Daventry Hill School
PSHE & RSHE
The teaching of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) and Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) is central to the development of all of our young people.
We aim to empower students to become healthy, independent, and responsible members of both our school community and the wider world—preparing them to lead happy, successful lives as adults.
Opting out
You have the right to opt out of elements of RSE. We contact all parents via Class Dojo before we teach RSE with details of exactly what will be covered for that cohort and give you the option to opt out each year. Please contact the Curriculum Lead for more details.
The aim of PSHE & RSHE
The main aims of our curriculum are to enable our students:
- To stay as healthy as possible.
- To learn to keep themselves and others safe - including recognising signs of bullying and knowing where to turn to for help.
- To learn how to use the Internet, including social media, safely and responsibly.
- To develop effective, satisfying and safe relationships.
- To learn to recognise similarities and differences between themselves and others and to respect these differences.
- To be independent and responsible members of the school community.
- To be positive and active members of a democratic society.
- To develop self-confidence and self-esteem, and to make informed choices regarding personal and social issues.
- To develop good relationships with other members of the school and the wider community.
How it is delivered
Values and skills are taught in discreet PSHE and RSHE lessons across the school, but also embedded throughout our Preparation for Adulthood curriculum. Teachers endeavour to provide a safe learning environment through the establishment of clear ground rules which are made explicit to the children and reinforced consistently and this is reflected in our Relationships Policy. This allows students to discuss feelings and sensitive issues within a non-threatening and supportive environment.
Visiting speakers such as the police and health workers also contribute to the taught curriculum.
At school, we use Zones of Regulation and Protective Behaviours to support children to identify their feelings and provide them with a toolkit to manage them. We also use Restorative Practice following an incident to enable students to think about the impact on themselves and others and how to be a responsible member of the community.
Sex and Relationship education is learning about the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up, relationships, sex, human sexuality and sexual health, diversity, and personal identity.
In Primary
- We have adopted the Jigsaw curriculum framework for students across our primary department.
In Secondary
- We subscribe to the PSHE Association and use their planning framework for SEND.
In Post 16
- PSHE and RSHE are delivered through the Health strand of our Foundations for the Future curriculum, which is based on Preparation for Adulthood. This can be found attached below.