Canon Popham C of E Primary Academy

Learning in EYFS PSHE Knowledge and Skills Progression of ILS Long Term Plan PSHCE July 23 v2

The intent, implementation and impact of our PSHE curriculum

Intent

At Canon Popham Primary Academy, personal, social and health education (PSHE), which incorporates relationships and health education enables our children to develop the substantive and disciplinary knowledge and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy, safe and prepared for life in modern Britain. We deliver a curriculum which is accessible to all where children learn how to develop personal attributes which link closely to our Christian ethos across 3 main themes, Relationships, Living in the Wider World & Health and Wellbeing. Our children are provided with the life skills which will allow them to learn about themselves and act morally to real life situations. Their breadth of social and cultural knowledge gives them the confidence to overcome and manage areas of their personal life and act reasonably and responsibly. We encourage our children to seek help where appropriate in order to maintain a mentally healthy school. Children are encouraged to develop their self-worth by contributing to our Christian school life and wider community. We encourage our children, through the curriculum, to learn to be their best. We provide children with the substantive and disciplinary knowledge to understand their own and others emotions, how to process and act upon these, and how to self regulate. By exploring subject specific vocabulary and using these in context, our children are prepared for life beyond our school, including exposure to economic education and having an understanding of money.

Implementation

In ensuring high standards of teaching and learning in PSHE, our children receive progressive substantive and disciplinary knowledge through each year group. PSHE is taught weekly at Canon Popham with the statutory content of RSHE outlined in each year groups medium-term plan and followed carefully by teaching staff ensuring full coverage of the spiral curriculum. Teachers teach high quality lessons which are inclusive for all children. The development of British values is a whole school focus which is strongly linked to our Christian values and ethos. We use quality assured outside agencies and professionals to cover core learning areas for individual year groups and across key stages as well as lesson plan coverage from the Sheffield ILS E-Learning Service, provided to schools in South Yorkshire. We also use myHappy Mind where weekly sessions are taught to cover self-regulation techniques through 4 themes, celebrate, appreciate, relate and engage. Where appropriate, we celebrate national events which lead to learning opportunities for our children including Anti-bullying week and Children’s Mental Health Week and Safer Internet Day, where the whole school are involved in this learning.

Impact

The impact of a progressive teaching approach to PSHE, covering statutory and non-statutory elements ensures children at Canon Popham have the substantive and disciplinary knowledge to prepare them for life beyond our school. We want children to be safe and equipped for life beyond primary school and be able to use what they have learnt and apply this to their personal life and their future. We want children to have ownership of their learning and realise the value of PSHE in the wider world.

Picture News

"Picture News" is a UK-based educational resource that provides schools with weekly current affairs packs, featuring a relevant photo, a "big question," and teaching materials to help children discuss real-world events, develop critical thinking, and learn about British Values, respect, and empathy in an age-appropriate way, often linking home and school learning.

Purpose of our PICTURE NEWS assembly at Canon Popham:

To make the world more accessible and understandable for children.

To develop speaking, listening, and vocabulary skills.

To foster independence, drive, and a passion for learning.

To build empathy and teach children to find their own voice.

PICTURE NEWS is delivered in a whole school assembly once a week with a thought-provoking question by class teacher throughout the school year. Each week in assembly, the children learn about an exciting or important story that has been in the news. They consider their responses to the story and are invited to feedback their thoughts. They reflect on each story and learn how they relate to British Values and Protected Characteristics - Equality.

Each class will also take part in a weekly PICTURE NEWS assembly in their classroom.

Anti-Bullying Week 2025- Power for Good

Anti-Bullying Week 2025 will take place from Monday 10th - Friday 14th November, with the theme: Power for Good.

· This Anti-Bullying Week, we’re empowering our children to use their Power for Good to safely speak up and raise awareness when they see bullying, face to face or online.

· Together, we can use our Power for Good to end bullying — for good.

The week will begin with Odd Socks Day on Monday 10th, with adults and children being encouraged to wear odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.

Careers Day -

We're very excited to be holding our first ever careers day at Canon Popham

The goal of this event is to inspire our children by introducing them to the diverse range of careers available right here in our community. We aim to show children why their learning matters by connecting classroom subjects to real-world jobs.
We are looking for volunteers who would be able to run an interactive stall in our school hall, where parents and children could visit and ask questions and discuss your work.

We understand your time is valuable and hope this will help us inspire the next generation. There are other ways you can support us with this event if you are unable to run a stall and details of this will be sent out closer to the time.
If you are able and willing to run a stall linked to your job, please send an email to enquiries@cpa.dsat.education

Summer 2- The Fiver Challenge

This summer we are really exited to take part in The Fiver Challenge. Classes will be given a £5 investment to design and create a product, write a business plan and sell their product at the summer fayre. This 4 week programme will help the children develop core enterprise and financial education skills including problem solving, creativity and teamwork! We can't wait to hear about their creations and ideas and see what is on offer this summer fayre.