PSHE and RSE at Longtown Primary School
At Longtown Primary School we aim 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.
The scheme of work covers the Relationships and Health Education. statutory guidance (as set out by the Department for Education), including the non-statutory sex education.
Our scheme (KAPOW) also covers wider PSHE learning, in line with the requirement of the National Curriculum making provision for personal social health and economic education. Children’s learning significantly contributes to their personal development as set out in the OFSTED inspection framework and promotes the four fundamental British values which reflect life modern Britain; democracy, rule of law, respect and tolerance, and individual liberty.
Quality PSHE and RSE teaching is an important element in helping us to carry out have a duty of care with regards to safeguarding. The DFE’s statutory ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education. Guidance’ states that governing bodies and proprietors should ensure that children are taught about safeguard, including online safety. We consider this as part of providing a broad balance curriculum. In response to the ‘Child on Child’ abuse updates to Section 5 of KCSiE, our curriculum, introduces and revisits ideas of personal boundaries, consent and communicating our boundaries with others. This prepare people for the challenges and responsibilities they will face in the future .
The KAPOW Primary scheme is a whole school approach that consists of three areas of learning in EYFS: (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
KS1 & 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 program.
The lessons are based upon the statutory requirements for Relationships and Health education, but where our lessons go beyond these requirements (primarily Citizenship and Economic well-being areas) they refer to the PSHE Association Programme of Study which is recommended by the DFE.
Sex education has been included in line with the DFE recommendations and is covered in Year 6 of our scheme.
The Scheme, supports the requirements of the Equality Act through direct teaching, for example, learning about different families, the negative effects of stereotypes and celebrating differences, in addition to the inclusion of diverse teaching resources throughout the lessons.
