PSHE/RSE
At Cudham, personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is an embedded part of our broad and balanced curriculum. Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development is at the heart of our school ethos and school vision: Together, we Aim, Believe and Achieve. British Values are promoted through the overarching aims and objectives of PSHE by supporting our children to become healthy and responsible members of society, as well as preparing them for life and work in modern Britain.
From September 2020, the Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) aspects of PSHE are compulsory in all schools.
At Cudham, the PSHE and RSHE curriculum is taught using the SCARF scheme of work from Coram Life Education, delivered under the strapline, ‘Helping Children Make Healthy Choices’. SCARF builds on the values of Safety, Caring Achievement, Resilience and Friendship, strengthening Cudham’s approach to pupil and staff mental wellbeing. It enables us to keep our children safe, mentally well, ready for learning and able to develop the skills needed to grow into caring, respectful citizens who can achieve their full potential. It takes a spiral approach, gradually revisiting topics at a deeper level at pupils progress through the school, whilst rehearsing, emphasising and embedding the essential skills and attributes young people need to manage their lives, both now and in the future.
Through the PSHE/RSHE curriculum, we aim to give pupils the knowledge and skills they need to:
- develop pupils’ understanding of the world and of personal, social, health, emotional and citizenship concepts and relevant vocabulary.
- provide pupils with a relevant, age appropriate and broad curriculum.
- understand issues relating to their own health, personal care, sexual development and relationships.
- provide pupils with strategies to maintain personal wellbeing, promote resilience and self-efficacy and equip pupils with skills to keep themselves and others safe.
- promote an atmosphere celebrating equality and diversity.
- enable learners to form appropriate relationships and give them a sense of tolerance, dignityand respect for each other.
- develop personal responsibility, self-confidence, self-esteem and assertiveness.
- empower learners so they have more control over their own life.
- equip pupils with the knowledge they need to make good decisions and choices about their own health, wellbeing and relationships.
- help to prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
- promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils across the school and in the wider society.