PSHE at St Bede’s…
At St Bede’s we aim to develop each individual child to be the best they can be, we focus on developing their personal, social and health education alongside their faith life. We have an ambitious PSHE curriculum in place that is accessible for all and considerate of our social context.
PSHE is not taught as a set of stand-alone lessons at St Bede’s, it is interwoven into the daily life of our school. Topics and points for discussion are picked up on when they are relevant to the children and have a context and meaning.
There are three core themes that we build our PSHE curriculum on, they are:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Relationships
- Living in the Wider World
We focus the three core themes across the year and provide lots of learning opportunities for our children to explore each theme in detail.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.’
Promoting health and well-being is a priority and St Bede’s, we seek regular opportunities to bring the importance of healthy bodies and healthy minds to the forefront of our children’s learning. As well as taking part in weekly PE lessons and attending many sporting events that promote the importance of fitness, we focus learning in school around health and plan regular opportunities to discuss this.
As well as looking after our physical health, we also promote looking after our wellbeing by supporting our children with understanding the importance of mindfulness. We engage in mindfulness activities as well as talking regularly to our children about why our mental health and emotional wellbeing is vitally important.
RELATIONSHIPS
‘Relationships are more important than life, but it is important for those relationships to have life in them.’
Relationships are at the core of who we are. At St Bede’s we think about our relationship with ourselves, each other and God. We work hard to build the understanding that relationships need to be developed and that they are what give us life. We think about how we can impact on the lives of others as well as exploring how relationships can become disjointed or fall apart if we do not work at them. We work hard to develop not only the relationships in school but our home/school relationships and our relationships with the wider community.
LIVING IN THE WIDER WORLD
‘We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.’ – Dalai Lama
The third core theme in our PSHE curriculum is Living in the Wider World. At St Bede’s we support our children in developing their understanding of the part they play in the wider world and we work to give them the skills to be independent, resilient and confident. We have and continue to develop strong links with our local community and parish communities.
PSHE is built into everything we do at St Bede’s, we value the personal, social and health education, alongside our faith as one of the most important aspects of our learning. We aim to develop confident, resilient, independent young people who have a rounded understanding of who they are, how to keep themselves safe and healthy, who are able to build supportive relationships with those around them and can look to the wider community and the world they live in and know they can make a difference.