PSHE Curriculum

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) is an important and highly valued part of our curriculum at East Bergholt. It supports children to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead healthy, safe and fulfilling lives and to become confident, resilient, independent and responsible members of society.

Through PSHE, including statutory Relationships Education and Health Education, children learn about themselves, their relationships with others and the wider world. They develop their understanding of physical and emotional wellbeing, friendships and families, personal safety, healthy lifestyles, rights and responsibilities, respect and diversity. Children are encouraged to value themselves and others, make informed choices and understand how they can contribute positively to our school and wider community.

Our PSHE curriculum is organised so that every year group studies the same whole-school theme at the same time, with learning carefully adapted to be age-appropriate and progressive. This creates a shared focus across the school while ensuring that children's knowledge, understanding and skills build as they move through each year group.

Our six whole-school units are:

• Me and My Relationships
• Valuing Difference
• Keeping Safe
• Rights and Respect
• Being My Best
• Growing and Changing

Relationships, Sex and Health Education is further supported through our Yasmine and Tom programme, providing age-appropriate teaching about relationships, growing and changing, keeping safe, puberty and physical and emotional wellbeing.

Our curriculum frameworks below show what children learn at each stage of their primary education and how their learning develops and builds over time.

Relationships and Sex Education

At East Bergholt, in addition to Relationships Education, we also teach aspects of Sex Education that are covered in our Science Curriculum. Alongside this, we teach about different kinds of relationships, including same-sex relationships, and gender identity, because it is important that our children should have an understanding of the full diversity of the world they live in and be prepared for life in modern Britain. The Sex Education aspects of PSHE are taught through the ‘Yasmin and Tom’ scheme of work.

In school, we aim to help children to learn to respect themselves and others and move safely from childhood, through adolescence, into adulthood. As part of this work, we deliver an ongoing programme of Relationships and Sex Education (RSHE). We believe that by working in partnership with parents we can encourage children and young people to make healthy choices as they grow and change.

RSHE has an important part to play in learning about emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up. It enables young people to develop the essential life skills for building and maintaining positive, enjoyable, respectful and non-exploitative relationships. It also supports learning about identity and the importance of staying safe, both physically and emotionally, including online and offline.

Supporting your child at home

We recognise that parents and carers play an important role in helping children understand relationships, growing up and keeping themselves safe. Talking about these topics at home can sometimes feel difficult, particularly knowing what is appropriate to discuss at different ages.

The Family Planning Association (FPA) has produced a helpful RSHE guide for parents and carers, with clear information and practical advice to help you understand what children learn through Relationships, Sex and Health Education and how you can continue these conversations at home.

https://www.fpa.org.uk/rshe-for-parents/