Our PSHE Curriculum

Our Curriculum Intent:

We want our curriculum, in all its breadth and depth, to prepare our learners not only for the calm waters they will visit, but also for the stormy and unfamiliar experiences they will also face on their journey. We want to give them the confidence that the destination of the journey is theirs to decide, but that they can always navigate home to Saltdean, their starting point and safe haven.

What is a

prepared citizen?

Saltdean prepared citizens …

• Understand their own well-being and know strategies to support and improve their own well-being.
• Can make safe and healthy choices in the world around them, which is progressively built throughout their voyage.
• Are knowledgeable about and understands the multi-cultural and diverse world around them.
• Embrace diversity and respect other people’s similarities and differences.
• Demonstrate the skills to safely challenge prejudice and stereotyping.
• Have social skills to enable them to build positive friendships and have safe and meaningful relationships in their lives.
• Are well-prepared for opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.
• Demonstrate the values of Belonging, Resilience, Integrity, Consideration and Curiosity in their learning. 

Our Personal, Social and Health Education curriculum design

Our Curriculum for PSHE is delivered through a progressive and age-appropriate series of lessons, which has been carefully designed, depending on the key stage, ability and understanding of the pupils. The spiral learning nature of the curriculum means that topics and objectives are returned to in more detail as children and young people mature. Our curriculum provides opportunities for pupils to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills as well as allowing them to explore attitudes and values. It is delivered through the core and inter-related three themes of: Health and Well-being; Relationships and Living in the Wider World and includes a wide range of topics, which are delivered as part of these overlapping themes. Topics include: bullying, global citizenship, drug and alcohol education, keeping healthy and safe, social and emotional health, well-being, sex and relationships and equality and diversity education.

Skill development is an essential part of our PSHE Curriculum. These skills are explicitly taught and opportunities are provided for pupils to practice these, many of which support behaviour for learning. The five essential skills are:

• Identity, self-awareness, resilience and managing feelings;
• Getting on with others (negotiation and consent);
• Risk management (staying safe);
• Getting help and media messages;
• Understanding, challenging stereotypes and critical thinking.