P.S.H.E/R.H.E

P.S.H.E. at Four Lanes Infant School

P.S.H.E. in Action!

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P.S.H.E. at Four Lanes Infant School

Intent

At Four Lanes Infant School, Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) will enable our pupils to develop positive attitudes and behaviours, and will help them to develop the skills and knowledge to become healthy, independent and responsible citizens.  Pupils are supported in making informed decisions and judgements, developing their own role within their community and within society.  As a school we encourage respect for others and others’ opinions and promote a pupil’s own self-esteem.  It also teaches about a healthy lifestyle, both physically and emotionally and children learn about keeping themselves safe.

Implementation

At Four Lanes Infant school we use SCARF, a comprehensive scheme of work for PSHE and Wellbeing education. An overview of SCARF can be found in the appendices. It covers all of the DfE's new statutory requirements for Relationships Education and Health Education, including non-statutory Sex Education, and the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study’s recommended learning opportunities, as well as contributing to different subject areas in the National Curriculum. 

In Early Years children are given opportunities to develop key social skills through play and learn time, that are often modelled or scaffolded by adults. Children are empowered to express their views and opinions, as well as their likes and dislikes, through taught sessions, which either planned to fit in with an overarching topic, or in response to the needs of the children. Parental contributions from home via Tapestry give children the opportunity to share key moments from their lives, helping them to feel valued and celebrated, as they can talk about things they feel proud of or have done. They have weekly discrete lessons following the SCARF programme that explores a range of concepts. In KS1, PSHE is mainly taught through discrete PSHE lessons. By the end of KS1, children will have been taught all of the suggested objectives as recommended by the PSHE Association, either through PSHE lessons or where they fit naturally into other subjects, such as Computing or Science. In Year 1, class floor books are used to capture PSHE learning and outcomes, as the main focus is on children discussing and sharing ideas and responses verbally, rather than being expected to record in written form. In Year 2, children go on to develop the skills to record their own responses within PSHE lessons, although this can be in different formats.

Across the school, we have Learning Mascots which embody our key values. These are: Respect, Resilience, Independence, Confidence and Wellbeing. Children know the associated characters very well and are supported to understand how they can also embody these values. We have a daily Collective Worship assembly, which includes special time for reflection. These assemblies are also linked to our values and help children understand more about the diverse world they live in and how they are part of wider communities. We use Zones of Regulation in each classroom to help children identify and understand their emotions and recognise how it impacts their bodies. Children are encouraged to reflect on how they are feeling and what they can do to help themselves feel better if needed. Each class collects marbles for displaying class-wide effort in achieving a good outcome. Additionally, children work together to maintain and respect their classroom environment as they try to win weekly ‘Tidy-Up’ awards. These promote collaboration and collective responsibility within each class. Within each class, we have celebration awards which are awarded by a member of staff weekly during Good News celebration worship. These recognise children’s personal achievements throughout the week.

One of the 6 concepts taught across the school in PSHE lessons focuses on ‘Me and My Relationships’ - this concept includes content on feelings, emotions, conflict resolution and friendships. Through this we teach the children how to manage their relationships as well as knowing the signs of bullying and knowing how to deal with it. During anti-bullying week we raise awareness of what bulling is and isn’t and how children can seek help if they feel they are being bullied. We also complete a bullying survey in KS1 for the children which asks the children a range of questions to determine whether they feel safe and happy at school and whether they have been a subject of bullying. We then use the information gathered to influence our practice.

Impact

By the end of key stage 1 the children will:-

• Understand how to keep themselves safe and healthy both online and in the wider world
• Feel empowered to share their opinions and know that they will be listened to and valued
• Know the importance of having safe and positive relationships with others and know how to cope with different situations if something is not right
• Be tolerant and respectful of all regardless of difference
• Understand their place within the world and how they can contribute positively within their communities and care for the environment
• Be able to identify and recognise a range of feelings and attributes and know techniques to ask for help should they need it
• Show an awareness of rules and age restrictions and how these help keep us safe.