PHSE - life skills

Intent

At Carden Nursery and Primary School we recognise the importance of equipping our children with the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their own lives now and in the future.

Our curriculum map is based on the DfE statutory guidance for Primary Relationships and Health Education and the PSHE Association Programme of Study. It supports schools to meet the duties in the Equality 2010 on promoting equality and challenging prejudice.

We teach respect and support children to gain a positive sense of self, to value diversity and promote equality. Our aim is to empower children; giving them the confidence to make positive, informed decisions about their own personal wellbeing. Together we identify ways to support ourselves, our peers and work together to generate a collective understanding of what it means to be a responsible, proactive member of a community.

Our PSHE/life skills lessons are purposeful, interactive and inclusive; designed to teach the fundamental building blocks and characteristics which cultivate positive personal attributes and virtues in our students. Learning is tailored to ensure all pupils are able to access the curriculum in a way pertinent to their individual needs and understanding. Each child’s stage of development, level of understanding, protected characteristics and family circumstances are considered when planning to ensure an inclusive curriculum is provided to all.

We underpin our taught curriculum in our daily practice through our whole school Core Values, Learning Journey skills, our weekly PSHE and celebration assemblies and our consistent expectation of respectful, considerate behaviour from staff and children alike.

Implementation

At Carden Nursery and Primary School, PSHE education is a central part of our curriculum as it enables our pupils to build positive, equal, consensual friendships and relationships and to develop skills to keep themselves and others healthy and safe now and in the future. The PSHE education curriculum supports personal development, behaviour for learning including promoting attributes such as kindness, respect, consent, resilience and self-efficacy.

Our curriculum is ambitious and designed to give all pupils the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in life. It will provide opportunities to embed new knowledge and practise skills that can confidently be used in real life situations on and offline. What we teach in the classroom will help our pupils’ foster lifelong aspirations, goals and values.

With this in mind, PSHE education isn’t just another school subject. It’s a chance to give every child and young person an equal opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge they need to thrive now and in the future.

This includes helping them to deal with critical issues they face every day such as friendships, emotional wellbeing and change. Also, giving them a solid foundation for whatever challenging opportunities lie ahead, so they can face a world full of uncertainty, with hope.

We will be a learning environment tailored to every child, their individual needs and abilities and will enable them to develop to their full potential. Our Core Values of Respect, Kindness, Safety, Aspiration and Courage support our vision.

PSHE teaching and learning is strongly interwoven with our vision and values, through our PSHE curriculum we teach:

Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health and Wellbeing Education.
Economic Wellbeing and Personal Safety (including assessing and managing risk).
Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World.

Our PSHE curriculum gives pupils the knowledge and skills to embrace our diverse community (a third of our pupils are non-white British). The curriculum promotes discussion and introduces new vocabulary. It also teaches children to have a deeper understanding of their own and others feelings and practises strategies to develop their resilience. The spiral curriculum means themes are revisited regularly, with understanding extended throughout the children’s time at school. Our PSHE curriculum supports pupils to develop metacognitive strategies through learning self-awareness, respecting and valuing difference and building confidence to be active in the decision making around their learning.

We follow the Brighton and Hove PSHE curriculum map which is based on the DfE statutory guidance for Primary Relationships and Health Education and the PSHE Association Programme of Study and supports schools to meet the duties in the Equality 2010 on promoting equality and challenging prejudice. The map outlines how we can cover the KS1 and KS2 learning outcomes and is grouped into topics some of which fit with SEAL (Social Emotional Aspects of Learning) themes. The number of lessons needed to cover topics is based on one PSHE lesson per week. Where there are Brighton and Hove PSHE Team resources provided for Brighton and Hove schools this is indicated on the map and these can be downloaded from BEEM.

Overview

This curriculum map is based on the DfE statutory guidance for Primary Relationships and Health Education and the PSHE Association Programme of Study and supports schools to meet the duties in the Equality 2010 on promoting equality and challenging prejudice. The map outlines how you can cover the KS1 & KS2 learning outcomes and is grouped into topics some of which fit with SEAL (Social Emotional Aspects of Learning) themes.

