Beaumont Primary School

RSHE / PSHE / British Values

 

RSHE/PSHE/BV Intent:

Our Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) including Relationships Sex and Health Education (RSHE) and British Values (BV) curriculum are at the heart of our school values and ethos and run throughout all that we do.  Our curriculum at Beaumont is shaped by our wider vision which aims to help pupils to be healthy, safe, independent, responsible and prepared for life – and work – in modern Britain. We want our pupils to be inquisitive with high aspirations, a belief in themselves and realise that anything is possible if they put their mind to it. 

At Beaumont, we actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith. Through reflecting on these values, pupils discover what it means to be good citizens.  

We want to ensure that all pupils understand what healthy relationships look like, how to communicate their own boundaries and recognise the boundaries of others, staying safe online and the differences between appropriate and inappropriate or unsafe contact.

 We will:

  • help pupils to aspire to be the best they can be, to have dreams for their future and know what is required to reach them.
  • provide opportunities for our pupils to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a valuable member of an ever-changing diverse society. We will help them to understand and consider many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up in Modern Britain.
  • deepen our pupils’ understanding of the fundamental British values of democracy, individual liberty, the rule of law and mutual respect and tolerance
  • develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community.
  • stimulate, challenge and nurture pupil’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural curiosity.
  • help pupils to understand the importance of their physical and mental health, understand emotions and feelings and have strategies to help them become resilient and confident so they are ready for the transition to Secondary school.
  • help pupils to have a good understanding of themselves, to have empathy, an ability to work with others and to form and maintain positive relationships treating everyone equally with tolerance and respect.
  • teach our pupils’ age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships through appropriate relationship and sex education.
  • teach our pupils about personal safety (online and off-line) and we will ensure pupils know where and how to get help if needed.
  • encourage all our pupils to be the best version of themselves that they can be!

Implementation:

Pupils are taught regularly timetabled PSHE / RSHE /BV lessons by a member of staff with whom the pupils are familiar.  Staff follow our tailor-made whole school scheme (informed by Croydon Guidance) to plan their lessons. The Beaumont scheme is based on the Croydon Relationship, Health and Sex Education resource pack in conjunction with lessons from Focus Education, Better Health – Every Mind Matters (Public Health England), Change for Life, Oral Health Foundation, NSPCC PANTS and St. John’s Ambulance. The curriculum is taught as a spiral curriculum, so topics are re-visited in more depth to match the maturity of the pupils.

Our curriculum is enhanced by other curriculum subjects such as Philosophy for Children (P4C), Science, DT (food and health technology), Computing (on-line safety), P.E. and R.E.

Lessons are delivered in a way that ensures pupils feel safe and encourages participation by using a variety of teaching approaches with opportunities to develop critical thinking and relationship skills

To ensure all pupils, including pupils with SEND can access the curriculum alongside their peers, high quality teaching that is adapted and personalised is carefully planned and delivered. For some pupils with SEND, there may be a need to tailor content and teaching to meet the specific needs of pupils at different developmental stages. The school will work in close partnership with parents/carers and other relevant professionals when appropriate.

Throughout the school ‘Zones of Regulation’ (ZoR) is embedded and used as a tool to support children with self-regulation. ZoR provides children with a simple approach to communicate how they are feeling and the tools they need to utilise to ensure that they are in the appropriate zones throughout their day.

We participate in the Croydon ‘Wellbeing Through Schools’ Project and this enables the children to participate in Indian dancing, relaxation and stretching activities.

We run a weekly Nurture, Emotion and Social Time (NEST) for children in years 5 and 6 who benefit from participating in a small group setting during lunchtimes.

We employ ‘Palace for Life’ to deliver their Team Mates Programme to our Year 4 class. This programme aims to build resilience, confidence and self-esteem along with developing key social skills and coping mechanisms in children to ensure that they are able to cope with the everyday pressures.

Assemblies, visits and visitors, including representatives from the NSPCC, Croydon Youth Engagement Team and Mini Medics are used to support the teaching and learning.

We plan age appropriate lessons to develop respect for others and oneself. In an ever–changing world, it is important that pupils are aware, to an appropriate level, of different factors which will affect their world and that they learn how to deal with these so that they have good mental health and well-being. 

