Intent – What is the purpose of our PSHE curriculum?

At Tranmere Park Primary, we believe that PSHE is a fundamental part of our curriculum; it is designed to engage and captivate our children whilst providing them with skills needed in later life. To ensure that all pupils reach their full potential, their individual needs and abilities are recognised and developed within a caring and supportive environment, in partnership with parents. Personal, social and health education (PSHE) is a planned, developmental programme of learning opportunities and experiences through which children and young people acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives, now and in the future. PSHE develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society. Our PSHE curriculum makes a significant contribution to pupil’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development, their behaviour and safety and the school’s statutory responsibility to pupils’ wellbeing. PSHE equips our pupils with the knowledge, skills, understanding and strategies required to live safe, healthy, productive, capable, responsible and balanced lives. It encourages them to be enterprising and supports them in making effective transitions, positive learning and career choices and in achieving economic wellbeing. A critical component of PSHE is providing opportunities for pupils to clarify their own values and attitudes and explore the complex and sometimes conflicting, range of values and attitudes they will encounter throughout their lives. It enables them to recognise, accept and shape their identities, to understand and accommodate difference and change, to manage emotions and to communicate constructively in a variety of settings. Developing an understanding of themselves, empathy and ability to work with others will help pupils to form and maintain good relationships, develop the essential skills for future employability and better manage their lives.

Our Children will:

·         Largely progress through the curriculum at the same pace and differentiation will be achieved by emphasising a deep knowledge through discussion, individual support and children’s own first-hand experiences.

·         Be intrinsically motivated to learn by building on their knowledge, skills and understanding.

·         Be encouraged to ask inquisitive questions, to develop their own views of the world and current affairs.

·         Develop confidence, self-esteem, understand how to manage risks making informed choices and begin to understand what influences their decisions and academic achievement.

·         Feel secure confident, build self-esteem and academic achievement.

·         Feel secure and happy with a view to fulfilling their true potential that will enable children to develop the confidence to think for themselves.

·         Actively be involved in developing learning skills and ideas, in order for them work and achieve to the best of their ability.

·         Be resilient and understand that making mistakes is all part of growing up and learning from them.

·         Possess highly positive attitudes towards the subject and will be aspirational in their goals.

Our Teachers will:

·         Provide a spiral and challenging curriculum which is sequenced to ensure that new and personalised knowledge is taught in each session.

·         Identify gaps in understanding and swiftly overcome these with precise teaching.

·         Provide a range of experiences and opportunities that can enrich and broaden their learning. This will be through class discussion and time will be given to ensure children have time for personal reflection.

·         Be responsive to class and pupil needs and decisions may be taken to explore some aspects in greater depth.

·         Teachers and Learning Mentor will follow up certain themes with individual pupils in more detail if required.

·         Adapt learning to meet the needs of each cohort on a yearly basis.