Curriculum

Personal Development

Intent
Why do we teach this? Why do we teach it in the way we do?

At Sheep Dip Lane Academy, PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education) is central to all aspects of pupil learning, both in the classroom and beyond. It is taught both as timetabled weekly lessons and across the school day in every aspect of school life.

We teach PSHE following the Jigsaw whole school approach which establishes consistency. Jigsaw is a comprehensive PSHE programme underpinned by mindfulness, philosophy and practice. Jigsaw nurtures our pupils to become confident and successful, increasing their capacity to learn and preparing them for the challenges of the modern world. Our PSHE lessons also provide pupils with opportunities to develop their emotional intelligence and life skills. Our teachers are able to confidently adapt Jigsaw lessons based on their own class needs and supplement learning if issues or new concepts arise.

Teaching pupils about our Protected Characteristics is underpinned through our whole curriculum design which uses lenses to focus on specific concepts to ensure pupils leave primary school as strong, respectful and tolerant citizens in the wider world. Some concepts are also taught explicitly within our PSHE lessons or working alongside outside agencies.

We also teach pupils through our Academy Core Values (learning behaviours) and ensure that these skills are taught explicitly within lessons.

Implementation
What do we teach? What does this look like?

Through the PSHE curriculum, we aim to:

develop pupils’ understanding of the world and of personal, social, health, emotional and citizenship concepts and relevant vocabulary
provide pupils with a relevant, age appropriate and broad curriculum
understand issues relating to their own health, personal care, sexual development and relationships
enable pupils to make choices
provide pupils with strategies to maintain personal wellbeing, promote resilience and equip pupils with skills to keep themselves and others safe
promote an atmosphere celebrating equality and diversity
enable learners to form appropriate relationships and give them a sense of dignity and respect for each other
develop personal responsibility, self-confidence and assertiveness
empower learners so they have more control over their own life
enhance their self esteem

Our half term units of work include:

· Being Me in My World

Includes lessons on Self-Identity, Group Identity, Responsibilities, Consequences, Teamwork and introduces the Jigsaw Charter.

· Celebrating Difference

Includes lessons on Similarity & Difference, Bullying, Stereotyping, Racism, Discrimination and Celebrating Differences and Individuality.

· Dreams and Goals

Includes lessons on Aspirations, Goals, Challenges, Teamwork, Resilience, Jobs and Careers and Simple Budgeting.

· Healthy Me

Includes lessons on Drugs and Alcohol Education, Self-Esteem and Confidence as well as Healthy Lifestyle choices.

· Relationships

Includes lessons on Friendship, Family and other Relationships, Conflict Resolution, Communication, Loss and Bereavement.

· Changing Me

Includes lessons on Coping Positively with Change, Puberty, Environmental and Life Cycles (includes Human Reproduction).

At Sheep Dip Lane Academy, we are proud to support all children to develop motivation towards learning, resilience, teamwork, creativity, the ability to investigate and their ability to evaluate their own learning. British Values are at the heart of our curriculum and we support pupils in becoming well-rounded citizens throughout their time at our academy. Personal Development is not an added extra - it is woven through all we do. Through every interaction; every lesson; every event; every assembly. Our primary aim is to prepare children for the wider world so that they can have a strong sense of purpose and belonging enabling them to have the confidence to make their voices heard.

At Sheep Dip Lane Academy, we are committed to providing a purposeful and empowering curriculum that fully prepares learners for the next steps in their school career and the wider world. We want our children to believe, achieve and thrive together and believe that it is essential that they understand the world in which they live. Broadening our children’s horizons and giving them the belief that they are capable of achieving great things drives our curriculum. Our Personal Development Curriculum offer gives the children the knowledge and understanding they need to make informed choices and to be a positive influence in the communities that they belong to.

Today’s children are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also includes challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people need to know how to be safe and healthy, as well as how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way. At Sheep Dip Lane we have developed a curriculum designed to help pupils understand how to stay safe and revisit this throughout each year.

At Sheep Dip Lane we are a ‘Thrive School of Excellence’.

Thrive has been working in partnership with educators and organisations to help children and young people fulfil their potential since 1994.

Click here to learn more about our Thrive journey.

Personal Development is woven into all aspects of school life at Sheep Dip and we pride ourselves on providing an environment for all pupils to thrive and mature into well-informed young adults. Our PSHE curriculum, through the core programmes, ensures children learn the language, vocabulary and techniques that enable them to build their confidence and ‘emotional repertoire’. We underpin this aim with 6 core themes: Being me in my world, Celebrating differences, Dreams and goals, Healthy me, Relationships and changing me.

We aim to embrace the many talents and interests of our pupils and offer a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, which are selected based on pupil voice and regular pupil parliament meetings.

We want our learners to feel empowered with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage life’s challenges and make the most of life’s opportunities. We aim to give our learners the knowledge and tools they need to understand how to take care of themselves, physically and mentally, and how they can stay safe and thrive in an ever changing world.

Sheep Dip Super 70

At Sheep Dip Primary Academy, we believe our job is to nurture our pupils to become thoughtful citizens. It is about providing our children with a plethora of rich experiences through trips and workshops, themed activities and visitors. It is about affecting the way our pupils see the world and develop life experiences. Motivated by our desire to provide children with richness of experiences beyond the classroom we have created a list of 70 things to do before leaving Sheep Dip Lane Academy. The aim of this is to ensure that our pupils have the childhood experiences that all young people deserve. Each experience has been woven into the curriculum to ensure that every single pupil completes all 60 things by the time they leave us at the end of their primary education. Some of them, many many times over. Each of these skills support our protected characteristics:

See our 'Super 70'

PHSE Curriculum

At Sheep Dip Lane, we have used the Jigsaw PHSE scheme to develop our own curriculum intent, addressing the individual and contextual needs of our pupils. We explore e-safety, knife crime, anti-bullying, anti-racism and keeping safe beyond school (dark nights, railway safety etc).

Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) at Sheep Dip Lane Academy

Click here to look at our RE page to see what our children are taught in school.