PSHE
Whole school PSHE curriculum
Please see this document for an overview of our PSHE curriculum, incorporating Relationships Education across the school: Whole School Curriculum Map
We teach PSHE through 3 main termly themes. These are ‘Happy and Healthy,’ ‘Me and You’ and ‘Out in the World.’ These themes are planned around the PSHE association resources. We have a planned, sequenced, age and content appropriate curriculum.
Please see the half termly overviews for each group here:
EYFS Overview
Year 1 and Year 2 PSHE Overview
Relationships Education
As we are an infant school we do not teach Sex Education.
Our Relationships Education programme is an integral part of our whole school PSHE education provision and will cover health and wellbeing, relationships and living in the wider world. We will ensure Relationships Education is matched to the needs of our pupils by keeping a flexible approach to teaching and learning and regularly reviewing the curriculum in line with the pupils needs.
Our school’s overarching aims for our pupils are to provide a framework in which sensitive discussions can take place, prepare pupils the importance of health and hygiene, help pupils develop feelings of self-respect, confidence and empathy, create a positive culture around issues of sexuality and relationships and teach pupils the correct vocabulary to describe themselves and their bodies.
We aim to plan the teaching and learning of Relationships Education with a truthful yet sensitive approach appropriate to the age of the child and the situation. Haddenham St Mary’s is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all pupils.
Mental Health and Wellbeing at HSM
At Haddenham St Marys we take a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing by developing a positive ethos and culture – where everyone feels that they belong. This involves working with families and making sure that the whole school community is welcoming, inclusive and respectful. It means maximising children’s learning through promoting good mental health and well being across the school – through the curriculum, early support for pupils, staff-pupil relationships, leadership and a commitment from everybody.
Please see here for a leaflet of useful tips, advice and contact details for people that can help you and your family with mental health and wellbeing:
Here are useful contacts, advice and tips to support yourself, your friends and family’s mental health and well-being: www.minded.org.uk
Resources for use with children
- BBC Education online learning content, also for reception to Year 10 pupils, to support home learning, with weekly wellbeing tips provided via their social media pages.
- Starline parent helpline for home learning.
- Every Mind Matters includes an online tool and email journey to support everyone to feel more confident in taking action to look after their mental health and wellbeing. It also includes a section for parents and carers on looking after children and young people.
- Children and young people can access free confidential support anytime from voluntary and community sector organisations by texting SHOUT to 85258, calling Childline on 0800 1111 or the Mix on 0808 808 4994. For support with an eating disorder, children and young people can ring Beat’s Youthline on 0808 801 0711.
Resources to help with anxiety for pupils and families
Worry and anxiety are common problems at the best of times, and when it takes over it can become all-encompassing. Psychology Tools have put together this free guide to help you to manage your worry and anxiety in these uncertain times.
Living with anxiety and worry
This situation is one of extreme uncertainty. We don’t know what will happen, how long it will last or what things will be like when it’s over. One thing we do know, however, is that worrying about it won’t change the outcome. Learning how to tolerate the uncertainty is a huge part of building healthy coping skills for ourselves, which we then want to model for our children. Practicing mindfulness helps bring us back to the present.
The following websites and apps may be helpful:
www.childmind.org
www.actionforhealthykids.org
Ways we help our children
At HSM we give the children lots of new techniques to help understand their feelings and emotions. We have shared some of these below.
Nurture Groups
Run in every individual classroom. Teaching Assistants have had support training on how to run the groups and the aims of the nurture time. The groups are left for teachers to plan individually to ensure each session is aimed specifically for the evolving needs of the pupils. A bank of resources and sessions are provided for all to access.
Wellbeing and Lego Therapy Groups
These are cross year group groupings with specific purposes. The sessions are planned by PSHE lead after teachers fill out a baseline assessment of the needs of their pupils in their class. The groups are then formed based on the needs of the pupils. A block of sessions are planned, delivered and then evaluated. Children’s needs are then reassessed and ways forward recorded. This may be another well-being group or move the child into nurture group.