Intent
At J H Godwin primary school, we endeavour to provide all children with a purposeful, progressive, language rich PSHE curriculum. We follow the Kapow Primary’s PSHE & RSE scheme of work, which aims to give our pupils the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they need to effectively navigate the complexities of life in the 21st Century. The curriculum covers key areas which will support children to make informed choices now and in the future around their health, safety, wellbeing, relationships, and financial matters and will support them in becoming confident individuals and active members of society.
This scheme covers wider PSHE learning, in line with the requirement of the National curriculum (2014) that schools ‘should make provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE).’ Children’s learning through this scheme would significantly contribute to their personal development as set out in the Ofsted Inspection Framework and promotes the four fundamental British values which reflect life in modern Britain: democracy; rule of law; respect and tolerance and individual liberty. This scheme of work also covers the Relationships and Health Education statutory guidance (as set out by the Department for Education), including the non-statutory sex education element.
In response to the child-on-child abuse updates to Section 5 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE, 2022), our curriculum introduces and revisits ideas of personal boundaries, consent and communicating our boundaries with others. This prepares pupils for the challenges and responsibilities they will face in the future.
Implementation
This will be done in the following way:
Progressive Subject Coverage Teachers use the Kapow scheme of work, which is a whole school approach that consists of three areas of learning in EYFS: Reception (to match the EYFS Personal, social and emotional development prime area) and five areas of learning across Key stages 1 and 2.
EYFS:
● Self-regulation
● Building relationships
● Managing self
Key stage 1 and 2:
● Families and relationships
● Health and wellbeing
● Safety and the changing body
● Citizenship
● Economic wellbeing
Each area is revisited to allow children to build on prior learning. The lessons also provide a progressive programme. The scheme supports the requirements of the Equality Act through direct teaching, for example learning about different families, the negative effect of stereotypes and celebrating differences, in addition to the inclusion of diverse teaching resources throughout the lessons.
In addition to the curriculum, we use a values based ethos utilising Andrew Moffat’s ‘No Outsiders’. Assemblies focus on ‘No Outsiders’, British Values and two values per half term. Our values were decided through surveys and a democratic vote by pupils, parents, staff and governors. The following values are taught over the academic year:
Autumn 1: Respect and Responsibility
Autumn 2: Caring and Kindness:
Spring 1: Courage and Commitment
Spring 2: Patience and Tolerance
Summer 1 : Positivity and Resilience
Summer 2: Honesty and Empathy
The Character Pledges can be viewed as documents below
Impact
Each lesson within our scheme of work features assessment guidance, helping our teachers to identify whether pupils have met, exceeded, or failed to meet the desired learning intentions for that lesson.
Once taught the full scheme, children will have met the objectives set out within the Relationships and Health Education statutory guidance and can utilise their learning within their daily lives, from dealing with friendship issues to resilience to making healthy choices and knowing where and how to get help when needed.
This is inclusive education, promoting community cohesion to prepare our young people and adults for life as global citizens.