Personal, Social
and Health Education and Citizenship
Sacred Heart School was awarded Healthy Schools status in 2004,
Healthy School Standard in 2007 and Silver Award for Eco Schools. We have continued
to concentrate on healthy lifestyles – eating and exercise - as well as
personal hygiene issues. We have also continued to participate in the Free
Fruit for Schools Scheme. This entitles Foundation Stage and KS1 children to a
fresh piece of fruit each day.
Policy for Personal, Social and Health
Education and Citizenship
1.
Sacred Heart RC Primary School agrees with the statement of
values as laid down by the National Forum for Values in Education and the
Community (Mrs MTL Loughlin has a copy).
2.
The aims of the school reflect these values and will be
discussed by staff and governors annually and modified if necessary.
3.
These values are upheld in the school’s Behaviour Policy and
Anti-Bullying Policy.
4.
These values will inform the scheme of work for the direct
teaching of PSHE and will be supported by parts of the Maths, English, Science
and Geography curriculum and in assemblies.
5.
All staff will promote opportunities for children to practise
and experience these values.
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Children will help to set the class rules at the start of each
year. The rules will be displayed around in the classroom, in child-friendly,
positive terms. Children and adults will be expected to adhere to these rules.
·
Children will receive ongoing encouragement, and adults will
give children positive responses as they develop social skills.
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Social and moral dilemmas will be considered during assemblies
and in class time, both planned and in response to events or situations as they
arise.
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Children’s self-esteem will be taken into account when work is
being marked.
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‘Sharing assemblies’ will be used to build self-esteem and
encourage children to share in each other’s successes in work and behaviour.
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Children will be encouraged and enabled to make choices at
appropriate times, eg. when choosing books, partners, and playtime activities.
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Activities to promote cooperative group work will be used when
appropriate.
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Opportunities for discussions and to meet people from different
walks of life will be provided across all curriculum areas whenever possible.
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Each term, children will be offered the opportunity to learn
about and support a local, national or international charity.
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Links with the parish, the local community and industry will be
actively encouraged.
6.
The scheme of work for PSHE and citizenship shows the progress
from the Foundation Stage into Key Stage 2 as a long-term plan. (This scheme of
work is mainly based on the SEAL Scheme of Work.) The weekly sessions,
including the use of circle time, are included in the medium-term planning for
each year group. Teachers will record any unplanned teaching opportunities as
they arise.
The School Council continues to provide the children with a
voice within the school. Its representatives, from Y1 –Y6 meet regularly to discuss
issues and problems arising in and around school and look at ways of solving
them. It continues to be supported in its work by a group of adults from within
the school and parish.
School Council Pages