PSHE helps children develop the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives. At our school, we follow the You, Me and PSHE scheme, which provides a clear, progressive framework for teaching relationships, health, wellbeing, and personal safety.
The statutory guidance for PSHE states that all children should be taught about relationships, physical health, mental wellbeing, and how to make safe, responsible decisions. Using You, Me and PSHE, children learn in a supportive and age-appropriate way, exploring important topics through discussion, activities and reflection. This equips them to understand themselves, respect others, and navigate challenges in their lives both now and in the future.
Through the delivery of PSHE, we aim to improve children’ skills in these six areas:
Our PSHE curriculum, delivered through You, Me and PSHE, aims to ensure that all children:
Year 4 had a wonderful time exploring Martin Mere. We had time to walk round and see the varieties of birds that live there. It included spoonbills, flamingoes and swans. We then took part in Generation Wild to learn all about how we can be guardians of the planet and look after it. We ended the day with seeing the otters!
Daffodil class had a wonderful day at Martin Mere. We discovered lots of new learning through the Generation Wild programme and discussed the importance of caring for our world and protecting animals.
Our school councillors have been working on making sure every child’s voice feels heard within our school. They have developed a suggestions box that now sits outside our dining hall, so that all children can write suggestion of any ideas or improvements they would like to see in school. They will then check the box before each school council meeting and we can discuss any suggestions.
Today Year 6 were learning about the risks associated with using different drugs either legal or illegal drugs. We know know the possible effects and risks linked to taking different drugs. We understand that some drugs are restricted or that is illegal to own, use and supply. Finally we discussed why some people might use drugs.
This week school council meeting discussion linked to Children’s mental health week. We were given the question ‘What could make a tricky question easier?’
Year 2 have been discussing who their trusted adult is that they could turn to when talking things over. We then made a list of 5 trusted adults on a palm template which they can keep.
Today we celebrated NSPCC Number Day to raise funds for the NSPCC charity. We have completed a variety of maths digit activities, discussed the importance of the PANTS rule and thought about who our safe and trusted adults are.
For Number Day, Year 3 took part in a range of fun and engaging maths activities. Linking our main activity to current learning, the children explored perimeter by designing their very own dream houses!
We also learned about the important work of the NSPCC and how it helps to keep children safe. It was a fantastic day filled with learning, creativity and meaningful discussions!
EYFS had fun on number day, taking part in number activities and wearing numbers to school. We spoke about who keeps us safe and shared the NSPCC help number.
Today Poppy Class discussed about what good hygiene is. We conducted an experiment. We covered our hands with fake germs and then touched different surfaces in class. We were then able to see how these germs can be transported throughout the whole school very easily. We used a light to shine to see the germs clearly. We then quickly washed our hands and then watched if all the germs had disappeared or not.
This week is UK parliament week and today we learnt how MPs and members of the House of Lords, use debates to discuss topics, hear different points of view and challenge the work of the government. The class were then set their own debate topic ‘Should the school day be extended by an hour’? We then held the debate like they do in parliament. The children made some convincing arguments.
Today we have looked at The Houses of Parliament, we have taken a virtual tour and had some great discussions about what we can see. We then discussed what happened at The Houses of Parliament and what types of discussions, decisions and laws are made.
This week we have celebrated UK parliament week and we focused on what a MP is and how they use their voice to represent their constituency. Then we look at who our local mp was and researched Kim Johnson. To finish our learning we completed an MP profile about her.
This week is UK parliament week and today we watched a short video about how parliament works. We discussed about how laws are made and the process before it gets passed. We then took a virtual tour of Westminster and coloured some diagrams of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Early Years had a special visitor today. Christopher the Crocodile came to talk to us about brushing our teeth. We heard a story all about going to the dentist and had a practise of our own toothbrushing technique .
As part of road safety week, we look park in our weekly class discussion. Today, we were debating what would be the best action for our school to take to ensure safety on the roads at the start and end of the day. Our decisions were very varied but groups worked well to decide on one possible solution.
Today we have discussed different games from around the world and how they make us feel. We then played a variety of games with our friends, making sure we followed the rules, took turns and thought about how they made us feel. We had lots of fun.
Today, we talked about how to be safe while crossing the road. We discussed about Stop, Look and Listen.
As part of our weekly question, our school councillors posed the question of what we can do to stop bullying. As part of anti bullying week, we discussed how we can tackle bullying and how we should not be bystanders to bullying. Our class believed that by educating others this would help to minimise bullying.
For our second lesson we recapped the roles in bullying and acted out different scenarios. We then discussed as a class how we could solve each situation and take the power away from the ringleader and assistant. To link our work to computing we the designed storyboard creating our own bullying situation and showing how to solve it.
Today Orchid class have completed their first lesson on Anti- Bullying and have learnt about the different roles that people can take on during a bullying scenario. We discussed how it is not just the ringleader who gives power to bullying and how we can make sure to use our power for good.
Today, we discussed about how to be an upstander -someone who does not tolerate bullying. We then designed an Anti-bullying superhero! Look at their lovely designs.
We had a workshop based on speaking out and staying safe with the help of Buddy the speech bubble. Year 6 learnt lots of ways that they can get support if they need it. It was a very useful and informative workshop and the children were all very engaged. They even got a sticker at the end for their hard work and involvement!
Today, we had a lovely visit from Buddy and a lady from NSPCC. We discussed how we can speak up if something is wrong and who are the safe adults to talk to.
We had a workshop based on speaking out and staying safe, with the help of Buddy the speech bubble teddy. Year 5 learnt lots of ways that they can get support, if they need it. It was a very useful and informative workshop and the children were all very engaged. They even got a sticker at the end for their hard work and involvement!
Our KS2 school councillors and upper KS2 school buddies were invited to join a webinar that was held with schools across Liverpool to discuss their understanding of mental health and if they know what is available to support school if needed. The children were given the opportunity to talk about and consider now people need different types of support.
We had a workshop today based on how we can be more resilient. Year 5 took part in numerous activities including: discussions on ways we can be more resilient, making paper chains and making a paper airplane. We even got to fly our airplanes at the end of the day! All of the children now know ways on how they can be more resilient in school and at home.
