PSHE

In Reception, children develop the foundations of personal, social and emotional wellbeing through the six SCARF themes.

They explore friendships, feelings, kindness and what makes them special. Children learn to recognise similarities and differences, understand how to keep themselves safe and identify trusted adults who can help them.

Through stories, play and practical activities, children also develop an understanding of healthy routines, caring for others and how people grow and change.

In Key Stage 1, children build their understanding of friendships, feelings, respect and personal responsibility.

Through our two-year SCARF cycle, pupils learn about bullying, celebrating differences, personal safety, healthy lifestyles and recognising safe and unsafe situations, including online.

Children also explore managing money, caring for their environment, becoming more independent and understanding how their bodies and feelings change as they grow.

In lower Key Stage 2, pupils become increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the four operations, including number facts and the concept of place value. This ensures that pupils develop efficient written and mental methods and perform calculations accurately with increasingly large whole numbers.

Pupils develop their ability to solve a range of problems, including those involving simple fractions and decimal place value. Teaching also ensures that pupils draw with increasing accuracy and develop mathematical reasoning, so they can analyse shapes and their properties and confidently describe the relationships between them. It ensures they can use measuring instruments with accuracy and make connections between measures and number.

By the end of Year 4, pupils should have memorised their multiplication tables up to and including the 12 times table, and should show precision and fluency in their work.

Pupils are immersed in mathematical vocabulary, which they should be able to spell correctly and confidently, using their growing word knowledge and their knowledge of spelling.

In Upper Key Stage 2, children develop the confidence and independence needed to navigate increasingly complex social situations and prepare for secondary education.

Our two-year SCARF cycle explores positive relationships, emotional wellbeing, prejudice, personal safety, responsible decision-making, financial awareness and healthy lifestyles.

Children develop their understanding of online risks, digital footprints, misinformation and artificial intelligence. They also learn about managing change, puberty, body image and self-esteem, with additional age-appropriate sex education content included for Year 6.

By the end of Year 6, pupils are encouraged to make informed choices, recognise their responsibilities and approach the next stage of their lives with confidence and resilience.

At Weeton St Michael's C of E Primary School, our vision is to provide our children with a high-quality, inclusive education inspired by Christian values. Excellent teaching and learning form the basis of all our work, delivered through a caring, creative ethos.

Our children are encouraged to have a positive attitude, develop resilience in their approach to learning, become confident in their own ability, and be independent and motivated to achieve their full potential.

We believe it is our duty to make learning fun, engaging, memorable, accessible and ambitious for all children, instilling in them a love of learning.

We take seriously our duty to teach children about the fundamental British values of mutual respect and tolerance, democracy, the rule of law and individual liberty. These values are woven through our curriculum so that our learners leave us prepared for life in modern Britain.