Skip to content ↓

PSHE

You are here: 

Intent

Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is an important and necessary part of all pupils’ education. PSHE includes helping them to deal with critical issues they face every day, such as friendships, emotional wellbeing and changes. At Langrish, PSHE is also closely linked with our work on the RRSA through the UNCRC.

Implementation

SCARF brought their 'inflatable classroom' to deliver workshops on mental health and wellbeing to YR,1,2 and 6.

At Langrish Primary School, we follow SCARF to deliver a comprehensive programme of lessons. SCARF provides a whole-school teaching framework centred on the ‘Growth Mindset’ approach – promoting positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience and achievement.  The SCARF values are brought to life through stories of Harold the giraffe and his friends, songs, films, and thought-provoking and fun activities.  As children get older, while they still cherish Harold, themes about wellbeing and relationships are explored in greater depth and resources are tailored to their age group. SCARF is also supplemented by additional lessons to strengthen understanding of key themes.

SCARF provides the framework for a whole-school approach to improving children’s wellbeing and progress, based on five values: 

  • Safety
  • Caring
  • Achievement
  • Resilience
  • Friendship

SCARF provides a strong foundation for children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) and development; it is at the heart of the SCARF curriculum.  SCARF provides a robust framework for promoting a positive ethos and values cross the school community, contributing significantly to British Values education, both explicitly and implicitly. Content of taught units will vary for each age group but are always under the following categories:

  • Me and My Relationships
  • Valuing Difference
  • Keeping Safe
  • Rights and Respect
  • Being My Best
  • Growing and Changing

At the foot of this page you will find the SCARF yearly overview with a summary of content for each year group and unit. There are also Knowledge Organisers for each unit and year group which will give a greater depth overview of taught content.

The principles of PSHE education are embedded throughout the curriculum. It is taught in weekly sessions and supplemented in whole-school assemblies, with extra activities at teachers’ discretion and used when appropriate. Content from SCARF is also supplemented with content from other providers, in order to meet the needs of the school community (for example, Waves of Wellbeing in EYFS, Clever Never Goes and resources from Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership).

At Langrish School, we believe that children's right to be involved in decisions that affect their lives (Article 12 UNCRC) needs to be evident in all aspects of the life of the school. Pupil participation in and through our active whole school parliament has resulted in child led initiatives, such as writing a pupil anti-bullying policy, redesigning a behaviour reflection sheet and influencing a healthy lunchtime menu. These and other initiatives will continue to shape our school.

By putting the UNCRC at the heart of what we do, we are making a commitment to promote and uphold these rights. As adults, we strive to promote participation, show openness, take personal and collective responsibility, be there for all children and believe in children's capabilities and talents. We see our role as one of an activator and advocate.

The use of inquiry and participatory methods in our teaching and learning leads to greater engagement in and enjoyment of learning, as well as increased performance.

Creating a safe learning environment

When setting up any lesson that deals with potentially sensitive subjects, it’s essential to begin by creating a safe, secure learning environment. This will help children feel confident to share their ideas, values and attitudes without fear of negative feedback from their peers.  A safe learning environment with clear boundaries also helps teachers to manage discussions on sensitive issues with greater confidence.

The Relationships Education (formerly SRE or RSE) resources within SCARF include specially produced films and guidance for dealing with the particularly sensitive nature of this subject. These cover creating a safe environment, handling sensitive questions and using a question box or ‘Ask it basket’. 

Before getting started

In order to establish a safe learning environment, we:

  • Link PSHE and emotional health and wellbeing education into the whole-school approach to supporting pupil welfare and safety.
  • Work with pupils to establish ground rules about how they will behave towards each other in discussion, rather than imposing rules on them. This helps rules to be more meaningful and relevant
  • Ensure that ground rules/class agreements reflect our school’s wider policies and practice in relation to managing sensitive issues.
  • Provide opportunities for children to ask questions anonymously, by using a Question Box or ‘Ask it Basket’, for example. This enables children to ask questions that concern them without having to do so in front of their peers.
  • Offer opportunities for pupils to discuss issues in small groups as well as sharing views with the class; this can help some children to feel more confident.
  • Provide balanced information including a variety of views to help pupils clarify their own opinions (whilst being clear that behaviours such as discrimination and bullying are never acceptable in any form).
  • Be aware of and sensitive to the needs and experiences of individual children that may have direct experience of some of the issues being discussed.
  • Provide information to children about how they can get help and support both in school and outside, as appropriate.
  • Always work within the school’s policies on safeguarding and confidentiality, in particular making it clear to children our school policies on disclosure of confidential information and following up concerns in a more appropriate setting outside lessons.
  • Depersonalise discussions by using distancing techniques – stories, role-play, scenarios of real situations but with fictional characters and storylines etc.  

