PSHE in Early Years
Within the Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception), the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework is followed.
The ‘PSHE’ aspect of the curriculum is followed mainly through the area ‘Personal, Social and Emotional Development’ but also ‘Communication and Language’ and ‘Understanding the World’.
| Link to the EYFS Areas of Learning | Children will be learning to: | Early Learning Goal: |
| Communication & Language | Use talk to help work out problems and express thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why they might happen.
Develop social phrases. | Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teachers and peers.
Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher. |
| Physical Development | Further develop the skills they need to manage the school day successfully: – Lining up and queuing – Mealtimes | Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. |
| Understanding the World | Talk about members of their immediate family and community.
Name and describe people who are familiar to them. Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways. | Talk about the lives of people around them and their roles in society. |
| Personal, Social & Emotional Development | See themselves as a valuable individual.
Build constructive and respectful relationships. Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others. Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge. Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally. Think about the perspectives of others. Manage their own needs. Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: | Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly.
Set and work towards simple goals, being able to wait for what they want and control their immediate impulses when appropriate. Give focused attention to what the teacher says, responding appropriately even when engaged in activity, and show an ability to follow instructions involving several ideas or actions. Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge. Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly. Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including dressing, going to the toilet and understanding the importance of healthy food choices. Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others. Form positive attachments to adults and friendships with peers. Show sensitivity to their own and others’ needs. |
KS1 and 2
Our PSHE Curriculum is taught under an umbrella of our Darwin Growth Curriculum (DGC). We believe our DGC should enable children to grow, develop and reach their full potential as an individual. The DGC should enable children to become healthier, more independent and more responsible members of society. We encourage our pupils to play a positive role in contributing to the life of the school and the wider community. In doing so we help develop their sense of self-belief to develop the qualities and attributes they need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society. We teach children about British Values including how society is organised and governed. We teach children about both their rights and their responsibilities. They learn to appreciate what it means to be a positive member of a diverse and multicultural society.
The objectives of The Darwin Growth Curriculum are to enable the children to:
- Know and understand a healthy lifestyle.
- Understand how to manage their feelings and emotions.
- How to get support and advice.
- Gain an understanding of basic First Aid through the British Heart Start Curriculum.
- Be aware of safety issues.
- Understand what makes for good relationships with others.
- Have respect for others.
- Be independent and responsible members of a community, such as school.
- Be positive and active members of a democratic society.
- Develop self-confidence and self-esteem, and make informed choices regarding personal and social issues, to enable them to
- manage their lives now and in the future.
- Develop good relationships with other members of the community.
- Skill of volunteering
- Understand the value and importance of money.
- How to protect themselves and understand the influences of the media.
Follow the link to find out more about our Darwin Growth Curriculum and our Darwin Values and Darwin Values Awards.
Darwin Growth Curriculum
Examples of our EYFS Curriculum
Examples of our KS1 PSHE Curriculum
Examples of our LKS2 PSHE Curriculum
Examples of our UKS2 PSHE Curriculum
Enrichment in PSHE – EYFS/KS1
Enrichment in PSHE – KS2
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024
We wore green ribbons for Mental Health awareness week during our buddy afternoon.Together we got involved in movement and had a great afternoon together. For the month of May each class also had this movement calendar.
Comic Relief 2024
The theme of Comic Relief Red Nose Day this year is helping those who are struggling with a lack of food or homelessness as a results of the cost of living crisis.
Everyone wore a red item today and we talk about ‘wants and needs’. Children worked with their buddies to identify things that they need rather than things they may want.
School Council ran a design a nose competition and were blown away by the amount of fantastic entries! Well done everyone.
MAT Parliament
Children have been busy organising a sponsored event for all the schools in the MAT to raise money for a local charity – Empathy for special children.
MAT Eco Council
Children have met and discussed fundraising ideas and they have created this wonderful poem, well done to everyone involved.
Severn Trent Visit
All children learned all about how our waste becomes sweerage and is then cleaned and returned into the water system. We learned we should only ever flush the 3 ‘Ps’ too! Paper, pee and poo!
Children in Need 2023
This week children have been ‘spotting’ eachother for being kind and caring. Our buddy afternoon has been spending carrying our a photo trail, the ‘bearpee’ challenge and ltos of other children in need activities. Thank you School Council and Mrs Cotterill for organising it.
Anti-Bullying Week 2023
Children have worn odd socks to raise awareness for anti bullying week this week. Playground leaders and Peer Mentors have been very busy spotting children who are being kind towards others.
Poppy Appeal 2023
A huge thank you to other School Council and their peers for arranging the Poppy Appeal sale this week, a fantastic amount of money has been raised.
Harvest 2023
A huge thank you for all of the fantastic donations to this years Harvest festival. Thank you to School Council for organising it.
World Mental Health Day 2023
As a school we have all wore a yellow heart today to raise awareness of our mental health. We have encouraged the children to talk about feelings and worries and encouraged adults at home to continue this too.