Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School

At Shaw Cross we take the health and wellbeing of our school community seriously and have a whole school approach to PSHE. We believe that developing children’s personal, social and health education has an essential role in keeping our children safe and preparing them for life and work in modern Britain. For this reason we teach PSHE as a discrete subject, but it also has an integral role across the curriculum.

In the early years the importance of PSHE is evident in its role as a prime area of learning. As a school we have adopted a baseline assessment tool which puts wellbeing at the forefront of a child’s early school experience. Staff ensure that children are settled and happy before any assessment occurs. This is then built upon in the Personal, Social and Emotional Development strand of the curriculum. Children are supported in developing their confidence and self-awareness within a range of familiar settings and are encourage to develop friendships. Within all areas of provision children are guided in managing their feelings and behaviour in order to develop an understanding of what behaviour is and is not acceptable, and how to manage themselves in a range of scenarios. 
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In Key Stage 1 we use the Jigsaw Scheme which places a strong emphasis on emotional literacy in order to equip children to thrive in today’s world, build resilience and self-esteem and help them to understand how to manage themselves and their feelings in real life situations e.g. bullying, self-image, on-line safety. Lessons also include a mindfulness approach and in doing so has a focus on supporting mental health and wellbeing. The whole approach enables children to develop their concentration and focus and helps them to regulate their emotional state. 
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Throughout school, our PSHE curriculum supports and inter-links with the development of a child’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding. At Shaw Cross we pride ourselves, and are regularly commended by parents on the priority we put into creating a nurturing environment. As a school this is an integral part of our daily lives, but they are also promoted through our discrete PSHE and RE lessons. We focus on the elements below:

The PSHE Jigsaw scheme also supports the fundamental British values as set out by the DfE; democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

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