PSHE

PSHE Coordinator: Miss Lancaster

“Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important. Capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don’t work out, just take another shot.” - Ziad K. Abdelnour.

The Strands of the PSHE National Curriculum

Accurate and relevant knowledge
Opportunities to turn that knowledge into personal understanding
Opportunities to explore, clarify and if necessary challenge, their own and others’ values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities
The skills, language and strategies they need in order to live healthy, safe, fulfilling, responsible and balanced lives.

Our Vision for PSHE at Eaves

At Eaves, our vision for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education is to equip every child with the knowledge, skills, confidence and character they need to flourish in school, in their relationships and in later life. PSHE sits at the heart of our wider Personal Development offer and supports our ambition for children to leave Eaves as resilient, independent and confident young people who are ready to contribute positively to their community and wider society.

We want children to understand themselves, value others and feel a strong sense of belonging. Through PSHE, children learn how to build positive relationships, manage emotions, make informed choices, stay safe, look after their physical and mental wellbeing and understand their rights and responsibilities. Our EAVES values – Exploration, Authenticity, Vision, Encouragement and Synergy – are reflected throughout this learning as children develop empathy, resilience, self-belief, respect and responsibility.

Our PSHE Curriculum – Jigsaw

We use Jigsaw PSHE to provide a consistent, progressive approach from the Early Years onwards. Its spiral curriculum enables important concepts to be revisited and developed at an increasingly sophisticated level as children mature. Learning is organised through six themes: Being Me in My World, Celebrating Difference, Dreams and Goals, Healthy Me, Relationships and Changing Me.

This structure supports children in developing an increasingly secure understanding of identity, relationships, physical and mental health, aspirations, difference, change and growing up. At Eaves, Jigsaw is enhanced to respond to the needs of individual pupils and cohorts, ensuring our PSHE provision remains relevant to the children we teach.

Relationships, Equality & Belonging

We want every Eaves child to feel known, valued, respected and included. PSHE provides a safe and age-appropriate space in which children can explore friendships, families, relationships, similarities and differences and learn to respect people whose lives or experiences may be different from their own.

This learning contributes to our wider work around equality, diversity, protected characteristics and British Values, helping children understand mutual respect, tolerance, individual liberty, democracy and their responsibilities towards others.

Health, Wellbeing & Resilience

PSHE helps children understand that looking after themselves involves both physical and mental wellbeing. Children develop an age-appropriate emotional vocabulary, learn to recognise and communicate feelings and explore strategies that can help them manage challenges and change.

We want children to develop the resilience and self-belief to navigate difficulties, recognise when they need support and understand that seeking help is a positive and responsible action.

Keeping Children Safe

PSHE is an important part of our wider safeguarding curriculum. Children progressively develop the knowledge they need to recognise risk, understand personal boundaries, make safe choices and know how and where to seek help.

Our provision is strengthened through wider safeguarding learning including online safety, NSPCC PANTS and Speak Out Stay Safe, alongside teaching about consent, appropriate boundaries and trusted adults.

Oracy Through PSHE

Oracy is fundamental to PSHE at Eaves. Children need opportunities to talk in order to explore ideas, understand emotions and consider perspectives that may be different from their own. Through carefully facilitated discussion, partner talk, scenarios and reflection, children learn to express their thoughts and feelings clearly, listen with empathy, ask appropriate questions and respectfully agree or disagree.

PSHE therefore provides an important context for children to develop the language they need to advocate for themselves and others. We want every child to know that their voice matters and to have the confidence and vocabulary to speak up when something does not feel right.

PSHE Beyond the Classroom – Personal Development & Cultural Capital

PSHE does not exist only within a weekly lesson. Its principles are woven throughout everyday life at Eaves through assemblies, pupil leadership, behaviour and relationships, trips and visits, careers learning, safeguarding education and the many enrichment experiences children encounter.

These experiences contribute to children's cultural capital, enabling them to encounter new ideas, people and experiences, develop existing talents and interests, take on responsibility and grow in confidence. Our wider curriculum intentionally develops children's personal, social, spiritual, moral and cultural understanding so that opportunities are not determined by a child's background or starting point.

Ultimately, we want PSHE to help every Eaves child understand who they are, how to care for themselves, how to build positive relationships and how they can contribute to the world around them. We want children to leave Eaves with strong roots, a secure sense of belonging and the confidence to open the doors to their future.

Belong. Understand. Respect. Communicate. Grow. Be Safe. Flourish. – PSHE The Eaves Way.