Sankey Valley St James CE Primary School

Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education is a school curriculum subject in England which focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and attributes to keep children and young people healthy and safe and to prepare them for life and work. PSHE education is defined by the school’s inspectorate Ofsted as a planned programme to help children and young people develop fully as individuals and as members of families and social and economic communities. Its goal is to equip young people with the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and practical skills to live healthily, safely, productively and responsibly.

Across the school each year group has six pieces to their puzzle and these all have the same titles however each jigsaw year on year is broadened, build upon and addresses different aspects of life as they progress through each year group.

Autumn 1 – Being me in my world

Autumn 2 – Celebrating difference

Spring 1 – Dreams and goals

Spring 2 – Healthy me

Summer 1 – Relationships

Summer 2 – Changing me

We believe that PSHE is important because it can play a significant part in personal development, promoting citizenship alongside spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

We believe PSHE encourages the development of three core themes: Health and wellbeing, Relationships and Living the wider world.

Our vision in PSHE is to provide a PSHE curriculum that aims to enrich the lives of our children by providing them with the skills and opportunities to apply their learning within and beyond the PSHE curriculum.

Through teaching the PSHE scheme, which we access as a whole school, we believe that we can enhance children’s education and help them to become respectful, confident and caring individuals.

As a school, we have chosen the Jigsaw Scheme of Work from Reception to Year 6. The scheme of work supports our teachers in delivering fun and engaging lessons which help to raise standards and allow all pupils to achieve to their full potential. We are confident that the scheme of work more than adequately meets the national vision for PSHE. Furthermore, it gives excellent supporting material for all of our teachers. 

Jigsaw 3-11 offers a comprehensive Programme for Primary PSHE including statutory Relationships and Health Education, in a spiral, progressive and fully planned scheme of work, giving children relevant learning experiences to help them navigate their world and to develop positive relationships with themselves and others.

With strong emphasis on emotional literacy, building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health, Jigsaw 3-11 properly equips schools to deliver engaging and relevant PSHE within a whole-school approach. Jigsaw lessons also include mindfulness allowing children to advance their emotional awareness, concentration and focus.

Through fun and engaging lesson the children are learning the desired outcomes. Alongside this outside agencies, such as the POP project and NSPCC are booked to deliver assemblies alongside class teachers. We also received a silver rating in a national PSHE award called ‘Wise up!’.

When at home with your children you could also help them to learn.  You could discuss with them how important they are as people and celebrate how they are similar but also different they are to others. Have discussions surrounding their future and what they would like to do when they leave school and also how relationships with peers are important in life but that they always have the right to say no. Talk about the importance of healthy relationships in their lives with friends and food and what could make them unhealthy. Internet safety is another important aspect to converse with your child and how using the internet is fine but we must always make sure that this too is being used in a healthy way.