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Intent
At Knutton St Mary’s, we use the Kapow Primary RSE & PSHE scheme to provide a carefully sequenced and progressive curriculum from EYFS to Year 6. The scheme supports full coverage of statutory Relationships and Health Education while providing a clear progression of knowledge, skills and understanding as pupils move through school.
We dedicate one hour each week to the discrete teaching of PSHE and RSE. This ensures that the subject is given sufficient time and importance within our curriculum and enables us to effectively cover the DfE’s statutory Relationships Education, RSE and Health Education requirements. It also provides flexibility to respond appropriately to our school context, pupil voice and emerging PSHE issues.
Learning is organised into half-termly units, with one unit taught each half term. Each unit usually comprises six carefully sequenced lessons which build pupils’ knowledge and understanding over time. Units focus primarily on a key area of learning, while making purposeful links across different aspects of PSHE and RSE to support coherence, progression and secure understanding.
From Year 1 to Year 6, each unit is structured around a central enquiry question which pupils should be increasingly able to answer as their learning develops. Individual lessons are also framed around questions, giving pupils a clear purpose for their learning and opportunities to reflect on what they have learned and how their understanding has developed.
Teaching provides pupils with regular opportunities to discuss, question, reflect, explore different viewpoints and apply their learning. Lessons are adapted appropriately so that all pupils, including those with SEND, can access and participate meaningfully in PSHE and RSE learning.
Alongside discrete lessons, PSHE is embedded throughout our wider curriculum and everyday school life. Teachers reinforce and revisit learning through collective worship, our Christian values, British Values and personal development opportunities. Learning is also applied naturally to real-life situations as they arise in the classroom, on the playground and within the wider school community, helping pupils connect taught knowledge with their own experiences.
Our curriculum promotes the fundamental British Values of democracy, mutual respect and tolerance, the rule of law and individual liberty, supporting pupils to understand their rights and responsibilities and preparing them to become healthy, responsible and positive citizens in modern Britain.
We recognise that effective PSHE and RSE teaching requires confident and well-informed staff. High-quality professional development and a shared whole-school approach support staff to teach sensitive content appropriately, use consistent language and respond confidently to pupils’ questions.
Through this combination of carefully sequenced lessons, responsive teaching, wider curriculum links and reinforcement through school life, pupils are supported to develop the knowledge, skills, values and confidence they need to keep themselves healthy and safe, build positive relationships and prepare for life and work in modern Britain.
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Implementation
At Knutton St Mary’s, we use the Kapow Primary RSE & PSHE scheme to provide a carefully sequenced and progressive curriculum from EYFS to Year 6, ensuring coverage of statutory Relationships and Health Education.
PSHE and RSE are taught discretely for one hour each week, with learning organised into half-termly units. Lessons build knowledge, skills and understanding progressively and use key questions to encourage pupils to discuss, reflect, explore different viewpoints and apply their learning. Teaching is adapted to ensure that all pupils, including those with SEND, can participate meaningfully.
PSHE is also embedded throughout school life. Learning is reinforced through our wider curriculum, collective worship, Christian values, British Values and personal development opportunities, as well as through real-life situations that arise within the school community.
Our curriculum is responsive to pupil voice, our school context and emerging needs, helping pupils make meaningful connections between taught content and their own experiences. Ongoing staff development supports a consistent and confident approach to teaching sensitive and important aspects of PSHE and RSE.
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Aspirations
Through PSHE and RSE, pupils are encouraged to think positively and ambitiously about their future. They learn to recognise their strengths, interests and personal qualities and understand how skills such as communication, teamwork, resilience, problem-solving and decision-making support future learning, employment and adult life.
Pupils explore a wide range of careers and pathways, challenge stereotypes and make links between their learning and the wider world. Our aim is for every child to develop the confidence, skills and aspirations to flourish in modern Britain.
Through our high aspirations, pupils leave us ready to explore the wider world and their place in the community and the world of work.
Examples of careers pupils might encounter include:
- Teacher or childcare professional
- Nurse, doctor or paramedic
- Counsellor or mental health professional
- Police officer or firefighter
- Social worker or family support worker
- Business owner or entrepreneur
- Financial adviser or accountant
- Sports coach
- Charity or community worker
- Digital or technology professional
Our aim is for every child to develop the confidence, skills and aspirations to flourish in modern Britain.
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Impact
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As a result of our PSHE and RSE curriculum:
- Children demonstrate and apply the fundamental British Values of democracy, mutual respect and tolerance, the rule of law and individual liberty.
- Children develop positive attitudes towards themselves, others and school, contributing to good behaviour, positive relationships and strong engagement with learning.
- Children develop the knowledge, skills and vocabulary needed to understand and support their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
- Children understand what healthy, respectful and supportive relationships look like and know how to seek help when something does not feel right.
- Children know how to keep themselves and others safe, including in the online world, and can identify trusted adults and sources of support.
- Children develop confidence in making safe, informed and responsible choices about their health, relationships, money and everyday life.
- Children can discuss, reflect upon and apply their learning to situations they may encounter in school, at home and in the wider community.
- Children develop respect for difference and understand the importance of treating others with kindness, dignity and respect.
- Children become increasingly independent, resilient and responsible members of society, understanding their rights and responsibilities.
- Children achieve well within PSHE and across the wider curriculum, building progressively on their knowledge and understanding.
- Children are prepared for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life, supporting their journey towards life and work in modern Britain.
- Children develop spiritually, morally, socially and culturally, demonstrating our school values and contributing positively to their school and wider community.
- Ultimately, children are equipped with the knowledge, skills, values and confidence to stay safe, make informed choices, build positive relationships and flourish.