At St Wilfrid’s CE Primary School, personal, social and health education (PSHE) enables our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of a society and it is an embedded part of our broad and balanced curriculum. 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.
At St Wilfrid’s, we recognise the importance of PSHE education and the role it plays in developing our pupils into healthy, independent, and responsible individuals who are prepared for life and work. Our curriculum builds upon the children’s first stages of development in EYFS through progressive and sequenced topics, which revolve around three key themes: relationships, health and wellbeing and living in the wider world. Within the study of PSHE, our children develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future.
The quality PSHE that not only is taught but embedded in our ethos at St Wilfrid’s through Character Development and ensures children are given wide perspectives to the diverse society that we live in today. Pupils develop fully as:
- individuals as they focus on their own personal development; believing in themselves, building resilience, developing habits to lead a healthy life.
- members of families and social communities; understanding how to relate to others and adopt teamwork skills.
- members of economic communities; developing their awareness of the part that they play and how to live responsibly.
It is essential that we teach PSHE to provide the link between pupils’ health and wellbeing, and their academic progress. We know the value of focusing on promoting positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience, and achievement will impact their whole education.
