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PSHCE

Intent

Our PSHCE curriculum is designed to ignite curiosity and provide pupils with the knowledge, skills and understanding to be confident, healthy, valued members of our community. It is rooted in our school’s curriculum drivers:

• Possibilities: We aim to open children’s eyes to the vast range of career opportunities within the health and care sector, helping them see how their learning connects to real-world futures.

• Community: Pupils develop a strong sense of place and pride in Chopwell and the North East, understanding how they can make informed decisions about their health, wellbeing and relationships.

• Culture: Through the study of respectful relationships, children gain insight into different ways of life, fostering respect, empathy, and aspiration beyond their immediate experience.

• Enquiry: PSHCE lessons encourage children to ask questions and think critically about health, wellbeing and relationships. We also aim to nurture confident communicators and collaborative learners through structured oracy development and the use of Kagan cooperative learning structures.

Implementation

PSHCE is taught through a progressive, knowledge-rich curriculum that builds on prior learning and connects to real-life experiences. Key features include:

• Progressive Curriculum Design: From EYFS to Year 6, pupils move from local to global geography, building a layered understanding of physical and human processes.

• Kagan Collaborative Structures: Pupils engage in structured group work that promotes active participation, peer learning, and deeper understanding.

• Oracy Development: Pupils are encouraged to articulate their thinking, debate issues, and present findings, building confidence and fluency so they learn to “talk like a good citizen” from an early age.

• Cross-Curricular Links: PSHCE is enriched through close links with both computing and science, making learning meaningful and connected.

• Use of Technology: Multimedia resources enhance engagement and understanding.

• Enquiry-Based Learning: Pupils explore big questions and real-world issues like identity, mental health and community, through curiosity, research and critical thinking, fostering a deep understanding and essential life skills.

Impact

By the end of their primary education at Chopwell, pupils will:

• Have a secure understanding of how to make positive decisions about their health and wellbeing.

• Be able to make informed decisions about their health, wellbeing and relationships in both childhood and adulthood.

• Ask thoughtful questions about their health and wellbeing.

• Communicate confidently what a positive, healthy relationship looks like.

• Be inspired to be a confident, healthy, valued member of our community.

Talk-like-a-GOOD-CITIZEN.pdf

Relationships, Sex and Health Education Policy.pdf

PSHCE Curriculum Documents

In Early Years, children develop friendships which helps them to understand different points of view. They become socially skilled and are able to cooperate with others and seek adult support when necessary. Children are encouraged to talk about their own feelings and emotions and understand how their actions can affect others. Children learn about the need for variety in the food they eat and changes to their bodies when they are feeling unwell or tired. Children learn about the importance of physical activity and the positive impact it has on their health. This allows our pupils to have a good understanding of themselves, their feelings, health and self-care which is built upon in our PSHCE lessons.

Please see our equality page for equality information and some of the great equality work we do in PSHCE and the wider curriculum.

Equality and Diversity

We worked with Digital Voice to make our own safety video and posters- click the below link and see what you think

Year 6 Safety Video

This week, we have been learning about the things we can do in our school to be united against bullying. We wore odd socks to school to celebrate our differences and individuality. We designed anti-bullying t-shirts, made anti-bullying pledges and even took part in a virtual anti-bullying quiz.

This week we have been encouraging children to FIND THEIR BRAVE as part of Children's Mental Health Week. Children brought in an object which they felt showed a time in their lives when they were brave. We talked in classes about the way we feel when we need to be brave. We also thought about the positive feelings we experience when we have achieved something we didn't think was possible.

For World Mental Health Day, we took Year 6 to Gibside to learn about what Mental Health is and how we can ensure we take care of our mental health just like our physical health. We took part in meditation, mood and drawing workshops.

The Anti Bullying Ambassadors have started running a friendship club each Wednesday lunchtime. The Ambassadors felt it was important for all children to have the opportunity to make new friends from different classes.

Our mini police are role models for the younger children- we're very lucky to take part in such a brilliant initiative.

Thank you for all the generous donations for Operation Christmas Child and a special mention to our school councillors who have spent their lunchtimes sorting and labelling boxes.

Our Mini Police squad received their uniforms and Lanyards today - I'm sure you'll agree they looked so smart. We also had a couple of special visitors from the dogs section.