepts of first aid. | The characteristics of friendships and how to seek advice from others if a friendship makes them feel unhappy. | How money plays an important part in people’s lives |
To identify different influences on health and wellbeing | How to manage online relationships safely and how to be a discerning consumer of information online. | A basic understanding of enterprise. |
The development of attributes and skills are key to the personal development of the children and our PSHE curriculum covers the following essential skills:
The intrapersonal skills required for self-management | The interpersonal skills required for positive relationships in a wide variety of settings | Skills of enquiry |
1. Self-improvement (including through constructive self-reflection, seeking constructive feedback and effective goal-setting) 2. Identifying unhelpful ‘thinking traps’ (e.g. generalisation and stereotyping) 3. Resilience (including self-motivation, perseverance and adaptability) 4. Self-regulation (including promotion of a positive, growth mind-set and managing strong emotions and impulses) 5. Recognising and managing peer influence and the need for peer approval, including evaluating perceived social norms 6. Self-organisation (including time management) 7. Strategies for identifying and accessing appropriate help and support 8. Clarifying own values (including reflection on the origins of personal values and beliefs) and re-evaluating values and beliefs in the light of new learning, experiences and evidence 9. Recalling and applying knowledge creatively and in new situations 10. Developing and maintaining a healthy self-concept (including self-confidence, realistic self-image, self-worth, assertiveness, self-advocacy and self-respect) | 1. Empathy and compassion (including impact on decision-making and behaviour) 2. Respect for others’ right to their own beliefs, values and opinions 3. Discernment in evaluating the arguments and opinions of others (including challenging ‘group think’) 4. Skills for employability, including
5. Enterprise skills and attributes (e.g. aspiration, creativity, goal setting, identifying opportunities, taking positive risks) 6. Recognising, evaluating and utilising strategies for managing influence 7. Valuing and respecting diversity 8. Using these skills and attributes to build and maintain healthy relationships of all kinds | 1. Identification, assessment (including prediction) and management of positive and negative risk to self and others 2. Formulating questions (as part of an enquiring approach to learning and to assess the value of information) 3. Analysis (including separating fact and reasoned argument from rumour, speculation and opinion) 4. Assessing the validity and reliability of information 5. Identify links between values and beliefs, decisions and actions 6. Making decisions |
PSHE Yearly Overview
Year group | Autumn Term HEALTH & WELL-BEING | Spring Term RELATIONSHIPS | Summer Term LIVING IN THE WIDER WORLD |
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