PHSE

Intent

Personal, Social, Health and Economics education perfectly connects their emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development. It helps to give children the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy, independent lives and to become informed, active, responsible citizens. At Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School children are encouraged to take part in a wide range of activities and experiences across and beyond the curriculum. In doing so they learn to recognise their own worth, work well with others and become increasingly responsible for their own learning.

Aims

Our aim is to promote spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils. We will prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.

We will

Encourage pupils to value themselves and others and to develop feelings of self-respect, confidence and empathy
Allow pupils to acknowledge and appreciate difference and diversity
Teach the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law including mutual respect and tolerance
Teach pupils how to make informed choices
Prepare pupils to be positive and active members of a democratic society
Teach pupils to understand what constitutes a safe and healthy lifestyle
Build an awareness of trusted adults in and out of school and who they can talk to if they feel worried.
Provide pupils with a toolkit for understanding and managing their emotions
Provide pupils with the opportunities to consider issues which may affect their own lives and/or the lives of others
Promote safety in forming and maintaining relationships
Help pupils to identify the characteristics of healthy relationships, how relationships may affect mental and physical health; and how to stay safe online
Promote the importance of health and hygiene
Create a positive culture around issues of sexuality and relationships
Teach pupils the correct vocabulary to describe themselves and their bodies

Implementation
Curriculum

Throughout the year we plan lessons and opportunities for the children to explore the PSHE curriculum. Our PHSE curriculum is My Happy Mind.

Early Years and KS1

Our core PHSE scheme is My Happy MInd.

myHappymind Plus is made up of 3 core content pillars which run alongside the myHappymind core programme:

myHappymind – Core programme

•myHappybody - Section 1: Relationships (Sex) and Health Education (RSHE)

•myHappyrelationships - Section 1: Relationships (Sex) and Health Education (RSHE)

•myHappyworld - Section 2: Economic Wellbeing and Careers Education

By using myHappymind Plus, our school is compliant with the Statutory Guidance for Relationships Education. Additionally, the programme also teaches non-statutory PSHE objectives, providing a well-rounded curriculum.

We have also introduced our 'Kingmoor Shop' to help teach children Money Sense. This is linked to our Ethos and Happy Habits.

Enrichment

We enrich our PSHE curriculum through cross curricular links including strong links to mental health. Assemblies and closely linked to PSHE and our weekly celebration assembly gives children an opportunity to share their success and feel a sense of achievement. We also have an achievement wall and recognise children’s achievements outside of school on our school newsletter. We offer Relax Kids sessions for some children in school to develop their emotional resilience.

Mental Health and Wellbeing

At our school we:

help children to understand their emotions and feelings better
help children feel comfortable sharing any concerns or worries
help children socially to form and maintain relationships.
promote self esteem and ensure children know that they count.
encourage children to be confident and unique
help children to develop emotional resilience and to manage setbacks.
Provide children with opportunities to build skills and habits which contribute to good Mental Health and wellbeing.
Provide Pupil, staff and families with a safe, secure, reliable and accepting environment .
Provide staff with the emotional support and flexibility required to enable a positive working environment.

We promote a mentally healthy environment through:

Promoting our school values and encouraging a sense of belonging.
Promoting pupil, parent and staff voice resulting in opportunities to participate in decision-making.
Celebrating academic and non-academic achievements
Providing opportunities to develop a sense of worth through taking responsibility for themselves and others
Providing opportunities to reflect.
Access to appropriate support that meets pupils and staff needs
Ensuring our staff receive appropriate training and support to enable them to work to the best of their abilities and to meet the diverse needs of pupils.

Impact

Children will:

be able to approach a range of real life situations and apply their skills and attributes to help navigate themselves through modern life
have an understanding of the importance of being healthy, open minded, respectful, socially and morally responsible, active members of society
appreciate difference and diversity
recognise and apply the British Values of Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual respect, Rule of law and Liberty
be able to understand and manage their emotions
be able to look after their mental health and well-being
be able to develop positive, healthy relationship with their peers both now and in the future.
understand the physical aspects involved in RSE at an age appropriate level
have respect for themselves and others.
have a positive self esteem