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Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education (PSHE) Including Sex Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

Our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) lessons aim to equip our pupils with a sound understanding of risk and the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed decisions.  We use a scheme of work to help us to deliver our PSHE which is called "Jigsaw".  This is a comprehensive programme for Primary PSHE including statutory Relationships and Health Education, which offers a spiral, progressive and fully planned scheme of work, giving children relevant learning experiences to help them navigate their world and to develop positive relationships with themselves and others.

With strong emphasis on emotional literacy, building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health, Jigsaw helps us to deliver engaging and relevant PSHE within a whole-school approach. Jigsaw lessons also include mindfulness allowing children to advance their emotional awareness, concentration and focus.  An outline of the Jigsaw scheme of work for each year group is shared below.

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE)

Our RSHE is integrated with our PSHE curriculum.  At Loughborough C of E Primary School, we understand the importance of educating pupils about sex and relationships, in order for pupils to make responsible and well-informed decisions in their lives.

All pupils must be taught the aspects of sex education outlined in the primary science curriculum – this includes teaching about the main external parts of the human body, how it changes as it grows from birth to old age, including puberty, and the reproductive process in some plants and animals.

At our school, we do not teach pupils sex education beyond what is required of the science curriculum.

From September 2020, parents do not have the right to withdraw their child from lessons on Relationships or Health Education or the Science Curriculum.

Key Objectives of the Jigsaw PSHE Curriculum

 

Celebrating Difference

Dreams and Goals

Healthy Me

Relationships

Changing Me

Y1

I can tell you some ways I am different from my friends

 

 

I understand these differences make us all special and unique

 

I can tell you how I felt when I succeeded in a new challenge and how I celebrated it

 

I know how to store the feelings of success in my internal treasure chest

I can tell you why I think my body is amazing and can identify some ways to keep it safe and healthy

 

I can recognise how being healthy helps me to feel happy

I can tell you why I appreciate someone who is special to me

 

and express how I feel about them

I can identify the parts of the body that make boys different to girls and can use the correct names for these: penis, testicles, vagina

 

I respect my body and understand which parts are private

Y2

I can identify some ways in which my friend is different from me

 

 

I can tell you why I value this difference about him/her

 

I can explain some of the ways I worked cooperatively in my group to create the end product

 

 

I can express how it felt to be working as part of this group

I can make some healthy snacks and explain why they are good for my body

 

I can express how it feels to share healthy food with my friends

I can identify some of the things that cause conflict between me and my friends

 

I can demonstrate how to use the positive problem solving technique to resolve conflicts with my friends

I can recognise the physical differences between boys and girls, use the correct names for parts of the body (penis, testicles, vagina) and appreciate that some parts of my body are private

 

I can tell you what I like/don’t like about being a boy/ girl

Y3

I can tell you about a time when my words affected someone’s feelings and what the consequences were

 

I can give and receive compliments and know how this feels

 

I can evaluate my own learning process and identify how it can be better next time

 

I am confident in sharing my success with others and know how to store my feelings of success in my internal treasure chest

I can identify things, people and places that I need to keep safe from, and can tell you some strategies for keeping myself safe including who to go to for help

 

I can express how being anxious or scared feels

I can explain how some of the actions and work of people around the world help and influence my life

 

and can show an awareness of how this could affect my choices

I can explain how babies grow and develop in the mother’s uterus and understand what a baby needs to live and grow

 

I recognise how I feel about these changes happening to me and know how to cope with these feelings

Y4

I can tell you a time when my first impression of someone changed as I got to know them

 

I can explain why it is good to accept people for who they are

I know how to make a new plan and set new goals even if I have been disappointed

 

I know what it means to be resilient and to have a positive attitude

I can recognise when people are putting me under pressure and can explain ways to resist this when I want to

 

I can identify feelings of anxiety and fear associated with peer pressure

I can explain different points of view on an animal rights issue

 

and express my own opinion and feelings on this

I can identify what I am looking forward to when I am in Year 5

 

I can reflect on the changes I would like to make when I am in Year 5 and can describe how to go about this

Y5

I can explain the differences between direct and indirect types of bullying

 

 

I know some ways to encourage children who use bullying behaviours to make other choices and know how to support children who are being bullied

I can describe the dreams and goals of a young person in a culture different from mine

 

and can reflect on how these relate to my own

I can describe the different roles food can play in people’s lives and can explain how people can develop eating problems (disorders) relating to body image pressures

 

I respect and value my body

I can explain how to stay safe when using technology to communicate with my friends

 

I can recognise and resist pressures to use technology in ways that may be risky or cause harm to myself or others

I can describe how boys’ and girls’ bodies change during puberty

 

I can express how I feel about the changes that will happen to me during puberty

Y6

I can explain ways in which difference can be a source of conflict or a cause for celebration

 

 

I can show empathy with people in either situation

 

 

 

I can describe some ways in which I can work with other people to help make the world a better place

 

I can identify why I am motivated to do this

I can evaluate when alcohol is being used responsibly, anti-socially or being misused

 

I can tell you how I feel about using alcohol when I am older and my reasons for this

I can recognise when people are trying to gain power or control

 

I can demonstrate ways I could stand up for myself and my friends in situations where others are trying to gain power or control

I can describe how a baby develops from conception through the nine months of pregnancy, and how it is born and

 

I recognise how I feel when I reflect on the development and birth of a baby