PSHE At St Clare's

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PSHE Curriculum at St Clare’s

PSHE Curriculum at St Clare’s
Children at St Clare’s are very enthusiastic about their PSHE learning, and we
believe this is due to the excellent quality of the resources that we invest in from
Nursery right the way through to Year 6.
We use Life to the Full Plus by Ten Ten Resources to deliver our comprehensive
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) curriculum, which fully
integrates statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE). Ten Ten is a
leading provider of Catholic educational resources, and their scheme is approved by
the Diocese of Salford.
The Life to the Full Plus framework covers all statutory RSHE objectives alongside
broader PSHE requirements. A strong link to God and our faith values is interwoven
throughout every module, supporting our children's spiritual, moral, social, and
cultural development.
Curriculum Structure & Modules
The curriculum is structured across three core modules from EYFS through to Upper
Key Stage 2:
 Module 1: Created and Loved by God – Explores individual uniqueness,
physical and emotional health, personal hygiene, feelings and emotions,
staying safe, and personal growth.
 Module 2: Created to Love Others – Focuses on relationships, family life,
friendships, anti-bullying, computer/online safety, and personal boundaries.
 Module 3: Created to Live in Community – Teaches children about living in
the wider world, citizenship, responsibility, and their role within the community.
How the Curriculum is Delivered
To ensure a broad and deep coverage, we follow a two-year rolling pathway:
 EYFS (Nursery & Reception): Children listen to and discuss engaging
stories, videos, and animations that explore foundational themes such as
making friends, dealing with conflict, starting school, facing fears, computer
safety, and personal hygiene. In Reception, PSHE coverage is continuously
adapted based on the needs of the children in real time, ensuring all
objectives are met by the end of the year.
 Years 1–6: Lessons combine high-quality media, interactive slides, real-life
scenarios, and thoughtful discussions. Children explore key concepts
including keeping and staying healthy, keeping and staying safe, being
responsible, digital citizenship, and understanding feelings. Role-play
scenarios are frequently used as a powerful tool to help children practice
decision-making, resist peer pressure, and understand real-life
consequences.
The two-year rolling pathway ensures that the "Key Decisions" content is taught at
appropriate key stage milestones (specifically in Reception, Year 2, Year 4, and Year

6), ensuring children revisit and deepen their understanding as they reach the upper
end of each key stage.
Information for Parents
We firmly believe that parents are the first and primary educators of their children.
For more information about the PSHE curriculum, please consult our yearly
overview, which outlines specific topics for each year group.
Each year, we send parents a link to the Ten Ten Parent Portal. This allows you to
explore the lesson content, video assets, and topics covered in detail, helping us
partner together to support your child’s development.
In addition to this, parents are asked to complete a questionnaire so that we can
make the ‘key decision’s together about when it is most appropriate time to teach
these lessons and in the case that they are non-statutory, we advise parents how they should opt out if they wish to do so.

PSHE RSHE Curriculum Statement: Intent, Implementation, and Impact

Intent
At St Clare’s, personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is an embedded part of our broad and balanced curriculum.
Guided by our Catholic ethos and the scripture, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10), pupils’
spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development is at the heart of our school ethos. British Values are promoted through
the overarching aims and objectives of PSHE by supporting our children to become healthy and responsible members of society,
as well as preparing them for life and work in modern Britain.
The intent of our PSHE curriculum is to deliver a curriculum which is accessible to all and that will maximise the outcomes for every
child so that they know more, remember more and understand more. Our Pupil Premium children and children with SEND have
been carefully considered when planning the curriculum content, resources and delivery.
At St Clare’s Primary School, personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education enables our children to become healthy,
independent and responsible members of society. 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 provide our children with opportunities for
them to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. Our children are
encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth—as unique individuals created and loved by God—by playing a positive role in
contributing to school life and the wider community.
Our intent is to build a PSHE curriculum which develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills which
enables children to access the wider curriculum and to prepare children to be a global citizen now and in their future roles within a
global community.
The curriculum will demonstrate appropriate subject knowledge, skills and understanding to fulfil the duties of Relationships
Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education (HE), whereby schools must provide a ‘balanced and broadly-based curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares
them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.’
PSHE Research
 PSHE Association evaluated research (‘A case for PSHE’): Indicates that PSHE, when taught well, helps keep children
and young people safe, physically and emotionally healthy, and prepared for life and work.
 PSHE Association evaluated research (‘PSHE, Academic Attainment and Employability’): Indicates that growing
evidence suggests that the skills and attributes acquired through PSHE education have a significant impact on pupils'
academic achievement, employability, and future life chances.
Implementation
At St Clare’s, we deliver a clear and comprehensive scheme of work in line with DfE statutory guidance and the Model Catholic
RSE Curriculum. St Clare’s has fully embedded Ten Ten Resources’ Life to the Full Plus programme as our primary PSHE and
RSHE curriculum.
Life to the Full Plus embeds social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) within a whole-school Catholic framework. The spiral
curriculum starts in EYFS/Key Stage 1 and follows the children through to Year 6.
The curriculum is structured around three core modules, each divided into units that revisit key learning annually:
1. Module 1: Created and Loved by God
o Religious Understanding: Exploring unique identity as children loved by God.
o Me, My Body, My Health: Personal hygiene, bodily changes, puberty, sleep, healthy eating, and physical well-being.
o Emotional Wellbeing: Understanding feelings and emotions, mental health, and developing resilience.
o Life Cycles: Understanding human growth, life cycles, and the sanctity of life.
2. Module 2: Created to Love Others
o Religious Understanding: Loving God and loving our neighbour.
o Personal Relationships: Developing positive, respectful friendships, family dynamics, resolving conflict, and
recognizing healthy relationships.

