We believe that PSHE (Personal social health education) should be integrated into all aspects of school life. Our PSHE curriculum therefore consists of three key stands:
- Relationships education
- Character education
- Well-being
Relationships Education is taught through a planned programme of PSHE which is taught as timetabled lessons in all years. We use the Camden Scheme of work so as to deliver the statutory requirements for Relationships education, including: sex education (All About Me); drugs and alcohol; online safety and mental health awareness.
Our school’s character values, the Three Cs of care, courage and cooperation, are incorporated into our PSHE curriculum, with discrete lessons across the school at the beginning of each term. These values are promoted at all times and Three Cs awards shared in every Friday assembly.
Children’s 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 PSHE 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 mindfulness and breathing programme Ten Minutes Peace e.g. five finger breath, petal breathing
- Human Utopia workshops and whole school Hero buddy days.
