PSHE

At St Alban’s C of E Academy our Personal Life Skill Curriculum, in essence PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education ) and RSE (Relationships and Sex Education), enables children to develop a strong sense of themselves and their place in the world around them. Through the delivery of age appropriate learning experiences, we aim to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to face the challenges of life in the 21st century. Personal Life Skills covers a wide range of topics including drug and alcohol education, emotional health and well-being, personal finance, nutrition and physical activity, careers education and RSE (Relationships and Sex Education).

Longterm plan

PSHE

Personal Life Skills (PSHE/RSE) plays a vital role in the schools contribution to the five outcomes of Every Child Matters (ECM) and its statutory responsibilities to:

Promote the well-being of children and young people
Achieve the aims of the whole curriculum
Promote community cohesion
Provide careers education and RSE

RSE Poster for Parents

Personal Skills

Personal Life Skills is an opportunity for teachers and classes to develop their relationships through circle time and through honest conversations in an environment where children feel safe and secure. These sessions can be used to address issues that arise in school and in the world news. This is vital to give our children an understanding of the rapidly changing world we live in and to face it with confidence and due consideration.

Each year group took part in a Pupil Voice lesson where they ranked what they thought were the most important topics to learn about as well as talked about all of the key knowledge and skills they have learnt so far.

Core aims of Personal Skills

Our core aims of Personal Life Skills at St Alban’s are to enable children to:

Have accurate and relevant knowledge;
Have opportunities to turn that knowledge into personal understanding;
Have opportunities to explore, clarify and if necessary challenge, their own and others’ values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities;
Develop skills and strategies they need in order to live healthy, safe, fulfilling, responsible and balanced lives;
Recognise their own self-worth and be respectful of others;
Work well with others and become increasingly responsible for their own learning and choices;
Understand the value of money and be economically responsible;
Have a clear understanding of their role as a citizen, not only in school but in the wider community.