Sea Lane, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 5DU

office@ferring.w-sussex.sch.uk

01903 243945

Ferring Church of England Primary School

An Inspiring Place to Grow, Believe and Achieve

RSHE CURRICULUM INTENT

 

INTENT:

At Ferring C of E Primary School, we want the teaching of safeguarding to play an integral part in our children’s learning and life.  We believe a safeguarding curriculum is essential to enable them to navigate their way through the modern world and be successful, valuable and socially responsible citizens who know how to keep themselves safe and well.  Safeguarding children is at the core of our curriculum.  By teaching them the four cornerstones of the Education 4 Safeguarding (E4S) curriculum (Relationship and Sex Education, Defining Digital & Media Literacy, Physical Health & Wellbeing and Emotional Health & Wellbeing) we ensure the RSHE expectations are met.   Through this provision, our children should be well equipped, with the BELIEF in themselves, to make informed decisions about their life choices and how they impact on their own and others’ lives.  In addition to this we prepare them for success and to ACHIEVE in their education, career and for life in modern Britain both now and in their future.  By enabling our children to develop their own skills, knowledge and understanding of how to be who they are, understand the world they are GROWING up in and how to keep themselves safe in all areas of their world, we believe that we are giving each and every one of them the best chance in their lives ahead.

IMPLEMENTATION:

At Ferring C of E Primary School we use the E4S approach, developed by WSCC using numerous national frameworks including PSHE Association and developed via a multi-agency approach combining teams from Safeguarding in Education, Contextual Safeguarding and Health & Education in West Sussex.  This allows us to create a bespoke, needs based, RSHE curriculum tailored to our cohort.  We ensure high quality teaching & learning of RSHE by providing staff with tailored CPD to ensure their confidence & knowledge of the curriculum.  This allows us to adhere to the DfE guiding principles that RSHE should:

  • be age appropriate and developmentally appropriate.
  • be taught sensitively and inclusively, with respect to the backgrounds and beliefs of pupils and parents, while always with the aim of providing pupils with the knowledge they need of the law.
  • be developed to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe
  • Equip children and young people with skills and attributes they need in adult life to make a positive contribution to society
  • helps children from all backgrounds build positive and safe relationships, and to thrive in modern Britain
  • take into account the various different forms family life can take, and schools with a religious character have flexibility to build on the core content by reflecting their beliefs in their teaching

The teaching of our safeguarding curriculum takes a variety of forms in order to engage all learners affectively and provide variation in addressing the range of topics we cover.  These include, but are not limited to:

  • Whole class lessons taught weekly
  • Discrete RSHE lessons
  • Cross-curricular coverage of RSHE objectives
  • Sex Education (UKS2)
  • Circle time (EYFS, KS1)
  • Assemblies
  • Topics designed around RSHE themes
  • Participation in annual enrichment events such as Safer Internet Day, Anti-Bullying Week and Money Matters week

INTENDED IMPACT:

Children will leave Ferring C of E Primary School at the end of Key Stage 2 ready to transition seamlessly to their high schools with a suitable knowledge about how to conduct themselves and stay safe in their developing world.  Our children demonstrate resilience, perseverance and independence with a social and cultural understanding that allows them to engage well with those around them and be able to respond to new opportunities and real life situations.