PSHE / Online Safety / Global Citizenship Curriculum
INTENT – Our Vision for PSHE & including Online Safety & Global Citizenship:
The intent of our PSHCE curriculum is to provide a caring, inclusive, and values-based education that supports pupils’ personal, social, health, and economic well-being. It is designed to equip every pupil with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to thrive as healthy, independent, and responsible members of society, reflecting our core values of Compassion, Justice, Forgiveness, Selflessness, and Generosity.
We aim to:
Promote pupils’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being in line with our Christian ethos.
Foster a strong sense of self-worth and mutual respect, encouraging pupils to value themselves and others as unique children of God.
Develop pupils’ understanding of their rights and responsibilities within school, the local community, and the wider world.
- Provide a coherent and progressive PSHCE curriculum that integrates citizenship, relationships and health education, online safety, and global awareness.
- Encourage pupils to actively participate in democratic processes, such as the school council, and community initiatives that build social responsibility and cohesion.
- Support pupils in making informed, safe, and healthy choices, including through age-appropriate sex and relationships education.
- Ensure that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, have equitable access to the curriculum and are supported to succeed.
- Inspire a lifelong love of learning, resilience, optimism, and a “can-do” attitude through engaging, relevant, and reflective teaching approaches.
Our PSHCE curriculum is not only about imparting knowledge but also about shaping character, promoting positive mental health, and preparing pupils to live “life to the full” (John 10:10) as compassionate, just, and generous members of a diverse and interconnected society
IMPLEMENTATION – PSHE Planning & Sequencing of Knowledge & Skills:
To find out how PSHE (including Online Safety and Global Citizenship) is planned & sequenced in order that our children can progress through the building blocks for learning, please click below:
Global Citizenship Progression of Skills
Curriculum Delivery
Integrated and Progressive Curriculum: PSHCE is taught through dedicated curriculum time as well as through cross-curricular links with subjects such as Religious Education, Science, History, Geography, and assemblies. This ensures that learning is meaningful, contextualised, and reinforced across different areas of the curriculum. All children also receive a separate online safety lesson each half term.
Use of High-Quality Resources: We follow the ‘Kapow’ PSHE scheme as our core planning framework, adapting lessons to meet the specific needs of each class. Supplementary resources include DECSY, BBC and Channel 4 SRE materials, Circle Time programmes, and ‘Project EVOLVE’ for online safety based on the UK Council for Internet Safety’s framework.
Active Learning Approaches: Teaching methods prioritise active learning through discussion, role-play, problem-solving, and practical activities such as charity fundraising, school events, and community projects. Pupils are encouraged to participate in democratic processes via the school council and take on responsibilities within the school community (e.g., snack shop monitors, paired reading partners).
Special Educational Needs and Inclusion: PSHCE is fully inclusive and adapted to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND and those who are gifted or talented. Teachers use individual One Page Profiles and personalised targets to tailor learning opportunities, ensuring accessibility and support for every child.
Wider Opportunities and Enrichment
Whole-School Events and Community Links: PSHCE learning is enriched through whole-school activities such as residential visits in Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, which focus on developing self-esteem, leadership, and cooperation skills. Strong partnerships with the local church and community organisations including Totley library and the groups that take place here and at the church, provide opportunities for pupils to engage in meaningful community service and cultural experiences.
Promoting Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural Development (SMSC):
The curriculum and enriching opportunities provided outside the PSHCE curriculum supports pupils’ spiritual reflection, moral reasoning, social cooperation, and cultural appreciation, fostering respect for diversity and shared values consistent with our vision.
IMPACT of our PSHE Curriculum:
We aim for our teaching of PSHE to have a great impact on the lives of our children not only through the development of the whole child personally, socially and emotionally, but also in laying the foundations for social mobility through the promotion of British Values as well as getting them ready for the next stages of their education.
Readiness for Next Stage of Education: How does this subject prepare our children for the next stage of their educational journey at secondary school & beyond?
We endeavour to ensure that the sequence of content enables our children to progress whilst they are with us but also to provide the building blocks necessary to build on at secondary school & their learning journey beyond. Underlying all of this is our emphasis on Leaning Culture which provides the underlying principles of attitude, resilience and character.
Promotion of Social Mobility: How does this subject promote social mobility?
Our aim is that no child is disadvantaged by their background situation & that, as a school, we provide everything that a child needs so that there is no cumulative dysfluency or cultural gaps in learning. As a result, we ensure that children have a broad range of curriculum experiences, free access to a wide variety of books and resources, multiple opportunities to speak as well as listen, plus our curriculum is designed in order to boost general as well as subject specific vocabulary.
Commitment to Well-being and Safeguarding
Supporting Mental and Physical Health: The curriculum actively promotes positive mental health, resilience, and well-being, incorporating age-appropriate RSHE content and online safety education.
Access to Support: Pupils are made aware of available support services, including school mental health first aiders and external agencies, fostering a safe and supportive environment.
