BHPS PHSCE Curriculum

At BHPS, we teach Personal, Social, Health Education as a whole-school approach to underpin children’s development as young people and because we believe that this also supports their learning capacity. The Jigsaw Programme offers us a comprehensive Scheme of Work which brings consistency and progression to our children’s learning in this vital curriculum area. This also supports the “Personal Development” and “Behaviour and Attitude” aspects evaluated under the Ofsted Inspection Framework, as well as significantly contributing to the school’s Safeguarding and Equality Duties, the Government’s British Values agenda and the SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural) development opportunities provided for our children.

Our curriculum is led by key concepts, terms and vocabulary providing opportunities to build a shared and consistent understanding. Units are organised to ensure themes are revisited regularly as pupils move through the school. This ensures each unit builds effectively on prior learning and ensures connections are made between different units to help children know more and remember more. Our pupils are able to apply and consolidate understanding as they progress through the school to enable them to become a global citizen in a diverse society and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences for later life.

Teachers use the Jigsaw PSHE programme to equip pupils with an age-appropriate, sound understanding of risk, with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions and to recognise the importance of their own mental health and well-being. Our PSHE curriculum will incorporates an age-appropriate understanding of RSE, as set out in the statutory guidance, enabling all children to be safe and to understand and develop healthy relationships both now and in their future lives.

Conceptual Knowledge

Substantive knowledge in the primary PHSCE curriculum refers to the actual information and content that students are expected to learn in various areas related to personal, social, health, and economic well-being.

This may include information about:

Personal and social development: Understanding emotions, building positive relationships, teamwork, and conflict resolution.

Health and well-being: Basic information about physical health, nutrition, exercise, and personal hygiene.

Safety and Risk: Teaching children about personal safety, road safety, and recognizing and avoiding potential risks.

Relationship Education: Developing an understanding of friendships, family relationships, and the importance of respecting differences.

Procedural Knowledge

Disciplinary knowledge in the primary PHSCE curriculum is the interpretation of themselves and how to support themselves and others through change. Through Jigsaw PHSCE, disciplinary knowledge is underpinned through the following:

Connect us: take enjoyment from their learning, to be inclusive learners and to build and maximise social skills. They are encouraged to build positive relationships and take part in collaborative learning.

Calm me: gain awareness of the activity in their minds, relaxing them and quietening their thoughts and emotions to a place of optimum learning capacity.

Open my mind: The aim here is to improve concentration and learning by filtering out activity around them.

Tell me or show me: Children are encouraged to introduce new information, concepts and skills, using a range of approaches and activities.

Let me learn: The ability to manipulate, use and play with new information in order for it to make sense to them and for them to ‘accommodate’ it into their existing learning.

Help me reflect: By reflecting, children can process and

evaluate what they have learnt, which enables them to consolidate and apply their learning

Key Concepts have been identified to enable children to contextualise, link and understand substantive knowledge. Key concepts are subject specific and build progressively as pupils move through school. Pupils should be able to apply their knowledge of key concepts in the Jigsaw PHSCE curriculum and make connections between their learning and build the schema they need.

BHPS Curriculum Depth Map PHSCE