Intent
At Redwell Primary School, we value Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) as an integral component in supporting children’s development, to enable them to understand and respect who they are, empower them with a voice and to equip them for life and learning. The Healthy Schools Award demonstrates recognition of the work done by Redwell in this respect. Pastoral care is embodied within the school ethos and values, enhancing the care and support for all our students.
Within the umbrella of PSHE we also teach Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), further enhancing the social development of our children, enabling them to develop healthy relationships and provide them with strategies to keep themselves safe both in and out of school.
Implementation
At Redwell Primary School, PSHE and RSE are taught as a whole school approach alongside extra-curricular activities. Lessons are taught weekly across each year group following the Cambridgeshire PSHE scheme.
Representatives from each year group are chosen annually as Anti-Bullying Ambassadors, further encouraging the content taught in lessons, further supporting pupil well-being.
Within RSE, puberty is taught as a statutory requirement of Health Education and is covered within the same scheme. Within our RSE policy, we identify that sex education refers to Human Reproduction and therefore inform parents of their right to request their child be withdrawn from the PSHE lessons that explicitly teach this. We encourage open conversations with parents to address any concerns.
Impact
To ensure PSHE and RSE are taught consistently across the school, subject leaders use Intent Provision Maps to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching and delivery of the subject. This includes sessions with small groups of pupils using questioning to understand the learning from a pupils’ perspective. Pupil voice also demonstrates that pupils are enthusiastic about PSHE and RSE and understand how it helps them make sense of the community and the world around them.
Children complete end of unit assessments to help evaluate their learning and understanding of the content. Use of floor books in each classroom helps to identify the key questioning in each session, alongside the students opinions, thoughts and feelings.
Progression Maps