Setting ground rules or a class working agreement

Although ground rules are most meaningful and effective when developed as a class, there are basic elements that are encouraged, including:

  • Listen to and respect each other
  • Use language that won’t offend or upset other people.
  • Use the correct terms, and if we don’t know them, we’ll ask for help.
  • Comment on what was said, not the person who said it.
  • Don’t share our own, or our friends’, personal experiences. 
  • Don’t put anyone on the spot or ask personal questions 
  • We have the right to pass.
  • Don’t judge or make assumptions about anyone.

What works best

Research by the PSHE Association about what teachers report to be the most effective ground rules that they work best when:

  • Written in children’s own words
  • Displayed in the classroom
  • Monitored by children themselves
  • Upheld consistently by the teacher as well as the children, without exception. 

At Langrish, all classes begin the year by creating a Class Charter. These are created in collaboration with the children and linked to their rights as described in the UNCRC, in order to ensure all children are included and feel emboldened to participate in class discussions and any other activity.

Equality Act (2010)

At Langrish, we celebrate diversity and inclusion by teaching children about the Equality Act. The law states that it is illegal to discriminate against anyone because of:

  • age
  • gender reassignment
  • being married or in a civil partnership
  • being pregnant or on maternity leave
  • disability
  • race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin
  • religion or belief
  • sex
  • sexual orientation

The Department of Education states that all children of secondary school age should be familiar with the act and the associated protected characteristics. To ensure that these characteristics are visible and regularly discussed, we celebrate them through half-termly class stories and discussions exploring both the protected characteristics, as well as themes around diversity, inclusion and the effects of isolation. To select our stories, we have consulted with parents to ensure an honest and open dialogue regarding protected characteristics and to inform them of the stories we will be sharing. The sessions begin in EYFS and KS1, where children read stories celebrating the differences between themselves and their friends, likes and dislikes and how all activities should be available to everyone, no matter their differences. As children continue into KS2, the stories become more closely aligned with the protected characteristics, including in Year 5 and 6 where stories around race and religion are discussed in alignment with other areas of their curriculum.

  1. Pupils Anti-bullying Policy 2023
    PDF File
  2. PHSE SCARF curriculum coverage
    PDF File
  3. Being My Best - Year 2
    PDF File
  4. Growing and Changing - Year 2
    PDF File
  5. Keeping Safe - Year 2
    PDF File
  6. Me and My Relationships - Year 2
    PDF File
  7. Rights and Respect - Year 2
    PDF File
  8. Valuing Difference - Year 2
    PDF File
  9. Being My Best - Year 3
    PDF File
  10. Growing and Changing - Year 3
    PDF File
  11. Keeping Safe - Year 3
    PDF File
  12. Me and My Relationships - Year 3
    PDF File
  13. Rights and Respect - Year 3
    PDF File
  14. Valuing Difference - Year 3
    PDF File
  15. Being My Best - Year 4
    PDF File
  16. Growing and Changing - Year 4
    PDF File
  17. Keeping Safe - Year 4
    PDF File
  18. Me and My Relationships - Year 4
    PDF File
  19. Rights and Respect - Year 4
    PDF File
  20. Valuing Difference - Year 4
    PDF File
  21. Being My Best - Year 5
    PDF File
  22. Growing and Changing - Year 5
    PDF File
  23. Keeping Safe - Year 5
    PDF File
  24. Me and My Relationships - Year 5
    PDF File
  25. Rights and Respect - Year 5
    PDF File
  26. Valuing Difference - Year 5
    PDF File
  27. Being My Best - Year 6
    PDF File
  28. Growing and Changing - Year 6
    PDF File
  29. Keeping Safe - Year 6
    PDF File
  30. Me and My Relationships - Year 6
    PDF File
  31. Rights and Respect - Year 6
    PDF File
  32. Valuing Difference - Year 6
    PDF File
  33. Being My Best - Year 1
    PDF File
  34. Growing and Changing - Year 1
    PDF File
  35. Keeping Safe - Year 1
    PDF File
  36. Me and My Relationships - Year 1
    PDF File
  37. Rights and Respect - Year 1
    PDF File
  38. Valuing Difference - Year 1
    PDF File
  39. PSHE Policy (including RSE)
    PDF File
  40. Myths and Misconceptions
    PDF File
  41. Hampshire RRE Advocacy Report Langrish Primary
    PDF File
  42. RRSA Level 1 Press Release - Langrish Primary
    PDF File
  43. RRSA Level 1 Report
    PDF File
  44. A Rights Respecting School
    PPTX File

Our Awards

  • Arts Mark Gold
  • RRSA Silver
  • Platinum Sports Mark
  • Music Mark
  • Picture News