o Keeping Safe: Personal safety, hazard watch, road/water/fire safety, online safety, recognizing risk, and knowing how
to ask for help.

3. Module 3: Created to Live in Community
o Religious Understanding: Living as part of the church, school, and wider body of Christ.
o Living in the Wider World: The working world, money and financial capability, protected characteristics, diversity, living
in a world without judgment, and active citizenship.

The scheme of work also includes explicit opportunities to link British Values, SMSC, and the school's key skills directly into the
curriculum. The distribution of lessons complements key national campaigns throughout the year, such as Anti-Bullying Week and
Safer Internet Day.
Life to the Full Plus uses high-quality digital media, story-based scenarios, and open learning activities that fit the reflective ethos of
PSHE and RSHE. All learning activities allow opportunities for discussion, debate, and prayerful reflection. Open learning activities
provide an opportunity for pupils to develop their skills, knowledge, and attitudes. We never underestimate the impact of children
debating or discussing—even practicing using emotional vocabulary or talking about feelings helps them develop key lifelong skills.
At St Clare’s, we deliver the PSHE curriculum by utilizing firsthand experience and sharing good practice. However, we are aware
that the delivered curriculum must reflect the specific needs of our pupils, including our Pupil Premium students and those with
SEND. We expect teachers to use the Life to the Full Plus programme to equip pupils with a sound understanding of risk and with
the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions. We believe that the purpose of PSHE education is to
build, where appropriate, on the statutory guidance outlined in Relationships Education, RSE, and Health Education.
We believe that PSHE plays a vital part in primary education. Beyond discrete, focused lessons, it is embedded throughout our
broader curriculum, supported by Ten Ten’s Online Parent Portal to ensure strong partnership with home. PSHE is integral to the
development of children’s values in order for them to become positive citizens in a forever-changing community.
PSHE is also an important part of school assemblies and collective worship, where children’s spiritual, moral, social, and cultural
curiosity is stimulated, challenged, and nurtured.
Impact
Through the implementation of the Life to the Full Plus scheme:

 Children will demonstrate and apply the British Values of Democracy, Tolerance, Mutual Respect, the Rule of Law, and
Individual Liberty.
 All children will demonstrate a healthy outlook towards school—attendance will be in line with national expectations and
behavior will be good.
 Children will achieve age-related expectations across the wider curriculum.
 All children will become healthy, responsible, and empathetic members of society who know their inherent worth as
individuals created and loved by God.
 All children will be supported on their journey preparing them for life, relationships, and work in modern Britain.

 

First Aid Heroes

In Year 3, children have been learning about what to do in an emergency first aid situation.

They practised role-playing different scenarios to show what they had learned about how they should respond. 

They all did a fantastic job!

Healthy Eating Week

In a recent pupil voice survey, children told us that they would like to learn more about how they can lead a healthy lifestyle. We therefore took the opportunity to promote the theme by celebrating Healthy Eating Week.

Children in all year groups completed a range of activities to learn about what a healthy diet looks like, how we can incorporate it into our lives and the effects diet has on our bodies and minds.

 

At St Clare's, we work closely with Manchester Healthy Schools. 

This year, we are going to be having a focus on drugs and alcohol education. If you would like to find out more about what children learn in school and how you can talk to them about about drugs and alcohol at home, please click on the link. https://en-gb.padlet.com/healthyschools/parentsandcarers.

 

Relationships & Sex Education

Thank you so much to those of you who took the time to fill in the questionnaire regarding Relationships and Sex Education.  Your feedback has been incredibly useful in helping us to make key decisions.

As I am unable to meet with you, as I normally would this year, I have put together a video outlining what will be taught in each key stage.

I have put all of the information about the key decisions we have made, at the beginning of the video. This way,  those of you who have already used the parent portal to familiarise yourselves with the resource, will not need to watch the whole video.

I have also included information about the right to withdraw from any of the non statutory lessons. 

Please watch the videos below: