At Inglehurst Junior School we believe that our pupils are growing up in an increasingly complex world which presents many positive and exciting opportunities, alongside many challenges and risks.  Personal, Social, Health and Economic education at IJS aims to tackle a range of themes and issues to support pupils in acquiring the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to lead confident, healthy and independent lives.

 

Weekly, engaging lessons, support the pupils spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and understanding of the fundamental British Values.

 

PSHE is not just taught through PSHE lessons! Pupils are given opportunities to build upon their resilience and nurture their mental and physical health across the curriculum!

 

RSHE is an important part of the Kapow PSHE programme and it is delivered through the ‘Family and Relationships’ unit in the Autumn term and the ‘Safety and the changing body’ unit in the Summer term.

 

Our aim for RSHE is for children:

• To enable children to understand and respect their bodies.

• To prepare pupils for puberty and give them an understanding of development and the importance of health and hygiene.

• To help children develop positive and healthy relationships appropriate to their age and development.

• To support children to have positive self-esteem and body image.

• To help pupils develop feelings of self-respect, confidence and empathy.

• To teach pupils the correct vocabulary to describe themselves and their bodies to empower them to be safe and safeguarded.​

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Each year group will be taught appropriate to their age and developmental stage. Some content within our RSE curriculum is also found within the statutory Science curriculum and statutory Relationships and Health education. 

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Here at IJS, children really enjoy their PSHE lessons! Here are some of the things they say:

 

“I like that we can talk together about challenging life decisions.”

“It helps us to explore our emotions and help others.”

“I enjoy doing the calm me, it’s relaxing.”

“I like that you learn new things, like how to be safe.”

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​For more information about RSHE at Inglehurst Junior School please see the Relationship and Sex Education Policy.  If you would like to discuss the PSHE or RSHE curriculum please contact Mrs Wheeler via the office.