Intent
At St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School we believe our children deserve to be healthy, independent and responsible members of society and we strive to teach them how to do this through our PSHE curriculum.
Pupils will be encouraged to build skills for their future by teaching them and enabling them to express their feelings and emotions and share opinions with others. They will learn to respect other people’s differences and develop the skills to form healthy relationships. Pupils will know the importance of living a healthy life and will be equipped with ways to protect their own physical and mental health and that of others. They will also be taught ways to keep themselves and others safe.
Children are growing up in a diverse society so we want them to develop positive relationships and maintain a healthy lifestyle. We aim to equip the children with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions, enabling them to ask questions, understand risk and have the confidence to challenge when they think something is wrong.
Implementation
All staff members take responsibility to be an excellent role model to the children of St Cuthbert’s in their thoughts, actions and words, setting the highest standards for children to witness. Staff actively promote random acts of kindness and encapsulate and model BHCET Virtues. Teaching and learning is supported with resources from, ‘Life to the full by Ten Ten’. The programme of study is split into three core modules: ‘Created and loved by God; Created to love others; Created to live in community.’ The programme pathway adopts a spiral curriculum so that as the children go through the programme year after year, the learning will develop and grow with each stage building on the last. It is also an important part of Collective Worship where children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural curiosity is stimulated, challenged and nurtured.
We believe that PSHE plays a vital part of primary education and is taught at least weekly; although there are also many opportunities to make cross-curricular links. There will also be occasions where staff may feel it necessary to teach PSHE as a result of an issue which has arisen in their own class, in school, in the community, nationally or globally.