The B&H PSHE lesson for EYFS meet learning outcomes from the statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage: Personal, Social and emotional Development and the Development Matters Curriculum.

The number of lessons needed to cover topics is based on one PSHE lesson per week. Where there are B&H PSHE Team resources provided for Brighton & Hove schools this is indicated on the map and these can be downloaded from BEEM https://www.beem.org.uk/

The order of PSHE topics has been planned around key events of the school year, for example new starts, Anti-Bullying and Equality Calendar events such Anti-bullying week, Black History, Gypsy Roma Traveller and LGBT History months.

Some sensitive topics, such as Loss and RSHE are placed towards the end of a year when class relationships are more established. Schools may want to change the order of some topics to make the PSHE Curriculum bespoke to their school context. It may also be helpful to consider where the PSHE learning outcomes could be taught alongside related RE, science, DT (food) ,PE, geography, history & ICT(Online safety) as detailed in the DfE Statutory Guidance.

Click here for DfE Statutory Guidance

Click here for PSHE Association Programme of Study

Click here for SEAL resources

For further support with developing your school’s PSHE curriculum please email pshe@brighton-hove.gov.uk.

All learning outcomes references for the PSHE topics are from the PSHE Association Programme of Study, which is organised into 3 core themes:

Core Theme 1: Health and wellbeing (H)

Core Theme 2: Relationships (R)

Core Theme 3: Living in the Wider World (L)

The PSHE topics with a green background are resources by lessons provided by the B&H PSHE team and are all available on BEEM

