Relationships and Sex Education - Policy Consultation
We are presently inviting stakeholders to share their views on our revised policy for Relationships and Sex Education. This has been reviewed and revised to ensure that it is aligned to the latest Government Guidance on the subject. We invite you to raise your questions and share your views on this policy by sending an e-mail to either our Headteacher, Daniel Smith or our PSHE Lead, Rachel Morley.
The period of consultation will conclude at 1pm on Thursday 1st April 2021. Please use the tab below to review the policy documentation.
The period of consultation will conclude at 1pm on Thursday 1st April 2021. Please use the tab below to review the policy documentation.
Relationship and Sex Education Policy
PSHE - Curriculum Intent
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PSHE enables our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society. It aims to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially, and tackles many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. We provide our children with opportunities for them to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. PSHE is integral to the development of children values in order for them to become a positive citizen in a forever changing community. PSHE also is an important part of school assemblies were children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural curiosity is stimulated, challenged and nurtured.
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We believe that PSHE plays a vital part of the children’s education and at Tickford Park it is taught a minimum of once a week although there are often also opportunities to make cross curricular links or respond to current affairs. This enables staff to ensure full coverage of the PSHE scheme of work. There are also occasions where staff may feel it necessary to teach PSHE as a result of an issue which has arisen in their own class. The PSHE curriculum is delivered through the GoGivers Scheme, with Relationships and Sex Education and Drugs Education being delivered through the Christopher Winter Scheme of work. The School nurse team, the NSPCC and Brook Advisory clinic also deliver sessions to complement and embellish our provision. Our teaching of PSHE also encompasses financial education, citizenship, personal safety and the importance of physical activity and diet for a healthy lifestyle. The whole school provision can be seen on the PSHE Progression Document which outlines how the teaching of PSHE builds on previous years learning as well as allowing the children to progress by developing new ideas, thoughts and skills.
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At Tickford Park Primary School we aim to create a happy, purposeful and supportive environment where children are enabled to become successful learners, develop their full potential and achieve the highest educational standards they can. We believe a collaborative culture is fundamental in enabling children to develop personally and emotionally, and as young citizens. Children grow up in a complex and ever changing world and are exposed to an increasing range of influences. As a school we aim to build on and complement the learning that has already started at home to provide the knowledge, understanding and skills that children need to lead healthy, fulfilling and meaningful lives, both now and in the future. PSHE is central to a school’s ethos, supporting children in their development, and underpinning learning in the classroom, school, and in the wider community.
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As a school we encourage children to think about personal and social values, to become aware of, and involved in the life and concerns of their community and society, and so develop their capacity to be active and effective future citizens. PSHE equips children with the knowledge, understanding, skills and strategies required to live healthy, safe, 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 education is providing opportunities for children to reflect on and clarify their own values and attitudes, and explore the complex and sometimes conflicting range of values and attitudes they encounter now and in the future.
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As part of a whole-school approach, PSHE education develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society. PSHE education also makes a significant contribution to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development, their behaviour and safety, and to their emotional wellbeing. PSHE education contributes to personal development by helping pupils to build their confidence, resilience and self-esteem, and to identify and manage risk, make informed choices and understand what influences their decisions. 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 the ability to work with others will help pupils to form and maintain good relationships, develop the essential skills for future employability and better enjoy and manage their lives.
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