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    Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education (including Relationships, Sex and Health Education)


    We teach PSHE throughout the term and it is primarily taught through PSHE lessons, Religious Education, Collective Worship, Science and PE but we recognise that every area of school life can contribute to RSHE as our school, in its very ethos, mission and nature, operates through positive, human relationships. All that we do adheres to the teaching of the Catholic Church, directives of the Catholic Education Service (CES), and aligns to the DfE statutory requirements (September 2020).

    PSHE is an important part of your child's national curriculum learning. At St Mary & ST Joseph's we believe PSHE is a vital part of children’s education. It gives them the tools to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy, safe and prepared for life and work.  We use a wide range of resources to teach PSHE including The PSHE Association and Ten Ten Resources. These schemes of work allow us to cover a broad range of topics in a variety of ways. PSHE is taught in a range of ways and many elements of it are celebrated throughout different times of the academic year.  

    The PSHE Association core themes and topics which Years 1-6 cover in PSHE are

    Core Theme 1: Created and Loved by God; Health and Wellbeing
    Physical health and Mental wellbeing
    Growing and changing
    Keeping safe

    Core Theme 2: Created to Love Others; Relationships
    Families and friendships
    Safe relationships
    Respecting ourselves and others

    Core Theme 3: Created to Live in Community; Living in the Wider World
    Belonging to a community
    Media literacy and digital resilience
    Money and work

    Relationships, Sex and Health Education - Ten Ten 

    The Relationships and Sex Education programme we follow is called Life to the Full, from Ten Ten Resources. This is a Catholic approved programme which covers most of the Relationships and Health Education in our school and is inclusive, approachable and accessible. The Life to the Full programme is based on the structure of ‘A Model Catholic RSE Curriculum’ by the Catholic Education Service. This model curriculum was highlighted as a work of good practice by the Department of Education so we therefore have confidence that the programme will be fit for purpose in supporting the growth and development of your child.
    Life to the Full is much more than a series of lessons. It is an entire platform of creative resources that will engage, inform and inspire our children and, indeed, you as parents. This includes interactive video content, story-based activities, employing a wide range of teaching tools, original worship music and an accompanying programme of classroom prayers.

    Parents can access the parent portal via.

    GLOSSARY OF TERMS - This Glossary of Terms will help you to understand the meaning of some of the terms that the children will be learning in Life to the Full sessions

    Ten Ten Catholic PSHE resources FAQ

    MEET OUR ALUMNI - SOME OF OUR AMAZING EX PUPILS WHO HAVE USED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & CONFIDENCE TO LEAD PUPILS, JOIN TEAMS, CAPTAINS TEAMS, OFFICIATE MATCHES AND PERSEVERE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF SPORT AT HIGH SCHOOL AND WE COULDN’T BE PROUDER OF THEM!⭐️

    ALUMNI ~ QUEENS NEW YEAR HONOURS 2022 - Ex pupil Sahil has been awarded BEM this year for his amazing work during the Pandemic whilst battling leukaemia! We are so proud of you sahil ⭐️

    Today Year 6 presented a wonderful first assembly of the year, telling us all about the virtues we have in school and the values we have in Britain that make it a wonderful place to study and live. In school we are celebrating a virtue a month and in September ‘with god by my side I will be trustworthy’ Well done Year 6 🇬🇧

    This week we have been celebrating Mental Health Week. The theme this year is ‘Let’s Connect’

     

    We decided to follow the themes of:

    Connect with your body

    Connect with your future

    Connect with nature 

    Connect with your minds 

    Connect with each other 

     

    We have had an amazing assembly, lots of visitors and some brilliant activities. 
     

    Well done to everyone. It’s been a huge success and we have all been inspired and learnt so much. 

    NHS CAREERS TALK AND FIRST AID - We were so fortunate to have Lianne Robinson, Deputy Chief Nurse, into school to talk to us about how there are 350 jobs available in the NHS and the wide variety on offer. We learnt there are builders, accountants, plumbers, electricians as well as all the medical staff available. Lianne then told us all about CPR and the children got to have a go themselves, they practiced bandaging each other and even listened to their hearts. We all learnt so much from her and really enjoyed the workshop.

    OLSJ - Transition Talk - our year 5 & 6 were treated to a talk by some Our Lady & St Johns RC High School pupils. The children watched a video showing all the amazing things the school has to offer and the pupils told them all about the their experiences and the reasons that they love going to high school, in particular the food 🍟 our pupils got to ask them questions and discuss any worries, fears or apprehensions they had about moving to high school and even got to hear from ex SMSJ pupils. Thank you to OLSJ and their wonderful students for taking the time to help our pupils ⭐️

    SPORTS & ATTENDANCE AWARDS ⭐️⚽️ Well done to our amazing pupils who achieved an award in our final assembly of 22/22. Enjoy the summer break everyone.

    RECEPTIONS PIGGY PARK COMMUNITY ALLOTMENT 🌲 - Reception children had a brilliant day out at the allotments. They walked down to the train station, travelled on a train and then walked to the allotment where they looked at and tasted vegetables. They listened to lots of information about how to grow and look after vegetables and all had an amazing informative day. ⭐️

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