	Autumn term 1	Autumn term 2	Spring term 1	Spring term 2	Summer term 1	Summer term 2
Reception	New beginnings Including: Setting up a new learning community: Class charter; learning to learn, self-care etc. [provided by the B&H PSHE] Citizenship: Growing class community; making a difference in our school community and exploring British Values [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Getting on and falling out Growing skills in sharing; exploring feelings of rejection and learning how to cope with a no [provided by the B&H PSHE] Anti- Bullying Week Exploring definitions of bullying and mean behaviour and safely getting help and the current National Anti – Bullying week theme [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Going for Goals Growing skills in learning together to learn new skills and knowledge and to manage and solve problems [provided by the B&H PSHE] Gender Equality Education Exploring and challenging gender stereotypes with a focus on clothes	Good to be me Identify & Belonging – Similarities and Differences – with a focus on home food [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationships Understanding how it feels to miss someone and how to make myself feel better [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Changes/transition Knowing how changes can make someone feel and knowing some ways to cheer people up when they are feeling sad. Identifying and managing feelings about transition into a new year group [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Reception	Mental Health & Wellbeing Exploring concepts of MH&WB, big feelings; 5 ways to well-being: Naming feelings and ways to calm down [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Environmental safety & Drugs Education ‘Keeping healthy and Safe’ Exploring what being healthy means with a focus on food and eating; hygiene and hand- washing; feeling unwell and asking for help [provided by the B&H PSHE]		Family Diversity- All sorts of families	Protective Behaviours Protective Behaviours - ‘Feeling Good Feeling Safe’ Talking about feelings; identifying some of the clues that tell us how we and other people are feeling; feeling safe and unsafe; introducing early warning signs; safe and unsafe touch and knowing how to get help from our trusted adults [provided by the B&H PSHE] Smile Project	Relationships, Sex & Health Education Naming personal and private parts of the body; introducing the pants rule; exploring what children’s bodies and minds need to grow; practising phrases to grow healthy friendships; self- care skills and knowing where to get help. [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 1	New beginnings: Setting up a new learning community: Class charter; learning to learn etc. Citizenship: Growing class community; making a difference in our school community and exploring British Values [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Getting on and falling out What makes a good friend, why being honest is important and exploring feelings of rejection and learning how to cope with a no [provided by the B&H PSHE] Anti Bullying week: Exploring definitions of bullying and safely getting help and the current National Anti – Bullying week theme [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Going for Goals Reviewing and setting learning targets – individual and community	Good to be me Focus on Identity and belonging – what makes me, me; beginning to understand why we have the skin we are in and learning how to talk about skin tones with kindness and respect [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationships Explore feelings of jealousy and coping strategies; explore ways to feel better when you feel hurt without hurting others. [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Changes/transition Human timelines, natural changes and changes we can make ourselves. Identifying and managing feelings about transition into a new year group [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 1	Mental Health & Wellbeing Exploring what makes your mind and body feel good; kindness and how it makes us and others feel [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Environmental safety & Drugs Education ‘Keeping Healthy & safe’ Exploring concepts of healthy and unhealthy choices with a focus on teeth; learning about medicines and staying safe and what to do help us feel better and getting help if we need to [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Gender Equality Education Exploring and challenging gender stereotypes with a focus on toys; introducing the idea that there are many ways to be a boy or a girl [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Gypsy Roma traveller education ‘Kushti Atchin Tan’ Exploring similarities and differences and what we have in common; learning about the lives and homes of Traveller children in the UK today; making paintings inspired by artist Gabi Jimenez and reflecting on ways to make sure everyone feels welcome [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Protective Behaviours - ‘Feeling Good Feeling Safe’ Introducing children’s rights; exploring who, where and what makes you feel safe; introducing the safety scale and the concept of fun to feel scared; growing our understanding of safe touch, the pants rule and being the boss of your body and staying safe; introducing safe and unsafe secrets and getting help [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationship &Sex Education Growing positive body image; understanding why all animals including humans, have male and female body parts; increasing confidence in labelling and naming personal and private parts of the body; growing skills in making happy and caring friendships and knowing where to get help. [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 2	New beginnings Setting up a new learning community: Class charter; learning to learn etc. Citizenship: Growing class community; making a difference in our school community and exploring British Values	Environmental safety & Drugs Education ‘Keeping healthy and Safe’ Exploring ways to keep our minds and bodies healthy; growing relaxation skills; growing understanding of medicines for staying well and getting better; identifying risks and hazards at home and in school and staying safe [provided by the B&H PSHE] Healthy Eating (taught through science, PE & DT)	Gender Equality education Exploring and challenging gender stereotypes with a focus on careers	Disability Equality Education- ‘Nothing About Me Without Me’ Reflecting on how we are similar and different; what makes us, us and unique; being a disabled child in the UK today; growing skills in how to ask friendly and caring questions and thinking about how to make sure everyone can join in and feel welcome [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Protective Behaviours - ‘Feeling Good Feeling Safe’ Introducing children’s rights; exploring who, where and what makes you feel safe; introducing the safety scale and the concept of fun to feel scared; growing our understanding of safe touch, the pants rule and being the boss of your body and staying safe; introducing safe and unsafe secrets and getting help [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationship &Sex Education Growing positive body image; understanding why all animals including humans, have male and female body parts; increasing confidence in labelling and naming personal and private parts of the body; growing skills in making happy and caring friendships and knowing where to get help.
