Our PSHE Curriculum
Intent
At Kaizen Primary School, we enable our children to become independent, responsible and healthy members of society. Our aim is to equip children to understand how they are developing personally and socially whilst developing resilience to tackle any moral, social or cultural issue they may experience. We provide opportunities to explore, understand and respectfully challenge their own and others’ values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities ensuring that children appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse community.
By providing pupils with a happy, purposeful and supportive environment, children are enabled to become successful learners, develop their full potential and achieve the highest educational standards that they can. Our school reflects a passionate commitment to learning and recognition of the uniqueness of individual learners. It is driven by our shared desire to offer the best possible education for our pupils in partnership with parents and the local community.
Implementation
Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE) is central to Kaizen’s ethos, supporting children in their development, and underpinning learning in the classroom, school, and in the wider community. We believe a collaborative culture is vital in enabling children to develop personally and emotionally, and as young citizens.
Our curriculum offers a comprehensive program which support pupils’ spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life, as set out in Section 78 of the Education Act 2002. Teaching and learning comprises of
- Health and Wellbeing
- Relationships
- Living in the Wider World
To enhance PSHE at Kaizen further, through the Happy Centred School Project (HCS), we provide children with an additional programme which combines psychology with humour. Five core themes are the basis of teaching and learning which focuses on the growth of resilience, self-confidence, coping skills and abilities to form positive and healthy relationships whilst reflecting on their progress and successes along the way.
Impact
PSHE at Kaizen equips children with the knowledge, understanding, skills and strategies required to live healthy, safe, creative, accomplished, responsible and balanced lives. A critical component of the curriculum provides opportunities for children to reflect on and clarify their own values and attitudes in a respectful manner. It also enables them to explore the variety of values and attitudes they encounter now as children and into their later lives.
As part of a whole-school approach, PSHE education develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society. Also, it reduces and removes many of the barriers to learning experienced by pupils, significantly improving their capacity to learn and achieve and succeed. It also makes a significant contribution to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development, their behaviour and safety, and to their emotional wellbeing.