Our vision for PSHE and RSE:
Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) including Relationships Sex Education (RSE) is at the heart of our school values and ethos and runs throughout all that we do.
Our PSHE/ RSE curriculum aims to enable our children to become healthy, safe, independent, responsible citizens who demonstrate respect and tolerance. They will learn to develop their confidence and responsibility and make the most of their abilities.They will know the importance of building good, healthy relationships and respecting the differences between people. Our children need to be prepared to face and manage the challenges and opportunities of an ever-changing modern Britain.
We will:
• help pupils to aspire to be the best they can be, to have dreams for their future and know what is required to reach them.
• provide opportunities for our pupils to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a valuable member of an ever-changing diverse society. We will help them to understand and consider many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up in Modern Britain.
• deepen our pupils’ understanding of the fundamental British values of democracy, individual liberty, the rule of law and mutual respect and tolerance
• develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community.
• stimulate, challenge and nurture children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural curiosity.
• help pupils to understand the importance of their physical and mental health, understand emotions and feelings and have strategies to help them become resilient and confident so they are ready for the transition to Secondary school.
• help pupils to have a good understanding of themselves, to have empathy, an ability to work with others and to form and maintain positive relationships treating everyone equally with tolerance and respect.
• teach our pupils’ age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships through appropriate relationship and sex education.
• teach our pupils about personal safety (online and off-line) and we will ensure pupils know where and how to get help if needed.
• encourage all of our pupils to be the best version of themselves that they can be
Our approach to PSHE and citizenship:
Our school ethos and values share the principles and values as PSHE and RSE and so is intrinsic to everything that is done at Hawes Side Academy. Pupils are also taught regularly timetabled PSHE / RSE lessons and staff follow our whole school scheme to plan their lessons.
The Curriculum is split into 6 themes and is taught as a spiral curriculum so topics are re-visited in more depth to match the maturity of the pupils.
- Being Me
- Celebrating Differences
- Dreams and Goals
- Healthy Lifestyles (including Emotional Health and Well-being)
- Me and My Relationships (RSE)
- Changes
• Lessons are adapted to meet the needs of each individual class / pupils and to deal with issues as they arise.
• Lessons are delivered in a way that ensures pupils feel safe and encourages participation by using a variety of teaching approaches with opportunities to develop critical thinking and relationship skills.
• Assemblies, themed days, visits and visitors are used to support the teaching and are not used in place of it.
• We work in partnership with parents informing them about what their children are learning and when required, providing guidance towards resources that can be used at home.
• Lessons and school ethos;
-promote safe, equal, caring and enjoyable relationships and we discuss real-life issues appropriate to the age and stage of pupils, including friendships, families, consent, relationship abuse, sexual exploitation and safe relationships online
- give a positive view of human sexuality, with honest and medically accurate information, so that pupils can learn about their bodies and sexual and reproductive health in ways that are appropriate to their age and maturity
-gives pupils opportunities to reflect on values and influences (such as from peers, media, faith and culture) that may shape their attitudes to relationships and sex, and nurtures respect for different views
-includes learning about how to get help and treatment from sources such as the school nurse and other health and advice services, including reliable information online
-fosters gender equality and LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans) equality and challenges all forms of discrimination.
-meet the needs of all pupils with their diverse experiences
- including those with special educational needs and disabilitie
Our PSHE and citizenship curriculum:
We aim to enable children to care for their own bodies and to develop appropriate social relationships.
Your right to withdrawal:
Sex Education is taught as part of the wider Health and Social Education policy and is related to aspects of National Curriculum Science. Our aim is to ensure that children acquire accurate knowledge set within the context of caring relationships. The approaches and content of sex education will be matched to the ages of the children and will take account of special educational needs. Parents are informed when this subject is to be taught and are invited to view the materials prior to their use.
Parents/Guardians may withdraw their child from whole or part of sex education, apart from those elements which are required as part of National Curriculum Science. Such withdrawals should be requested in writing.
The statutory guidance on Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) can be found HERE
