Personal, Social & Health Education

At Wellesley we follow the Jigsaw scheme of work for PSHE.  Jigsaw brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development in a comprehensive scheme of learning.  Teaching strategies are varied and are mindful of preferred learning styles and the need for differentiation. Jigsaw is designed as a whole school approach, with all year groups working on the same theme (Puzzle) at the same time.  This enables each Puzzle to start with an introductory assembly, generating a whole school focus for adults and children alike.

The Six Puzzles
There are six Puzzles in Jigsaw that are designed to progress in sequence from September to July:
Autumn 1:   Being Me in My World
Autumn 2:   Celebrating Difference (including anti-bullying and E-Safety)
Spring 1:     Dreams and Goals
Spring 2:     Healthy Me
Summer 1: Relationships
Summer 2: Changing Me (including Relationships and Sex Education)


Each Puzzle has six pieces (lessons).  Each Piece has two Learning Intentions: one is based on specific PSHE learning (covering the non-statutory national framework for PSHE Education but enhanced to address children's needs today); and one is based on the emotional literacy and social skills (covering the SEAL learning intentions but also enhanced).  The enhancements mean that Jigsaw is relevant to children living in today's world as it helps them understand and be equipped to cope with issues like body image, cyber and homophobic bullying, and internet safety.
The programme of study covers Key Stages 1-4 and is based on three core themes:  Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World.
PSHE offers opportunities for children to:
Develop the skills, attitudes & values they have started to acquire and develop during the EYFS.
Develop knowledge and understanding.
Develop their independence and phsical and social awareness.
Develop effective relationships.
Assume greater responsibility.
Keep themselves safe.
Explore values and attitudes in their own and wider world.
Enable them to make an active contribution to their own and wider communities.

In PSHE the children will explore, acquire and apply knowledge and understanding of:
Identify their personal qualities, attitudes, skills, achievements and what inflences these.
Relationships including different types and in different settings.
A healthy (including physically, emotionally and socially) balanced lifestyle (including within relationships, work-life, exercise and rest, spending and saving and diet.
Risk to be managed, rather than simply avoided and safety (including behaviour and strategies in different settings.
Diversity and Equality
Rights, responsibilities including fairness and justice.
Change as something to be managed and resilience the skills, strategies and 'inner resources' we can draw on when faced with challenging change or circumstances.
Power - how it is used and encountered in a variety of contexts, including persuasion, bullying, negotiation and 'win-win' outcomes.
Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
At Wellesley Primary School we understand the importance of teaching children about physical, moral and emotional development, love and care towards others and about the teaching of a loving relationship. Our RSE curriculum is based on the key objectives from the National Curriculum and is taught through Jigsaw. This enables children to move with confidence from childhood through to adolescence and adulthood.

It is our intention that all children have the opportunity to experience a programme of RSE at a level which is appropriate for their age and physical development.

Please see our specific RSE learning intentions for each year group.