Intent, Implement, Impact Statements

Intent

At Greenside, our approach to PSHE consists of a comprehensive and developmental programme of teaching and learning, which is delivered in the context of a Healthy School where the health and wellbeing of pupils and of the whole school community are actively promoted. Our PSHE programme has a positive influence on the ethos, learning and relationships throughout the school. It is central to our values and to achieving our school’s stated aims and objectives.

Implement

Our PSHE programme helps pupils to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes they need to live confident, healthy, independent lives now and in the future, as individuals, parents/carers, workers and members of society. It is embedded within the wider learning offered by the school to ensure that pupils experience positive relationships with adults and with each other and feel valued, and that those who are most vulnerable are identified and supported. Pupils are encouraged to take part in a wide range of activities and experiences across and beyond the curriculum, contributing fully to the life of our school and community.

The overarching aim for PSHE education is to provide pupils with:

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

Within this, the school aims to develop pupils’ understanding of:

Identity; including personal qualities, attitudes, skills, attributes and achievements and what influences these.
Relationships; including different types and in different settings.
A healthy lifestyle; including physically, emotionally and socially.
A balanced lifestyle; including within relationships, work-life, exercise and rest, spending and saving and diet.
Risk; including identification, assessment and how to manage risk rather than simply the avoidance of risk for self and others.
Safety; including behaviour and strategies to employ in different settings.
Diversity and equality, in all its forms.
Rights; including the notion of universal human rights, responsibilities including fairness and justice and consent in different contexts.
Change and resilience; the skills, strategies and ‘inner resources’ we can draw on when faced with challenging change or circumstance.
Power, in a variety of contexts including; persuasion, bullying and negotiation.
Career; including enterprise, employability and economic understanding.

From September 2020, the Government has made Relationships Education compulsory in all primary schools. At Greenside we teach RSE lessons through the Yasmine and Tom scheme of work. You can find more information on RSE at Greenside here:

https://www.greenside-sch.org/rse/

Impact

The school’s PSHE and RSE curriculum has been carefully woven through and embedded in both the curriculum and ethos for many years. The impact of this is apparent through both the behaviour and attitudes of the children and pupil voice. PSHE lessons give regular opportunities for children to feedback. When responding to real life scenarios, crunch moments, children are able to demonstrate their understanding of keeping themselves and their bodies safe. Pupils are able to talk articulately and clearly about their PSHE lessons and the impact these have on their wider school experiences and how these skills prepare them to become active citizens in the community later in life.