Year 2	Mental Health & Wellbeing Identifying body clues to how we are feeling; what makes our mind and body feel good; Importance of sleep and strategies for better bedtimes; exploring worries and coping strategies [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 3	New beginnings Setting up a new learning community: Class charter; learning to learn etc. Citizenship: Growing class community; making a difference in our school community and exploring British Values [provided by the B&H PSHE]	falling out Explore healthy friendships; manage friendship ups and downs and learn about agency in friendship and explore feelings of rejection and learn how to cope with a no [provided by the B&H PSHE] Anti bullying week: Exploring definitions of bullying and safely being an upstander and the current National Anti – Bullying week theme [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Good to be me Focus on exploring and feeling good about our identity and individual uniqueness; growing an understanding of appearance and skin tone and growing a positive language to describe ourselves [provided by the B&H PSHE] Healthy Eating (taught through science, PE & DT)	Global Citizenship Growing an Anti –racist school Exploring our similarities and differences and learning what we have in common; understanding our cultural heritage with a focus on family food and making sure everyone feels welcome [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationships Exploring shame, guilt, and forgiveness making amends.	Relationship and Sex Education including Family Diversity Sorting, naming and identifying personal and private body parts; growing strategies to feel good about ourselves and build self-esteem; build understanding of family diversity; identifying healthy and unhealthy aspects of friendship and knowing where to get help Changes/transition Different types of changes, coping with difficult feelings about changes. Identifying and managing feelings about transition into a new year group. Reflecting on learning targets. [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 3	Mental Health & Wellbeing Exploring concepts of MH&WB; 5 ways to well-being with a focus on gratitude and growing skills in resilience [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Poverty Proofing Lessons Exploring the difference between wants and needs. What is poverty? How can we poverty proof our class community? [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Gender Equality Education Exploring and challenging gender stereotyping and growing an understanding of the many ways to be a boy or a girl [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Drugs &Alcohol Education ‘Keeping Healthy & safe’ Exploring how everyday healthy choices impact our health; clarifying concepts of drug and medicine; effects and risks of everyday drugs and medicines; identifying risks, staying safe and getting help [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Protective Behaviours ‘Feeling Good Feeling Safe’ Exploring and identifying different feelings; strategies to manage our feelings; exploring feelings connected with feeling safe; growing an understanding of the safety scale and the concept of risking on purpose; exploring safe and unsafe touch and growing skills in managing unsafe touch and knowing who to get help from. [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationship and Sex Education including Family Diversity Sorting, naming and identifying personal and private body parts; growing strategies to feel good about ourselves and build self-esteem; build understanding of family diversity; identifying healthy and unhealthy aspects of friendship and knowing where to get help [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 4	New beginnings Setting up a new learning community: Class charter; learning to learn etc. Citizenship: Growing class community; making a difference in our school community and exploring British Values Global Citizenship Refugee equality education [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Getting on and falling out Exploring social circles and levels of friendship and exploring feelings of rejection and learning how to cope with a no [provided by the B&H PSHE] Anti bullying week: Exploring definitions of bullying and safely being an upstander and the current National Anti – Bullying week theme [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Good to be me Identity and belonging – what makes you , you and celebrating family heritage [provided by the B&H PSHE] Healthy Eating (taught through science, PE & DT)	Global Citizenship ‘Growing an Anti –racist school’ Exploring racial and faith -based stereotypes, why they exist and how they affect people. [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationships Exploring the concepts of loss and bereavement and learning about a range of coping strategies. [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Changes /transition Coping with changes both chosen and part of school routines. Identifying and managing feelings about transition into a new year group. Reflecting on learning targets. [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 4	Mental Health & Wellbeing Exploring concepts of MH&WB, the ups and downs of mental health; sleep and bedtime routines;5 ways to well-being with a focus on being active [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Money Management (taught as part of maths) Online Safety (taught through Computing) [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Disability Equality Education ‘Nothing About Me Without Me’ Exploring life for disabled children in the UK today and how we can make our class community a place of welcome and belonging [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Drugs &Alcohol Education ‘Keeping Healthy & safe’ Healthy and unhealthy daily choices ;tobacco and the effects and risks of smoking; peer pressure and safely saying no; first aid skills and calling for help [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Protective Behaviours - ‘Feeling Good Feeling Safe’ Exploring children’s rights; how, where and with who we feel safe; identifying early warning signs and strategies for managing when we feel unsafe including online and networks of support [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationship & Sex Education Growing and changing; growing and changing at puberty; puberty and feelings; healthy friendship skills and problem -solving and how human babies and families begin and knowing where to get help [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 5	New beginnings Setting up a new learning community: Class charter; learning to learn etc.	