PSHE
PSHE is an essential part of helping all children SHINE. At Curwen, we have been learning about the 3 key areas of PSHE: Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in The Wider World. The aims of the PSHE curriculum are achieved through a range of whole-school initiatives and special days, assemblies and PSHE lessons.
Living in the Wider World
For World of Work Week, each year group learnt about a different industry. It was an engaging way for children to go on educational visits to different places of work to build an awareness of different career and training options available to them, as well as realising that everyone has the right to follow their dreams and aspirations.
Year 4 learnt about jobs in showcase and the roles required to create a theatre performance, such as lighting and sound engineers.
Year 5
Year 5 went to KPMG and had a Dragon’s Den style pitching activity where the children had to design product and present to a panel to learn all about sustainable business and working in sales.
Key Stage 1
Year 1 and 2 have done a lot of work on recognising and naming their own emotions, as well as identifying strategies to regulate emotions, using Zones of Regulation. They also used their communication skills to talk about different ways people can be hurt and how they may feel. The children showed empathy and thought about what solutions they could create if faced with a problem. The children worked as a team to act out different scenarios and shared our solutions with the rest of the class.
Key Stage 2
Children learned about the importance of equality and celebrating diversity in society. They talked about stereotypes and the importance of challenging these, as well as The Equality Act and the associated protected characteristics. Years 3 -6 identified different ways we can look after our wellbeing and health – both in person and online. One key aspect of remaining safe and healthy is to recognise the difference between good and bad secrets and to distinguish when a bad secret should be shared.
