We believe that PSHE (Personal Social Health Education) should be integrated into all aspects of school life, supporting our children’s holistic personal development. Our PSHE offer therefore consists of three key stands:
- Discrete PSHE curriculum: relationships education; living in the wider world; health education
- HTSS Three Cs character development: care, courage and cooperation
- Emotional literacy and well-being: mental health; emotional regulation
Our PSHE curriculum has been produced together with PSHE leads and specialists in RSHE, mental health, nutrition, exercise, safeguarding, and race equality. It is evidence-based, inclusive, and focused on the ultimate goal of keeping children happy, healthy and safe. The curriculum supports pupils from Reception to Year 6 in developing the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to build positive relationships, maintain physical and mental wellbeing, and prepare for life as confident, responsible citizens.
Our curriculum meets all statutory requirements for relationships and health education, underpinned by the Children and Social Work Act and the Equality Act, and reflects national guidance including the DfE’s 2025 statutory RSHE document.
Our school’s character values, the Three Cs of care, courage and cooperation, are incorporated into our personal development offer through discrete ‘Holy Trinity Way’ lessons every term across all year groups. The Three Cs are also promoted across all aspects of school life and Three Cs awards are shared in every Friday Collective Worship.
Children’s emotional literacy and well-being is a priority in our school and opportunities to develop children’s understanding of their emotions and how to manage them are found across the curriculum and the school day, including:
- Discrete lessons about mental health, supporting the development of emotional literacy
- Whole school Zones of Regulation programme to support with identifying and managing emotions. This includes discrete termly lessons and daily use of the Zones displays in every classroom
- Annual children’s mental health week activities and workshops
- High quality books used for story times, in English lessons and in book corners that promote diversity and equality, as well as emotional literacy
- Whole school daily ‘mindful minutes’ to support transitions, using the mindfulness and breathing programme Ten Minutes Peace
- Human Utopia workshops and whole school Hero buddy days
- Equaliteach inclusion and equality workshops