Updated PSHE Learning Journey – Coming soon!
Our updated learning journey documents will soon include subject-specific long term plans, medium term plans, progression maps and knowledge maps.
To embrace the challenges of creating a happy and successful adult life, children need knowledge that will enable them to make informed decisions about their wellbeing, health and relationships and to build their self-efficacy. Children can also put this knowledge into practice as they develop the capacity to make sound decisions when facing risks, challenges and complex contexts. Everyone faces difficult situations in their lives. These subjects can support young people to develop resilience, to know how and when to ask for help, and to know where to access support.
High quality, evidence-based and age-appropriate teaching of these subjects can help prepare children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life. They can also enable schools to promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of children, at school and in society.
Why is RSE important?
For safeguarding purposes:
- Grooming
- Child sexual exploitation
- Abuse
- Sexting
- Online pornography
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Children should know that positive, caring and safe relationships are key. Children should know that all families are different, and they should understand that some children may be part of a same-sex family, single-parent family and/or part of an adoptive family.
Puberty is starting earlier, for some children from the age of 8. Children should know the correct terminology and vocabulary for their body parts. Children should know about their bodies and should be able to talk in confidence about what they are feeling/experiencing. This is especially crucial for safeguarding purposes.
The Science National Curriculum does teach aspects of sex education – growing and changing, life cycles, reproduction. As this is part of the National Curriculum, this is compulsory. Parents/Carers cannot withdraw their children from these Science lessons.