Our Vision

At St Margaret’s CE Primary School, we believe every child is Created to Shine. In PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) and RSE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education), we nurture each child’s talents and curiosity so they grow in confidence and understanding. Our curriculum is rooted in our values of Love and Aspire-  love for learning and for one another, and the aspiration to reach their full potential. 

Our vision at St Margaret’s is for all pupils to aspire to be the best they can by acquiring and developing the skills of determination, responsibility, resourcefulness and resilience. It is our role to prepare children and young people for life's opportunities and challenges by developing their knowledge, skills, and attributes. This includes fostering skills for making informed decisions, building healthy relationships and managing their emotional and physical well-being. 

Our Aims

Our PSHE & RSE curriculum aims to help pupils build knowledge, develop key skills, and find joy in learning. We encourage curiosity, creativity, and confidence so that every child can love learning and aspire to achieve their best. 

At St Margaret’s, children’s wellbeing, happiness and safety are our first priority, and PSHE & RSE is one of the key ways in which we share this with children. We regard PSHE & RSE as an important, integral component of the whole curriculum; it is central to our approach and at the core of our ethos.  Our broad and balanced PSHE & RSE curriculum, ensures that it:  

⮚ Promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our children and of society. 

⮚ Prepares our children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences they already face and for adult life. That all actions have consequences and how they can make informed choices to help themselves, others and the environment

 ⮚ Provides information about keeping healthy and safe, emotionally and physically;  

⮚ Build their self-esteem so that they are confident, aim high but also have self-compassion and are comfortable with who they are. 

⮚ Develop communication and empathy skills, showing them how to treat others with kindness and compassion, to foster respect for others' differences and beliefs and to use oral skills to discuss, negotiate and reach compromises in tricky situations.

How We Teach

Our curriculum is carefully sequenced from Early Years to Year 6 to ensure learning builds step by step. Lessons are practical, engaging and inclusive, allowing all pupils to access the subject and succeed. We focus on developing key vocabulary, understanding and meaningful application of knowledge.

We value the importance of discussion and deliver our PSHE & RSE lessons through a mixture of circle time, team games,debates, short video clips, practical activities, theory lessons, visiting speakers and theme days/weeks. We mainly use the award winning  Kapow scheme which is planned by specialist teachers ensuring that the lessons progress, content is at an age appropriate, the correct vocabulary is used and all information is up to date. Our skilled teachers adjust and tailor this to meet their classes needs.

PSHE & RSE topics and themes are also taught through our daily Collective Worship and as well as having a strong cross curriculum in computing, Faith and Wonder, LIteracy, Geography,  Maths and Science lessons. Pupils also have access to pastoral care and guidance.  

The Difference It Makes

We know our curriculum is successful when pupils can talk confidently about their learning, show pride in their work, and demonstrate progress over time. Pupils enjoy PSHE & RSE and understand its importance in everyday life.

We are proud of the positive and kind ethos of our school which our pupils demonstrate. This is due to our clear PSHE & RSE curriculum,  quality teaching, strong school values, high standards and reward systems. Evidence of the children’s learning is shown through pupil voice, photographs, written work, video clips and drawings. Pupils enjoy our PSHE & RSE lessons saying:

“We like being able to talk about things all together which is important to us” (Year 2)

“We have learnt how to stay safe” (Year 4)

“I love PSHE because it is more fun than the other lessons and you get to learn stuff which is useful with friendships and in life” (Year 4)

“It’s a good to time agree and disagree with each other in our debates” (Year 6)

Enrichment Opportunities

We enrich learning through experiences that bring PSHE & RSE to life- such as trips, workshops, clubs and visitors. These opportunities help children love learning and aspire to new challenges.

PSHE & RSE is an extremely broad subject with a wide range of objectives which are covered and enhanced by opportunities such as residential team building trips, school and class talent shows, competitions, school performances and community events such as May Day celebrations and the year six tea dance. We have many visitors ranging from the fire service, road safety officer, RNLI, medical staff and police.