Key Stage 2
During Year 5 and 6, PSHE education offers both explicit and implicit learning opportunities and experiences which reflect pupils’ increasing independence and physical and social awareness. Through close liaison with PSHE leads from our Whitley Bay First Schools, our spiral curriculum ensures that we build on the skills that pupils started to acquire in Year 3 and 4. In Upper Key Stage 2, we also prepare pupils to cope with the changes at puberty, introduces them to a wider world and enables them to make an active contribution to their communities.
The PSHE curriculum at Valley Gardens is inclusive of the objectives in the new statutory guidance for Relationships Education and Health Education (September 2020).
Year 6 | Health and Wellbeing: Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing
Mental health and ways to take care of it; managing changes; loss and bereavement; managing time online Relationships: Respecting Ourselves and Others Expressing opinions and respecting other points of view, including discussing topical issues Living in the Wider World: Belonging to a Community Valuing diversity; challenging discrimination and stereotypes
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Health and Wellbeing: Keeping Safe
Keeping personal information safe; regulations and choices; drug use and the law; drug use and the media Relationships: Family and Friendships Attraction to others; romantic relationships; civil partnerships and marriage Living in the Wider World: Media Literacy and Digital Resilience Evaluating media sources; sharing things online
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Relationships: Safe Relationships Recognising and managing pressure; consent in different situations Health and Wellbeing: Growing and Changing Physical and Emotional Changes in puberty; increasing independence; managing change; responsibilities of being a parent or carer Living in the Wider World: Money and Work Influences and attitudes to money; money and financial risks |