Our PHSE Curriculum
- Intent
- Implementation
- Impact
At Green Lane Infant School our PSHE curriculum builds upon our children’s cultural capital, through our curriculum drivers, our children’s interests and the requirements of the National Curriculum. We specifically promote children’s personal, social and health development and help them to grow as individuals and as members of families and communities. Our PSHE curriculum equips children with knowledge and practical skills to live healthy, safe, fulfilled and responsible lives, both now and in the future. Through the explicit teaching of mental and emotional health, we promote children’s wellbeing through an understanding of their own and others’ emotions and the development of healthy coping strategies. It also contributes to safeguarding, providing pupils with knowledge, understanding and strategies to keep themselves healthy and safe, as well as equipping them to support others who are facing challenges. Our curriculum also enables children to reflect on and clarify both their own and British values and attitudes, and explore the complex and sometimes conflicting range of attitudes and values they encounter now and in the future.
Our curriculum sets out a clear breadth of units that will be taught and built upon across the key stages. Our children will organise their knowledge and understanding around the following key topics as set out in the Jigsaw scheme of work: Being me in my world, Celebrating difference, Dreams and Goals, Healthy Me and Relationships. Our RHE age appropriate books are shared with children to support our teaching.
Our expertly designed environments, quality first teaching and learning opportunities build on the characteristics of effective learning developed in our Early Years. Our school values of Honesty, Team work, Kindness, Respect, Resilience and Courage underpin our whole school ethos around the qualities that enable us to be good humans both in and out of school. Our children learn that we all possess these qualities and they can be made stronger through practice and are transferable in different contexts. Our children are taught to recognise and celebrate these behaviours in themselves and their peers.
The impact of our curriculum is that by the end of each unit, the vast majority of children have sustained mastery of the content, that is, they remember it all and are fluent in it; some children have a greater depth of understanding. We track carefully to ensure children are on track to reach the expectations of our curriculum through end of unit assessments.
Jigsaw and British Values
PSHE at Home
- Future Aspirations
- Books to Read Together
- Websites and Places to Visit
PSHE stands for personal, social health education. PSHE education is a school curriculum subject in England that helps our children to stay healthy, safe and prepared for life – and work – in modern Britain. PSHE education, the values and life skills are fundamental for children achieving in life. It is these personal skills, positive interactions and knowledge that sets our children up to be successful in whichever profession/ future path that they may choose; but to also be healthy individuals who have the strategies to deal with the challenges that life might throw at them. PSHE incorporates our relationship and health education (RHE) with a deeper focus on building positive relationships and developing tolerance and respect for others. It also heavily focuses on safeguarding and empowering children to know how to safeguard themselves.
Protected Characteristics
The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation because of the protected characteristics that we all have.
No form of discrimination is tolerated at Green Lane Infant School and our children show respect for those who share the protected characteristics.
We do not teach about all the protected characteristics in every year group. The curriculum is planned and delivered so that our children develop age appropriate knowledge and understanding during their time at Green Lane.
Local places to visit to explore PSHE in the real world
Sacred Heart Catholic Church- 25 Mere Road, Leicester
Wesley Hall Methodist Church-91 Mere Road, Leicester
Masjid-Al-Taqwa- 1 Harewood Street, Leicester
Shree Hindu Temple and Community Centre- 34 St Barnabas Road, Leicester
Guru Tegh Bahedur Gurdwara- 106 East Park Road, Leicester
Spinney Hill Park
Mere Rd, Leicester LE5 5BP
The Botanic Gardens
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
Curve Theatre
60 Rutland St
Leicester
LE1 1SB
Fun Valley
62 Evington Valley Road
Leicester
LE5 5LJ
Boost
11 St George Street
Leicester
LE1 1QG
Useful websites for parents
Anti-bullying https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information/advice-and-support/advice-parents-and-carers
Friendships https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/search?q=friendship&d=SEARCH_PS
Well-Being https://www.place2be.org.uk/our-services/parents-and-carers/wellbeing-resources-for-families/
Mental Health https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/