PSHEE

PSHEE stands for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education and forms the backbone of our teaching here at North Bradley, where we believe that:

“Education is not concerned only with equipping students with the knowledge and skills they need to earn a living.  It must help our young people to use leisure time creatively; have respect for other people, other cultures and other beliefs; become good citizens; think things out for themselves; pursue a healthy lifestyle and, not least, value themselves and their achievements”.   (Sir Ron Dearing 1993)

Our aim is to be a health promoting school through:

• ensuring a caring, stimulating, clean, safe and healthy environment;
• raising self-esteem through positive reinforcement of good behaviour, celebrating achievement, developing awareness of their own learning through the “4Rs” and valuing what children say and do;
• raising awareness of behaviour and encouraging self-awareness with respect to personal attitudes and feelings and to understand and respect others;
• developing an awareness of moral, cultural, economic and ethical dimensions;
• developing personal skills in assertiveness, communication and relationships;
• improving personal knowledge of e.g. the body and how it works, healthy eating, exercise, and the effects of helpful and harmful substances;
• providing children with opportunities to make good choices based on their understanding of the issues involved;
• reaching out to and involving families and the wider community.

PSHEE is taught within the teaching of all subjects as well as a discrete subject.   Using Wiltshire’s “Learn 4 Life” scheme and SCARF as a starting point, areas covered include:

• Relationship and Sex Education, linked to RE and science, where we use Growing for Life as our main programme;  (See RSE Policy for more details)
• Drugs education which is supported by a visit from the Life Bus;
• Friendships, supporting Anti – Bullying Week and including how we are all different and special;
• Healthy living and eating, linked to science and DT;
• Work and economic responsibility;
• Social and emotional literacy, using SEAL resources;
• Safety, working alongside Wiltshire Road Safety Services ;
• Global citizenship.

PSHEE is also present outside the curriculum, in the everyday ethos of the school.   For example:

• ‘Helping Hands’                                               
• School Council                                                 
• Assemblies                                                      
• School Clubs  which have included First Aid, Cooking and Gardening 
• Supporting charities
• Year Six monitors
• Eco- Council
• Trowbridge Youth Parliament                                      
• ‘Huff and Puff’

We are currently holders of the Healthy Schools Bronze Award, which celebrates our success in PSHEE.