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PSHE
Personal, Social, Health and Economic education.
At Woolavington Village Primary School, it is our intent that all children will be ‘lifelong learners’ with the confidence and ability to develop their skills and understanding when having new experiences, meeting new challenges and finding themselves in unfamiliar situations. Through using Jigsaw our children acquire knowledge, understanding and the skills they need to manage their lives now and in their futures. It develops the qualities and attributes children need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society and the global community.
The aims of PSHE and Jigsaw within Woolavington Village Primary School are to provide children with:
- accurate and relevant knowledge;
- opportunities to create personal understanding;
- opportunities to explore and understand the importance of relationships;
- opportunities to explore and challenge a range of values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities;
- a range of skills and strategies to live a healthy, safe, fulfilling, responsible and balanced life;
The Jigsaw PSHE programme supports the understanding of British values that are necessary if children are to make sense of their experiences, value themselves, respect other, appreciate differences and feel confident and informed as a British citizen.
Jigsaw is implemented throughout the whole school during weekly assemblies and weekly whole class Jigsaw lessons focusing on different topics each term and is embedded through all lessons and the whole school day with everyone supporting and encouraging the children they interact with to use the skills they are developing and to make links to other areas of learning.
Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
As mentioned above, we follow the Jigsaw scheme of work for PSHE, which incorporates RSE learning within the scheme of work. It is a mindful approach to PSHE and RSE with a comprehensive scheme of learning which includes emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development alongside Health and Relationships Education.
The Six Puzzles
Jigsaw consists of six half-term units of work (Puzzles), each containing six lessons (Pieces) covering each academic year.
Autumn 1: Being Me in My World
Autumn 2: Celebrating Difference (including anti-bullying)
Spring 1: Dreams and Goals
Spring 2: Healthy Me
Summer 1: Relationships
Summer 2: Changing Me including RSE (Relationship and Sex Education)
Every Piece has two Learning Intentions, one specific to Relationships and Health Education (RSHE) (in purple) and the other designed to develop emotional literacy and social skills (in green).
The various teaching and learning activities are engaging and mindful of different learning styles and the need for differentiation and the Early Years (EYFS) planning is aligned to the National Early Years Framework. Each lesson is built upon a Charter which underpins the behaviour and respect that is the basis for each lesson. Children and teachers in each class collaboratively create their own charters at the beginning of the year to ensure mutual respect and ownership.
