PSHE Education (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) is a planned programme of learning through which children and young people acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to successfully manage their lives – now and in the future. As part of a whole-school approach, PSHE Education develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society.
What do schools have to teach in PSHE Education?
According to the National Curriculum, every school needs to have a broad and balanced curriculum that:
- promotes the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school;
- prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life;
- promotes British values.
From September 2020, primary schools in England also need to teach Relationships and Health Education as compulsory subjects and the Department for Education strongly recommends this should also include age-appropriate Sex Education. Schools also have statutory responsibilities to safeguard their pupils (Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE) and to uphold the Equality Act. The Jigsaw Programme supports all of these requirements and has children’s wellbeing at its heart.Jigsaw Parent Guide
Lord Deramore’s works with BigTalk Education, an award-winning team of specialist RSE facilitators led by Lynnette Smith, who is the Chair of the Sex Education Forum’s Advisory Group (the SEF is part of the National Children’s Bureau). BigTalk Education’s Growing Up Safe: Whole School Approach (GUS programme) has been recognised by the Family Planning Association and Children and Young People Now Awards as a Finalist in their Safeguarding Award.
The BigTalk team then deliver to each class within school an annual RSE lesson. Our teaching staff observe the BigTalk Education RE and RSE lessons as part of their CPD programme to ensure they can reinforce the lesson content and answer any follow up questions throughout the academic year.
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In addition to this, our PSHE scheme of work, Jigsaw, teaches RSE in a progressive and structured way from Early Years up to Year 6. The Jigsaw PSHE is a comprehensive and complete original Scheme of Work (lesson plans) for the whole primary school. The Jigsaw teaching materials integrate Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE), emotional literacy, social skills, mindfulness, and spiritual development in a whole-school approach.
- Click here to read the Lord Deramore’s RSE Policy on our Policies & Key Documents page.
- Click here for long term plans and curriculum progression plans for all subjects, including PSHE
- Jigsaw Personal Social Health & Economic Education
- Big Talk