PSHE

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

Vision statement

At Halsford Park, we believe that teaching children about PSHE allows them to understand their place within our school community as well as wider world. We teach this throughout our curriculum as well in discrete PSHE lessons and Learning and Life skills which develops understanding of ourselves and others around us. We listen to the children’s voice through weekly Class Forums, where the children are able to discuss ideas, raise concerns and voice their opinions on aspects of life around school, from our classroom to the wider school community and a range of assemblies which cover key topics each week. Children are also able to raise items to be shared with our School council and Eco council who meet regularly.

Through weekly focussed lessons and opportunities to embed knowledge and skills in the wider curriculum day by day, children have a broad and balanced approach and are able to relate what they have learned to everyday life in school and at home.

From the Department of Education (2020)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-social-health-and-economic-education-pshe/personal-social-health-and-economic-pshe-education

“Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is an important and necessary part of all pupils’ education. All schools should teach PSHE, drawing on good practice, and this expectation is outlined in the introduction to the proposed new national curriculum.

PSHE is a non-statutory subject. To allow teachers the flexibility to deliver high-quality PSHE we consider it unnecessary to provide new standardised frameworks or programmes of study. PSHE can encompass many areas of study. Teachers are best placed to understand the needs of their pupils and do not need additional central prescription.

However, while we believe that it is for schools to tailor their local PSHE programme to reflect the needs of their pupils, we expect schools to use their PSHE education programme to equip pupils with a sound understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions.

Schools should seek to use PSHE education to build, where appropriate, on the statutory content already outlined in the national curriculum, the basic school curriculum and in statutory guidance on: drug education, financial education, sex and relationship education (SRE) and the importance of physical activity and diet for a healthy lifestyle.”

How we show the Core Values in PSHE

For information on how we teach Relationship and Sex Education, please see our dedicated page: Relationship & Sex Education

If you have any questions or would like further information about how PSHE or RSE is taught in our school, please contact the school office who will pass your questions to our subject champion. See our contact page on the school website for contact details: C ontact Details

PSHE Overview

Halsford Park - PSHE Overview 2022-23

Learning and Life Skills Year group overview

Early years to year 6

Autumn Term 1

Learning Together

Autumn Term 2

It’s up to me!

Spring Term 1

Improving Own Learning and Performance / Being a Better Learner

Spring Term 2

Knowing Me, Knowing You and an Understanding of Self and Others /Knowing Me, Knowing You

Summer Term 1

Think! Think! Think!

Summer Term 2

Speaking and Listening

The Edison Learning and Life Skills are a coherent set of Learning Units designed to ensure learners learn effectively and are equipped for lifelong learning, no matter their Key Stage, or their age. Built around the development of a logical hierarchy of skills, Learning and Life Skills develop learners’ capacities in the following three skills categories:

3 Skills Categories

Personal and Social Competencies

Think! Think! Think!

Communication

Central to the Learning and Life Skills approach is the involvement of pupils in exploring their understanding of and assessing their own progress against explicit criteria – the ‘I can’ statements, and doing this across all year groups.

Skill Category	Learning Unit	Skill areas
Personal and social competencies	Learning Together	Learning as part of a group Being a good member of a social group Taking individual responsibility for self and others Developing ability to act independently Monitoring and evaluating own learning How I learn and how I develop – learning styles Organisation and planning skills Managing ones moral and social development Recognising feelings and understanding emotions Developing a positive sense of one’s self Stress management and conflict resolution
	It’s Up To Me!
	Improving Own Learning and Performance / Being a Better Learner
	Knowing Me, Knowing You and an Understanding of Self and Others /Knowing Me, Knowing You
Think! Think! Think!	Think! Think! Think!	Information processing and evaluation	Locating and collecting information Interpreting and analysing information Recording, presenting and evaluating information.
		Reasoning and enquiry	Research skills Inference and deduction Making judgements and justifying opinions
		Creative thinking and problem solving	Creativity and innovation Problem investigation
Communication	Speaking and listening	Speaking Listening Conversation and discussion skills

Learning objectives are identified and selected based on the age and stage of the class of learners to ensure that they continue to make progress as they move through the school term on term and year on year.

Halsford Park
Primary School