We implement the government’s recommendation to include the teaching of different family models and same-sex relationships

In years 5 and year 6 the pupils will learn about puberty, including menstruation and reproduction and pregnancy. We understand that puberty and sex education can be sensitive issues and that parents and carers may want to discuss these areas with their children in advance of them being taught at school. We will therefore give parents and carers advance notice of when these lessons will be taught.

At Beaumont, British Values are taught and promoted in a variety of ways including:

Democracy

All pupils have the opportunity to make choices throughout the course of each school day. They are encouraged to consider their actions wisely and to voice their opinions appropriately, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. Our Beaumont Parliament is an elected body with a representative from each class. Fellow classmates choose and vote for the pupil they feel will best represent their own views. The pupils discuss issues raised in class and suggest ideas for ways to improve aspects of their school experience. Pupils also have a voice when they complete the school surveys. At the beginning of each school year the pupils in each class will collaboratively create the class rules and mantra they want to see upheld regularly within their class.

The Rule of Law

The importance of rules, particularly those that govern each class and the school, is reinforced throughout the school day. All staff are aware of the school rules and expected standards of behaviour, and these are consistently upheld across the school. Within class lessons and assemblies/Collective Worship, pupils are taught the importance of our school rules and the reasons for having them. They also learn about the laws that govern our country, the values behind these and how they, like our school rules, are created to protect us all. Rights and responsibilities are also discussed along with the consequences that follow when rules are broken. Reward systems, for example, ClassDojo points and Good Citizen awards are in place across the school to encourage and promote positive behaviour. Regular communication takes place between home and school to ensure all parents/carers are aware of expectations.

Individual Liberty

Within our school, we have created a safe and supportive environment where pupils are able to voice opinions and make their own choices. They are taught about their rights and responsibilities, and how to exercise these safely. There are many occasions when pupils are encouraged and given the freedom to make choices within their lessons and in relation to their participation in extra-curricular activities. The school community is expected to treat each other with respect and to understand what this means. Resilience and self-esteem are promoted as part of personal development, welfare and guidance.

Tolerance of those with different Faiths and Beliefs

Our school community reflects cultural diversity. We promote and celebrate diversity with the pupils, helping them to understand their place in our society. The school has a policy of zero tolerance to bullying (of all types), racism, prejudice, and extremist views. This is discussed in lessons (PSHCE and P4C) and assemblies/Collective Worship. Classes study places of worship that are important to different faiths as part of the R.E. curriculum. The school celebrates a range of faith festivals throughout the year in Collective Worship.

Although the PSHE/RSHE/BV curriculums are taught through discrete lessons, collective worship times, initiatives and awareness days, the values, expectations and key messages are embedded and entwined throughout our curriculum and day to day life at Beaumont.

Impact

We are proud of the PSHE / RSHE / BV curriculum that we deliver at Beaumont, the evidence being seen through the well-rounded, confident, tolerant and independent pupils that leave us at the end of year 6.

We measure impact by the triangulation of lesson observations, work scrutiny and pupil voice, as well as this we carry out regular subject leader/ teaching staff discussions – where areas for development are discussed, and for which targets for the year are collaboratively developed.

The pupils’ attitude, behaviour and demeanour around school, within lessons, at playtimes’ and out in the community demonstrates the respect, tolerance and high aspirations that our pupils have of themselves and each other.

Our pupils are resilient in their learning, have high aspirations for themselves and others and build self-confidence to ensure they can achieve good outcomes in all curriculum areas. Pupils use appropriate vocabulary accurately and independently to demonstrate their understanding.

Pupils demonstrate an understanding of British Values through their actions. They are respectful of others, including those who make different life choices to them. Pupils will develop a sense of responsibility as a global citizen.

Pupil attendance at Beaumont is above national average and persistent absence is below national average.

Increased pupil health and well-being will decrease/remove barriers to learning and improve the life chances of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils.

Pupils leave us ready for their next step into Secondary school and are armed with skills, knowledge and understanding that they can take forward into adulthood.

Our pupils leave us prepared for life in an ever-changing modern Britain. They have the tools they need to become well rounded, confident and tolerant adults who succeed, keep themselves safe and thrive.

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