PSHE

Intent
As a school, we recognise that the world in which our children are growing up in can be confusing and uncertain. PSHE education helps prepare children for all of life's opportunities, challenges, life decisions and responsibilities – from understanding how our bodies change, to developing healthy relationships, to making informed decisions about online content. PSHE teaching helps children to navigate this world with confidence and compassion, finding the joy in all that they do. Whilst children receive weekly PSHE lessons in class, we recognise that this, on its own, is not enough. We are committed to ensuring that all children leaving Ladysmith have had the opportunity to engage in a meaningful leadership opportunity in which to develop their confidence in safe but relevant, real-world situations.  

What do PSHE lessons look like at Ladysmith?
We use the Jigsaw scheme of work to deliver PSHE lessons in all classes. Jigsaw is an award-winning, rigorous and progressive approach to the teaching of PSHE, which covers all of the statutory requirements for promoting the physical, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils. Jigsaw is arranged into six thematic areas, know as puzzle pieces, that are studied at a different level each year. The six puzzle pieces are:

• Being me in my world
• Celebrating difference
• Dreams and goals
• Healthy me
• Relationships
• Changing me

This thematic approach across the school enables us to deepen and enrich children’s learning in this area by providing related additional learning opportunities, such as whole school assemblies.

PSHE lessons provide a fantastic opportunity for children to develop both their own self-awareness and their understanding of others. As such, we prioritise discussion during these lessons. A class book of reflections is developed throughout the year to enable children to refer back to previous learning in order to better understand how their own thinking has progressed and to better understand the wide range of thoughts and opinions that are represented within our school community.

Relationship and Sex Education (RSE)
RSE at Ladysmith is taught through both the science curriculum  and through distinct PSHE sessions within Jigsaw. The sex education aspect is a non-statutory element of the curriculum, which parents have the right to withdraw their child from.

Intent
As a school, we recognise that the world in which our children are growing up in can be confusing and uncertain. PSHE education helps prepare children for all of life's opportunities, challenges, life decisions and responsibilities – from understanding how our bodies change, to developing healthy relationships, to making informed decisions about online content. PSHE teaching helps children to navigate this world with confidence and compassion, finding the joy in all that they do. Whilst children receive weekly PSHE lessons in class, we recognise that this, on its own, is not enough. We are committed to ensuring that all children leaving Ladysmith have had the opportunity to engage in a meaningful leadership opportunity in which to develop their confidence in safe but relevant, real-world situations.  

What do PSHE lessons look like at Ladysmith?
We use the Jigsaw scheme of work to deliver PSHE lessons in all classes. Jigsaw is an award-winning, rigorous and progressive approach to the teaching of PSHE, which covers all of the statutory requirements for promoting the physical, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils. Jigsaw is arranged into six thematic areas, know as puzzle pieces, that are studied at a different level each year. The six puzzle pieces are:

• Being me in my world
• Celebrating difference
• Dreams and goals
• Healthy me
• Relationships
• Changing me

This thematic approach across the school enables us to deepen and enrich children’s learning in this area by providing related additional learning opportunities, such as whole school assemblies.

PSHE lessons provide a fantastic opportunity for children to develop both their own self-awareness and their understanding of others. As such, we prioritise discussion during these lessons. A class book of reflections is developed throughout the year to enable children to refer back to previous learning in order to better understand how their own thinking has progressed and to better understand the wide range of thoughts and opinions that are represented within our school community.

Relationship and Sex Education (RSE)
RSE at Ladysmith is taught through both the science curriculum  and through distinct PSHE sessions within Jigsaw. The sex education aspect is a non-statutory element of the curriculum, which parents have the right to withdraw their child from.