PSHE and RSE

At Rockcliffe CE Primary School, we are committed to providing a purposeful and empowering curriculum that fully prepares learners for the next steps in their school career and the wider world. We want our children to aspire to achieve and believe that it is essential that they understand the world they live in. Broadening our children’s horizons and giving them the belief that they are capable of achieving great things drives our curriculum. We hope that our curriculum gives the children the knowledge and understanding they need make informed choices and to be a positive influence in the communities that they belong to. 

Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also includes challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people need to know how to be safe and healthy, and how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way.

At Rockcliffe we value the importance of RSE; Relationships and Sex Education and PHSE; Personal, Social, Health and Economics Education.

The focus for primary relationships education is on teaching the skills and knowledge that form the building blocks of all positive relationships, supporting children from the start of their education to grow into kind, caring adults who have respect for others and know how to keep themselves and others safe.

All of these aspects are key to a successful and safe childhood, adolescence and adulthood. 

So how do we do it?

We encourage all of our children to adopt healthy lifestyles, this is achieved through access to PE and exercise.  We also teach the values of healthy eating and offer a balanced school meal each day.  Our meals are nutritionally balanced over a three week period.  There are three options each day that allow you to choose and option that your child prefers.  We encourage all children to choose either vegetables or fresh sald to accompany their protein or carbohydrates.

We encourage children to bring a water bottle daily and to drink plenty of water.  Chilled water dispensers are situated in both KS1 and KS2, allowing bottles to be refilled as required. Children should bring water only - juices and flavoured waters are not permitted.

We provide a fruit or vegetable snack once per day for children in EYFS/KS1.  Children can bring additional fruits or vegetables as required. Other snacks such as biscuits, crisps or chocolate bars are not allowed.

Good health isn't just what we do or eat though, it is also how we help those around us.  We therefore teach children how to stay safe and how to support those who need our help. We engage with various services such as the Police and Fire Service to sieze opportunites to teach children about keeping safe, we also teach basic first aid to our oldest children.  Children are taught how to stay safe online and to whom they can report incidents which make them feel unsafe.

We are a registered Kidsafe School and use this to teach our children what to do if they feel unsafe.  This covers a variety of subject areas including Internet safety.

We follow the 'SCARF' approach to ensure we teach a clear and progressive PSHE curriculum. 

SCARF stands for – Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship

SCARF's whole-school approach promotes positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience and achievement. 

Meeting all DfE requirements for statutory Relationships and Health Education, and mapped to the PSHE Association's Programme of Study, SCARF is a framework consisting of a comprehensive Relationships and Health Education, PSHE Education and Wellbeing programme throughout the primary years. SCARF is a whole-school approach to promoting behaviour, safety, achievement and wellbeing. 

The curriculum is broken down into 6 units...

• Me and My Relationships
• Valuing Difference
• Keeping Safe
• Rights and Respect
• Being my Best
• Growing and Changing

For further information check out SCARF online: https://www.coramlifeeducation.org.uk/

We all teach children the value of respect in all relationships, from respect for our friends to the respect of others including those of different faiths and cultures.  Sex and Relationships education is taught at appropriate times in your child's primary school life but we always inform parents in good time of what their child will be learning. Parents can choose to withdraw their child from specific lessons on moral or cultural grounds.

From April 2021, the school started to teach RSHE - Relationships and Health Education.  This includes all the components within the former subject of PSHE but adds the legal requirement to teach about healthy relationships. The consultation policy can be found below.  Parents were asked for comments in the early April newsletter and asked to return these to admin@rockcliffe.cumbria.sch.uk by 26th April.  No comments were received but would welcome any further or late comments and we will continue to discuss this at Governors, updating our practice in light with changes to guidance.

Celebrating Differences; Everyone Can Sparkle!
RSE DAY 

RSE Day is a day to celebrate great Relationships and Sex Education in schools and other settings.  RSE Day takes place on the last Thursday in June each year.
  

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