Getting on and falling out Developing skills in compassion in friendship and exploring feelings of rejection and learning how to cope with a no [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Good to be me Focus on Identity and belonging –consolidating skills in expression and descriptions of identity that include skin tone; growing skills in being an upstander and supporting each other [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Global Citizenship ‘Growing an Anti –racist school’ Exploration of migration, exploring the question: where are we from; multiculturalism and diversity and inclusion. [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Gypsy Roma traveller education ‘Kushti Atchin Tan’ Exploring on What do we have in common; learning about the experiences of the UK Gypsy Roma Traveller community today and in the past; trying out some art inspired by Gypsy Roma Traveller artists and reflecting on how we welcome new members of out class community [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Changes/transition Common responses to change, feeling insecure and unconfident, recognising our ‘sore spots’ Identifying and managing feelings about transition into a new year group. Reflecting on learning targets. [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 5	Citizenship: Growing class community; making a difference in our school community and exploring British Values [provided by the B&H PSHE] Mental Health & Wellbeing Exploring concepts of MH&WB, the ups and downs of mental health; sleep and bedtime routines;5 ways to well-being with a focus on being active [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Anti bullying week Exploring definitions of bullying and safely being an upstander and the current National Anti – Bullying week theme [provided by the B&H PSHE] Money Management (taught as part of maths) Online Safety (taught through Computing)	Education ‘Like A Child’ Exploring and challenging gender stereotypes; consolidating understanding that there are many ways to be a boy or girl and growing strategies to safely challenge gender prejudices [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Drugs &Alcohol Education ‘Keeping Healthy & safe’ Exploring the impact of and barriers to everyday healthy choices; alcohol, risks and effects; critical thinking and media and adverts and alcohol; staying safe and managing peer pressure [provided by the B&H PSHE] First Aid (taught through science)	Protective Behaviours ‘Feeling Good Feeling Safe’ Recap knowledge of protective behaviours; reflection on how behaviour and language, including ‘banter’ can impact on others; learning how to make a safety stop to keep safe; recap the safety scale and learn about the effect of having choice, control and a time limit on making safer choices; recap of children’s rights and identifying different types of child abuse; exploration of what matters most in a friendship and where to get help [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationship &Sex Education Exploring and managing feelings of embarrassment; growing skills in managing friendship ups and downs; exploring the importance of trust in friendship ; growing understanding and knowledge of the changes at puberty for most boys and girls; growing confidence to talk and ask questions about puberty; exploring how to keep healthy during puberty and knowing where to get help [provided by the B&H PSHE]
Year 6	New beginnings Setting up a new learning community: Class charter; learning to learn etc. Citizenship: Growing class community; making a difference in our school community and exploring British Values [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Getting on and falling out Developing skills in compassion in friendship and exploring feelings of rejection and learning how to cope with a no [provided by the B&H PSHE] Anti bullying week Exploring definitions of bullying and safely being an upstander and the current National Anti – Bullying week theme [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Good to be me Focus on Identity and belonging –consolidating skills in expression and descriptions of identity that include skin tone; growing skills in being an upstander and supporting each other [provided by the B&H PSHE] First Aid (taught through science)	Global Citizenship ‘Growing an Anti –racist school’ Exploration of migration, exploring the question: where are we from; multiculturalism and diversity and inclusion. [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationships Loss &Bereavement Lessons Exploring the concepts of loss and bereavement and coping strategies. [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Changes /Transition Moving On- identifying feelings and exploring strategies for managing the transition a Into secondary school [provided by the B&H PSHE]
	Mental Health & Wellbeing Exploration of mental health; including depression and anxiety, coping strategies and when to get help 5 ways to well-being: notice: with a focus on gratitude [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Money Management (taught as part of maths) Online Safety (taught through Computing)	LGBT+ equality education Learning about the history and experiences of people from the LGBT+ community in the UK today; learning about different types of grown up relationships and reflecting on how to make sure everyone in our community feels valued and welcome [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Drugs &Alcohol Education ‘Keeping Healthy and safe’ Exploring everyday healthy choices; drugs and medicines and UK law; cannabis, effects and risks; staying safe and peer pressure and getting help [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Protective Behaviours ‘Feeling Good Feeling Safe’ Exploring how having respect for other people’s identity is linked to feeling safe; building on skills to safely challenge stereotypes; recap of the safety scale and growing an awareness of when it can help to risk on purpose; identifying safe and unsafe touch and how to manage unsafe touch; reflecting on safety networks and growing independence [provided by the B&H PSHE]	Relationship and Sex education Recap and consolidation of understanding of the changes at puberty for most girls and most boys; exploration of body image, growing critical thinking skills related to body image and the media; reflecting on positive friendships online and face to face; clarifying what is safe to share online; knowing the different ways human babies begin and how are they are born; knowing some safe websites to find out more information about growing and changing and where to get help [provided by the B&H PSHE]

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