Personal, Social & Health Education

Our Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) curriculum allows children at Bignold to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and strategies needed to be successful. The curriculum is designed to build upon children’s learning from Nursery to Year 6 so each pupil leaves Bignold Primary feeling confident in areas such as building and maintaining healthy relationships, keeping themselves safe, knowing about their physical and mental wellbeing and how to be responsible citizens who can contribute to our school community.  

At Bignold, we follow the SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship) curriculum. Through this curriculum, as well as school assemblies, children will learn about our school values: kindness, tolerance, respect and resilience. They will also have opportunities to celebrate the diversity within our community. Our PSHE curriculum has strong links to other areas of our learning, such as online safety within Computing, physical and mental wellbeing within PE, and respect for others’ beliefs within RE.  

The SCARF curriculum allows for continued progression through all year groups, building on their prior skills and knowledge each year. This includes the development of strong vocabulary in students, so they are comfortable and confident when taking part in discussions.

Relationship and Sex Education

An important part of our PSHE curriculum is the Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) strand. This is taught in the summer term, and each year group will have lessons which are at an age-appropriate level for them, in line with statutory guidance. 

EYFS – growing up – the similarities and differences between boys and girls. 

KS1 – boys’ and girls’ bodies, naming body parts, respecting privacy, growing and changing. 

LKS2 – changing bodies and puberty, relationships including online relationships and marriage. 

UKS2 – naming sexual organs, understanding what FGM is, knowing ways in which sperm can fertilise an egg to create a baby, age of consent. 

The Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 make Relationships Education compulsory for all pupils receiving primary education. Section 241 of the Education Act 1993 gives parents the right to withdraw their children from sex education, other than those elements that are part of the National Curriculum for Science. Parents will not be able to withdraw their children from relationship education lessons or health education lessons in accordance with 2020 guidance.

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