At Brede, we recognise the importance of a robust and evolving PSHE curriculum. Despite PSHE being a non-statutory subject, we believe that this should be delivered with high importance and by our pupils every-day class teacher. Alongside quality first teaching, our PSHE curriculum is enriched using the PSHE Association resources to inspire class teachers and ensure there is a consistent skills and knowledge progression across years 1-6. This programme builder takes a thematic approach to primary PSHE education, covering all three core themes of the Programme of Study (Health and Wellbeing; Relationships; and Living in the Wider World) over the school year, with three topics per half term. This approach allows different year groups to work on similar themes at the same time, building a spiral programme year on year, whilst offering flexibility in terms of medium-term planning. The colour-coded topic areas can be adapted to meet planning requirements, pupils’ stage of development and needs and to reflect the context of the school and local community. Our curriculum actively promotes children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development as well as providing specific guidance on safeguarding, drugs education, financial education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and health education. The RSE units are taught every year to year groups, not classes, to ensure the content is age appropriate.
There are strong links throughout our PSHE curriculum that link with our School Values and Right’s Respecting School Charter. These links are made across each core theme and can be found in the skills and knowledge progression below- Especially throughout the ‘Belonging to a community’ unit in the Spring term.