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Personal, Social, Health Education and Relationships, Sex and Health Education

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Personal, Social, Health Education and Relationships, Sex and Health Education

At Orion Mead Road children’s wellbeing, happiness and safety are our first priority, and PSHE is the key vehicle through which we share this with children. We regard PSHE as an important, integral component of the whole curriculum; it is central to our approach and at the core of our ethos and the school’s vision. Our PSHE curriculum also includes that statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education.

Orion Mead Road is an inclusive school, and we are committed to ensuring that the diversity of our community and the unique qualities of each child are recognised as a strength, which will enhance our pupils’ understanding of different cultures and the wider world. Orion Mead Road is a community for all, providing a safe environment for our pupils with high regard for their physical, mental and emotional safety and wellbeing.

Our PSHE curriculum is broad and balanced, ensuring that it:

 Promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our children.

  • Prepares our children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences they already face and for adult life.
  • Provides information about keeping healthy and safe, emotionally and physically.
  • Develops the children’s positive relationships with their peers and learning and them make good decisions about how to interact with their friends. They will understand and reflect on how all actions have consequences and how they can make informed choices to help themselves, others and the environment.

The PSHE curriculum offers a range of learning opportunities across and beyond the curriculum, in specific lessons as well as in assemblies, circle time, special school projects, clubs and other activities that enrich pupils' experiences.

At Orion Mead Road we use Coram's SCARF Programme to teach relationships, sex and health education in a fun, engaging and age-appropriate way. Information on SCARF, our curriculum overview and the DfE guidance on the teaching of RSHE can be found below: