Curriculum - PSHE
Hernhill Church of England Primary School has universal ambitions for every child, whatever their background or circumstances. Teachers are knowledgeable of and incorporate the Mainstream Core Standards to ensure all children learn and thrive at Hernhill.
PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) programme of study uses the Heartsmart curriculum resource. PSHE is taught each week, with each year group approaching these important themes at an age appropriate level in order to increase the opportunities for children to share and discuss each issue as they mature. This curriculum area also allows us to be immediately responsive to events happening in the wider world.
Our RSE curriculum uses the Christopher Winter resources and is detailed in our Relationships, Health and Sex Education Policy.
CURRICULUM APPROACH
Across the school, we deliver many of the curriculum areas using a thematic approach. We deliver the National Curriculum content with science, history or geography being the key drivers for a topic with the subjects of art, design technology, music, computing and PSHE added to enrich the topic. RE, PE, MFL and maths are taught as separate subjects.
We operate a two-year rolling programme of topics with some topics in Year A and some in Year B. This enables year groups and teachers to work together on a similar theme. Our school’s Christian values are interwoven into each topic. Every term, each class also have a "Big Question" to ponder on.
Teachers follow a clear planning structure for our theme-led curriculum. Curriculum guides are produced to ensure the correct National Curriculum coverage and to outline the key learning questions/enquiries for each term or half term.
POLICIES
Relationships, Health and Sex Education Policy