At Park Spring, PSHE is taught through a carefully planned and progressive curriculum that is delivered weekly and revisited through a spiral approach as pupils move through school. Our curriculum is structured to ensure knowledge and skills are built upon year on year and are responsive to the needs of our pupils. We use the You, Me, PSHE scheme for our main PSHE lessons, alongside the MindMate programme and Pol-Ed, as well as high-quality texts, discussion-based learning, and real-life contexts to support pupils’ emotional wellbeing and personal development. Learning is age-appropriate, inclusive, and underpinned by safeguarding, with strong links made to assemblies, themed weeks, and wider school life.

The PSHE curriculum is organised around the following key topic areas:

• Identity, society and equality

• Physical health and wellbeing

• Mental health and emotional wellbeing

• Keeping safe and managing risk

• Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)

• Careers, financial capability and economic wellbeing

• Drug, alcohol and tobacco education

• Life changes and transition

These themes ensure pupils develop the knowledge, understanding, and skills needed to:

• Make informed choices

• Build positive relationships

• Prepare for life beyond Park Spring

By the time our pupils leave Park Spring, they will:

• Confidently approach a variety of real-life situations, applying the skills they have learned to navigate modern life effectively.
• Be on the path to becoming healthy, open-minded, respectful, socially and morally responsible, and active members of society.
• Value and appreciate difference and diversity in the world around them.
• Understand and embody the British Values of Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual Respect, Rule of Law, and Individual Liberty.
• Have the ability to understand and regulate their emotions.
• Prioritise their mental health and well-being, recognising when and how to seek support if needed.
• Build and maintain positive, healthy relationships with their peers, both now and in the future.
• Possess age-appropriate knowledge of the physical aspects of RSE.
• Show respect for themselves and others in their actions and attitudes.
• Hold a strong sense of positive self-esteem.

PSHE LTP

National Curriculum for PSHE