Intent, Implementation, Impact
Intent
Our vision statement reflects our desire to provide the best possible education, opportunities and environment for all who are part of our school. We believe that our school should be an inclusive community where ALL aim high, achieve well and develop self-confidence, positive values and beliefs, a sense of community, well-being and caring attitudes towards others. PSHE is central to this ethos and equips children with the knowledge, skills and strategies to live healthy, safe and responsible lives.
Implementation
PSHE at Ethelbert Road is implemented using the LifeWise scheme which is a whole school approach. Progression in skills and knowledge in the subject is outlined in the long term PSHE plan. The curriculum for PSHE is delivered throughout the whole school using the LifeWise interactive lessons. There is a wide variety of topics covered under the umbrellas of: Health and well-being, relationships and living in the wider world. Learning takes place during timetabled whole class lessons, as well as during ad hoc moments throughout the school day, depending on issues which arise naturally with the children. The LifeWise interactive lessons also help children to make links with a number of other lessons, including geography and PE, thus creating links across the curriculum. All staff support and encourage the children they interact with to use the skills they are developing and to continue to make links to other areas of learning.
We also spend time during PSHE talking about our school rules of Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Ready, linking these rules to many aspects of school life and our wider lives outside of school.
The aims of PSHE within Ethelbert Road is to provide children with:
- accurate and relevant knowledge
- opportunities to create personal understanding
- opportunities to explore and challenge a range of values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities
- a range of skills and strategies to live a healthy, safe, fulfilling, responsible and balanced life
Our PSHE programme deals with the diverse beliefs, values and attitudes that individuals and societies hold. It helps pupils to develop themselves, their understanding of the world, and their ability to communicate their feelings. Children at Ethelbert Road also acquire an understanding and experiences of British values that are necessary if they are to make sense of their experiences, value themselves, respect others, appreciate differences and feel confident and informed as a British citizen.
Impact
Monitoring and assessment is an on-going process.
Much of the impact of PSHE is seen outside of traditional written work inside the classroom and is instead reflected in the many ways in which we are able to see the children grow into safe, kind, prepared and responsible members of the school community.
Many of the children in our school community are able not only, to recite the school rules of Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Ready, but are also able to discuss what these rules mean both inside and outside the school and think about how these rules apply to them from Reception all the way to Year 6.