PSHE

Overview

Our PSHE curriculum supports children’s personal, social and emotional development, helping them to become confident, caring and respectful members of society.

Through well-planned lessons, including Relationships, Health and Sex Education (RHSE), pupils learn to make informed choices about their wellbeing, build positive relationships and develop a strong sense of equality and morality.

Storytelling plays a key role in our approach, allowing children to explore diversity, inclusion and protected characteristics in a meaningful and accessible way, ensuring every child feels represented, valued and empowered.

Key themes

• Cycle 1: anti-bullying week, firework safety, rights, emotions
• Cycle 2: mental health week, staying safe, aspirations
• Cycle 3: safe internet day, relationships
• Cycle 4: celebration week, celebrating differences, health

Reception

• Cycle 1: school rules, being fair, how to stay safe online, feeling happy and sad, what am I good at, sharing my feelings
• Cycle 2: road safety, getting lost, safe adults, staying safe online, what am I good at, different jobs, what we use money for
• Cycle 3: who is in my family, do families always stay the same, what is an online friend, what is bullying
• Cycle 4: understand that everyone is equal and differences make us unique, celebrations of special occasions, health and wellbeing online, being healthy, food and exercise

Year 1

• Cycle 1: rules in school and the playground, how rules keep us safe in school, how rules keep us  safe online, developing confidence & positive self-talk, recognising and naming feelings
• Cycle 2: how to get help in an emergency, staying safe in different environments, online safety and screen time, identifying our strengths, describing jobs we may like to do, breaking gender stereotypes – jobs
• Cycle 3: how should families treat each other, when should I say no, consent, how to be a kind friend, how to be kind online, anti-bullying
• Cycle 4: understand ways we are similar and different, exploring cultural differences, feelings: happiness, mental wellbeing, healthy eating, diet and exercise

Year 2

• Cycle 1: rules in school and the community, democracy, how rules keep us safe online, developing confidence and self-esteem, recognising and naming feelings, strategies to deal with upsetting news
• Cycle 2: staying safe near fireworks, online strangers, how to search safely online, naming strengths, goals and targets, identify jobs and workplaces in the community and understand wages
• Cycle 3: parts of our body are private, are all families the same, challenging gender stereotypes, what to do if we feel unsafe online, bullying and how it impacts others
• Cycle 4: diversity around the world, healthy lifestyle and mental health, keeping my body healthy, human changes as we grow up

Year 3

• Cycle 1: rules at home and school, consequences of breaking the rules, democracy, feelings: how my actions and emotions affect others
• Cycle 2: identifying hazards, Green Cross Code, staying safe online, reflecting on progress and goals, understanding jobs in the community, how to make a good impression
• Cycle 3: changes to family structures: bereavement and separation, friendship: being a good friend, online and in person, bullying: responding to hurtful behaviour
• Cycle 4: recognise that people have different beliefs, The Equality Act, managing feelings, understanding a healthy diet, wellbeing: sleep and screen time

Year 4

• Cycle 1: understanding rules at school, laws of our country, understanding British values, understanding and identifying feelings, supporting wellbeing
• Cycle 2: the importance of safety equipment, staying safe in the community and online, analysing and verifying online content, how to resolve problems, making a positive first impression
• Cycle 3: are all families like mine, what makes a close friend, discrimination and how can we challenge it, how we should treat people in school and wider society
• Cycle 4: protected characteristics, The Equality Act, are we happy all the time, keeping our bodies healthy, what is appropriate online

Year 5

• • Cycle 1: understanding that rules are essential in a community, considering human rights, understanding individual liberty, developing self-esteem, how to behave online, understanding peer-pressure
  • Cycle 2: using basic first aid, online control and consent online, protecting my identity online and the dangers of online strangers, effective learning strategies, investigating job and labour market
  • Cycle 3: families: why do some people get married, friendship: how to accept friends despite our differences, discrimination and challenging it, identify and define the different types of bullying
  • Cycle 4: exploring different cultures in Sheffield and Nether Edge, following the Equality Act, healthy screen time, feelings and staying healthy, puberty and body changes, menstruation

Year 6

• Cycle 1: rules, laws and human rights, effects of antisocial behaviour, rule of law, British values, influencing others and peer pressure, managing feelings in a positive way
• Cycle 2: firework safety, analysing digital content and AI, understanding misinformation, social media anxiety, understanding personal strengths linked to future career aspirations, developing financial capacity
• Cycle 3: understanding that all families are different, peer pressure, identifying toxic and unhealthy relationships, prejudice and how we should respond
• Cycle 4: diversity of cultures in Sheffield and UK, understanding the Equality Act, developing self-identity, puberty and changing feelings, health and the impact of drugs and alcohol, staying clean during puberty, human reproduction (optional)