INTENT 

Through PSHE at The Cambridge Primary School, we intend to develop a strong sense of belonging within our school community, where every child feels valued, safe and connected. We achieve this by encouraging children to develop our four core school values:

Kindness

• For self – recognising their own worth, treating themselves with compassion, and understanding the importance of positive relationships and physical health for mental wellbeing
• For others – showing empathy, care and generosity; understanding and respecting our common humanity, diversity and differences so that they can go on to form the effective, fulfilling relationships that are an essential part of life and learning
• For their community – contributing positively to their family, friends, school and the wider world

Respect

• For self – valuing their own identity, experiences and development
• For others – celebrating difference, working well with others and developing skills to form and maintain positive relationships
• For their environment – understanding their role in protecting the world they live in and being responsible stewards of our planet

Determination

• Building resilience – developing the strength to persevere through challenges and setbacks
• Striving for excellence – understanding the importance of trying their hardest at everything they do
• Taking responsibility for their own learning – reflecting honestly on their experiences and understanding how they are developing personally and socially

Responsibility

• For their own actions and decisions – making informed, thoughtful choices and understanding consequences
• For others – recognising their role within their family, friendships, school and wider community
• For tackling important issues – engaging with the spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up

Through our PSHE curriculum, we equip children with the knowledge, understanding, attitudes, values and skills they need to understand and respect who they are, to empower them with a voice, and to prepare them for the responsibilities and experiences of life beyond primary school.

 

IMPLEMENTATION 

At The Cambridge Primary School, we will implement: 

• Discrete weekly PSHE lessons to teach the PSHE knowledge and skills in a developmental and age-appropriate way. There will be hourly lessons across Key Stage 1 and 2. In Reception, the children take part in weekly structured PSED (Personal, Social and Emotional Development) lessons lasting 20 minutes however, PSED is embedded throughout the Early Years Framework. The aspects of PSED are Self-Regulation, Managing Self and Building Relationships.   

• A spiral PSHE and RSE curriculum that promotes the learning to deepen and broaden every year.  

• Class teachers delivering the weekly lessons to their own classes so the learning objectives are explored within a safe, comfortable atmosphere and in a relaxed relationship between teacher and pupil.  

• A programme matched to the pupils’ level of maturity. 

• Links across the entire curriculum to enhance and enrich all learning opportunities and embed the objectives of the PSHE and RSE programme of study.   

• Explicit links to the Computing curriculum, PE, RE and Science, which will complement their aims and enhance learning. 

• The sharing of rich texts within the curriculum and daily story time that illustrate, reinforce and enhance the key PSHE and RSE learning. 

• Feedback and celebrating ‘marvellous mistakes’ across the curriculum to enhance the development of resilience and self-esteem. 

• Whole staff awareness, so all staff understand the development of self-esteem and relationships does not just take place during PSHE and RSE lessons but through all aspects of school life including the playground. Staff understand they have a responsibility to implement this policy by promoting and modelling the values of the school at any time they interact with children and each other. 

• Opportunities to ‘live’ what is learnt and apply it to everyday situations, for example, assemblies, themed days and weeks, play and lunch time, through relationships child to child, adult to child and adult to adult across the school and the community. 

 

IMPACT 

At the Cambridge Primary School, we monitor the impact of this policy through: 

• Regular review by the SLT in conjunction with the subject lead and Governors. If changes are needed, members of staff, parents/carers and pupils will be consulted and any subsequent changes made clearly communicated 

• Weekly Safeguarding Meetings, reviewing record keeping, procedures and incidents 

• Pupil conferencing and surveys, ensuring pupils feel comfortable and confident when discussing all aspects of PSHE and RSE 

• Quality Assurance of the planning, teaching and learning of PSHE and RSE 

 

Fundamental British Values in PSHE

Our PSHE and RSE curriculum, delivered through Kapow, actively promotes fundamental British values throughout our teaching. Our curriculum develops pupils' age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships and promotes equality of opportunity so that all pupils can thrive together and understand that individual characteristics make people unique, including an age-appropriate understanding of the protected characteristics defined in the Equality Act 2010.

Through our carefully sequenced lessons, pupils develop their character, learning to reflect wisely, behave with integrity and co-operate consistently well with others – key aspects of democracy and mutual respect. We enable pupils to recognise online and offline risks to their wellbeing and develop their confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy.  

Our curriculum ensures that all pupils, regardless of background or need, receive high-quality teaching that prepares them to be responsible, respectful citizens who understand and value the rule of law, individual liberty, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.