Personal, Social & Health Education

At Ambleside CE Primary School, we believe that P.S.H.E (personal, social, health education) is the foundation for our children’s learning. The children’s wellbeing, happiness and safety are our first priority and P.S.H.E is the key vehicle through which we share this with children. We regard P.S.H.E as an important and integral component of the whole curriculum; it is central to our approach and at the core of our ethos. 

Our personal, social and health education (P.S.H.E) programme promotes children's personal, social and economic development, as well as their health and wellbeing. It helps to give children the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy, independent lives and to become informed, active and responsible citizens. It aims to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially, and tackles many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. 

We will provide our children with opportunities to learn about rights and responsibilities, R.S.E (Relationships, Sex and Education), drugs Eeucation, e-safety and citizenship and make links to British Values to appreciate what it means to be a member of a modern, diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. Particular attention is given to the school’s six core Christian values (Thankfulness, Trust, Forgiveness, Friendship, Hope and Fellowship) and developing pupil’s self-esteem and their social skills.

Here at Ambleside, we have chosen the Kapow PSHE/RSE scheme of work to deliver most of our PSHE curriculum. An overview of the learning in these lessons is available in the downloads section at the bottom of this page. Some frequently asked questions from parents have been answered by Kapow and are available on their website by following this link: https://www.kapowprimary.com/subjects/rse-pshe/curriculum/rse-pshe-parent-information/ . Should you have any further questions about what your child is learning PSHE, please do not hesitate to speak to your child's class teacher.

How do we teach P.S.H.E?

The P.S.H.E curriculum focuses on five core learning themes: Family and relationships, Health and wellbeing, Safety and the changing body, Citizenship, Economic wellbeing and Identity (for Year 6). It is delivered within a whole school approach which includes: 

• Weekly PSHE sessions 
• Teaching PSHE through our Christian Values 
• Teaching PSHE through and in other subjects/curriculum areas
• Circle Time
• Teaching outdoors where possible
• Specialised assemblies
• P.S.H.E activities and school events, for example ‘Odd Socks Day’ for anti-bullying week
• Pastoral care and guidance within school and through agencies such as Barnardo’s
• Visiting speakers
• Residential trips
• Extra-curricular activities