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PERSONAL, SOCIAL, HEALTH & ECONOMIC EDUCATION

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INTENT

At Basildon CE Primary School, we believe in developing children holistically so that they flourish personally as well as academically. We want our pupils to be well rounded confident members of society who are kind, empathetic and giving.

 

Through our lessons we cover a wide range of skills and areas of knowledge that are appropriate to the age and cohort.

 

Our PSHE curriculum is organised into three core themes:

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  • Health and wellbeing

  • Relationships

  • Living in the wider world

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Disadvantaged children and those with SEND are given full access to the PSHE curriculum. Teachers use a range of strategies to enable all children to become confident including:

 

  • Pre teaching vocabulary

  • Clear communication with parents (e.g. support with vocabulary)

  • Dual coding used in lessons to support understanding of key concepts/vocabulary

  • Metacognitive approaches used in lessons

IMPLEMENTATION

What PSHE at Basildon looks like in lessons:

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  • Whole class, interactive sessions

  • One timetabled session per week, with additional short sessions as required

  • Opportunities for children to develop oracy skills

  • PSHE association planning tools to support coverage of the three core themes

  • Teaching children about relationships/health, following the DfE’s RSE guidance

  • Sex Education lessons for Year 5 and 6

  • Building Learning Power and metacognition skills taught through PSHE and other subjects

  • Teaching children how to be safe, including when online

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What PSHE at Basildon looks like outside lessons:

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  • Individual additional support for children available from our school ELSA (emotional literacy support assistant)

  • Additional support for children available from our Wellbeing Counsellor

  • Regular mindfulness sessions in class

  • Optional mindfulness club before school once a week

  • Annual PSED week, focusing on developing a wide range of personal, social and emotional skills

  • Therapeutic thinking behaviour approach applied across school as main thread of behaviour policy

  • 5 Ways to Wellbeing incorporated across school day

  • Children are confident in seeking adult support or advice and know who to go to for help

  • Consistent use of language terms linked with anti-bullying used across school (rude, mean and bullying)

  • Regular staff training

IMPACT

What PSHE at Basildon looks like in lessons:

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  • Whole class, interactive sessions

  • One timetabled session per week, with additional short sessions as required

  • Opportunities for children to develop oracy skills

  • PSHE association planning tools to support coverage of the three core themes

  • Teaching children about relationships/health, following the DfE’s RSE guidance

  • Sex Education lessons for Year 5 and 6

  • Building Learning Power and metacognition skills taught through PSHE and other subjects

  • Teaching children how to be safe, including when online

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What PSHE at Basildon looks like outside lessons:

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  • Individual additional support for children available from our school ELSA (emotional literacy support assistant)

  • Additional support for children available from our Wellbeing Counsellor

  • Regular mindfulness sessions in class

  • Optional mindfulness club before school once a week

  • Annual PSED week, focusing on developing a wide range of personal, social and emotional skills

  • Therapeutic thinking behaviour approach applied across school as main thread of behaviour policy

  • 5 Ways to Wellbeing incorporated across school day

  • Children are confident in seeking adult support or advice and know who to go to for help

  • Consistent use of language terms linked with anti-bullying used across school (rude, mean and bullying)

  • Regular staff training

CONTACT US

Basildon CE Primary School,
School Lane,
Upper Basildon,

Berkshire

RG8 8PD

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01491 671 445

office@basildonprimary.org.uk​

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THE DOWNLAND FEDERATION

We are proud to be part of The Downland Federation alongside The Downs School & Sixth Form, Compton Primary School & Beedon Primary School.

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