At Coleridge Primary School, we believe that PSHE helps to give pupils the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy, independent lives, in order to become informed, active and responsible citizens. The work we do in PSHE links directly to the Christopher Winter Project for RSE and Drugs/Alcohol Education. PSHE also flows through all other curriculum areas. We have recently started using Kapow and PSHE Association to further support our PSHE lessons; we are yet to roll this out fully, but it will be in use from September 2022.

Under the new guidance issued by the DfE in September 2020, Relationships Education at primary school became compulsory. We believe that, to be effective, RSE should always be taught within a broader PSHE education programme. RSE enhances and is enhanced by learning related to topics including anti-bullying; keeping safe on and off line; keeping physically and mentally healthy, learning about drugs, alcohol and tobacco; and the development of skills and attributes such as communication skills, managing peer pressure, risk management, resilience and decision making.

The aims of PSHE and RSE at Coleridge are to:

• promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of all pupils
• prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life
• encourage pupils to value themselves and others
• allow pupils to acknowledge and appreciate difference and diversity
• teach pupils how to make informed choices
• prepare pupils to be positive and active members of a democratic society
• teach pupils to understand what constitutes a safe and healthy lifestyle
• provide a framework in which sensitive discussions can take place
• promote safety in forming and maintaining relationships
• provide pupils with a toolkit for understanding and managing their emotions
• provide pupils with the opportunities to consider issues which may affect their own lives
• help pupils to identify the characteristics of healthy relationships, how relationships may affect mental and physical health; and how to stay safe online
• prepare pupils for puberty, and give them an understanding of sexual development and the importance of health and hygiene
• help pupils develop feelings of self-respect, confidence and empathy
• create a positive culture around issues of sexuality and relationships
• teach pupils the correct vocabulary to describe themselves and their bodies
• educate children about economic well-being

Click here to read our PSHE Year Plan.

To read our PSHE and RSE Policy, please visit our Policies page.

RSE

If you wish to see the objectives and intended learning outcomes for these sessions, then please click on the Year Group objectives relevant to your child:

• RSE Year 1
• RSE Year 2
• RSE Year 3
• RSE Year 4
• RSE Year 5
• RSE Year 6

Drug & Alcohol Education

If you wish to see the objectives and intended learning outcomes for these sessions, then please click on the Year Group objectives relevant to your child:

• DAE Year 1
• DAE Year 2
• DAE Year 3
• DAE Year 4
• DAE Year 5
• DAE Year 6

To read our Drug & Alcohol Education Policy, please visit our Policies page.