PSHEE, Relationships and Sex Education
Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) at Gatley Primary School
At Gatley Primary School, we are committed to providing our pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum that prepares them for the opportunities and challenges of life. Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) is an important part of this, helping children to develop the knowledge, skills, and values they need to keep themselves healthy, safe and happy.
What is RSHE?
RSHE stands for Relationships, Sex and Health Education. It builds on the work we do in Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) and id designed to:
- Help children develop positive, healthy and respectful relationships.
- Support pupils to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing.
- Teach age-appropriate knowledge about the human body, puberty, and reproduction,
- Encourage pupils to respect diversity and differences in modern Britain.
- Provide a safe space to ask questions and explore issues in a respectful way.
Aims of RSHE at Gatley Primary
- Our RSHE curriculum aims to ensure that all children.
- Understand what a healthy friendship and relationship looks like.
- Recognise the importance of self-respect, kindness, and empathy.
- Develop confidence to speak up if they every feel unsafe or worried.
- Leanrn how to keep their bodies healthy through diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices.
- Gain age-appropriate understanding of changes to their bodies and growing up.
- Are prepared for the transition to secondary school and the wider world.
How RSHE is taught?
- RSHE is taught in a safe, supportive, and age-appropriate way.
- Lessons are carefully planned to match children's developmental stages.
- Materials are delivered in line with government guidance and reflect our school values.
- Children are encourages to ask questions, and teachers respond sensitively.
Working in Partnership with Parents
We value the important role that parents play in supporting their children's learning. Before we deliver sensitive topics, we will:
- Share the curriculum content with parents in advance.
- Provide opportunities to view lesson materials.
- Invite feedback and questions, so we can work together to support children.
Statutory Requirements
- From September 2020, Relationship Education is compulsory in all primary schools in Englan. Health Education is also statutory. At Gatley Primary School, we go beyond the minimum requirements to provide a curriculum that reflects our pupils' needs and our community values.
The Golden Thread
The teaching of RSE/PSHEE appears on our curriculum progression grids as 'Golden Thread'. It is the thread that runs through all of our curriculum areas meaning it is embedded into teaching and learning across the curriculum. The 'Golden Thread' is related to the 6 concepts which have been formed from the new PSHEE and RSE curriculum and related polices. These concepts enable us to embed health and wellbeing with out curriculum instead of it being taught discretely. The 6 concepts are:
- ECL: Caring Friendships
- Life: Skills: Being Safe
- MU: Economic Wellbeing
- PDHWB: Health and Wellbeing & Respectful Relationships
- HGSU: Families & People who care for us
- Arts: What is means to be healthy (hobbies, health mind, creativity)
- STU: Online Safety (including online relationships and online wellbeing)
RHSE Policy Aims
Through the delivery of high quality, evidence-based and age-appropriate Relationships and Health Education, we aim to help prepare pupils for the onset of puberty, give them an understanding of sexual development and the importance of health and hygiene, create a positive culture in relation to sexuality and relationships and to ensure pupils know how and when to ask for help and where to access support. By the end of their learning journey at Gatley Primary, we hope that pupils will have developed resilience and feelings of self-respect, as well as confidence and empathy in preparation for the responsibilities of adult life.
Following consultation with our children, staff and governors, we are welcoming thoughts and contributions from our families. This will be facilitated in our parent workshop which will take place in the spring term.
The Government has produced a factual guide to RSE for parents in this link. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-sex-and-health-education-guides-for-schools
