PSHE
By the end of Year 6, children at Hateley Heath will explore three key themes within our PSHE curriculum:
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Relationships
Living in the Wider World
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Health and Wellbeing
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Within this key theme, children will learn that families are important because they provide love and security for us. They will explore different characteristics of family life and how diverse they may be. They will also discuss what it means to belong to a caring and stable unit and that this again may look different within each household. The children will know that marriage and civil partnership is a legal life long recognised commitment to each other and if these relationships begin to make them feel unhappy or unsafe, they will learn who to seek advice and support from.
Relationships (Families and relationships, Safe relationships, Respecting ourselves and others)
Living in the Wider World (Belonging to a community, Media Literacy and Digital Resilience, Money and Work)
Within this key theme, children will learn the importance of belonging to a community and how to value the diversity within it, challenging discrimination and stereotypes. The children will also learn the value of protecting our environment and how to be a responsible citizen regarding rules, laws, rights, freedoms and responsibilities. The internet is a big part of the children’s lives, so within the curriculum, we will educate them on how to use the internet and digital devices safely when communicating online. This will support them in understanding how data is used and shared to a target audience and the responsibilities they hold when using the internet themselves. Growing aspiring leaders is of great value to us. Encouraging children to set goals, identifying their own and others’ interests along with the skills linked to careers. They will learn about financial risks involved and how important it is to have a positive attitude towards money.
Health and Wellbeing (Physical health and mental wellbeing, Growing and Changing, Keeping Safe)
Within this key theme, children will learn all about growing a healthy mind and body. They will explore a variety of ways they can keep healthy including healthy food choices, sun safety, medicines, and oral health and hygiene. The children will look at what can affect our mental health and develop strategies to manage this. These changes will include loss, bereavement, and a change in circumstances like beginning a new school or changes classes. The children will learn about body parts, understand that we grow from babies, the physical and emotional changes in puberty and personal hygiene to support this. In Year 6, the children will learn all about human reproduction and birth. In EYFS, the children begin to learn about stranger danger and ways to stay safe online. They will understand that there are age restrictions and the reasons for them. They will look at ways to keep safe in different environments such as the home, school, the street and how to manage the risks and hazards potentially faced. In upper key stage two, the children will have discussions around drugs use and the law, drug use and the media as well as Female Genital Mutilation.
