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Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

The PSHE curriculum at Lime Tree will empower the children to connect with themselves, their families and friends, their community, and the rapidly changing wider world. Our PSHE curriculum helps our children to embrace the challenges of creating a happy and successful life beyond our school. They will have the knowledge and skills to enable them to stay mentally and physically safe and make informed decisions about their wellbeing, health, and relationships. They will have self-efficacy and understand that everyone faces difficulties in their lives. They will understand how to be present and enjoy the moment they are in, not be distracted by the past or worried for their future. They will understand and regulate their thoughts and emotions and know how they are able to relate to the world in ways that make others feel comfortable relating to them.

We will help to equip the children with skills to manage their minds, feelings, and emotions. They will learn mindfulness and meditation, how to regulate their emotions and develop a growth mindset. Our curriculum fosters an understanding and appreciation of exercise and nutrition, why sleep is important, the impact of the outdoors on their physical and mental health and the benefits of good hygiene and how to be safe online. Our Relationships and Health Education aims to promote healthy relationships and the understanding that there are different families, friendships, and relationships. Our No Outsiders scheme of learning teaches children to respect others even when they are different from them or make different choices or have different preferences or beliefs. We expect our children to stand tall against any form of discrimination.

We have a comprehensive curriculum covering and extending beyond the National Curriculum this has been developed alongside the PSHE Association (The DfE funded national body for PSHE Education) – PSHE Organisation , The Children’s Health Academy Children’s Health Project  and No Outsiders No Outsiders

No Outsiders – part of our RSE curriculum at Lime Tree

The No Outsiders approach promotes confident educators, engaged parents and empowered children, through the language of books and stories. 

The No Outsiders programme promotes an ethos of inclusion and tolerance, and aims to prepare children for life in modern Britain. Among the stories in this resource we meet characters who overcome adversity to achieve a level of confidence and self-determination. Many characters along the way meet challenges and explore responses to negative emotions, the ability to form good reciprocal relationships with people who may have different characteristics to oneself runs like a core through the whole scheme, and stories where the management of change and a realisation that life does not often run a smooth path provide stimulus for children, developing resilience in the lesson plans for older pupils. I believe good mental health is central to a No Outsiders ethos, where all children know they belong and have a valued contribution to make. That, quite simply, is the aim of the scheme. Please see links for further information

The No Outsiders programme promotes an ethos of inclusion and tolerance, and aims to prepare children for life in modern Britain.

Andrew Moffat

The Equality Act 2010

The following characteristics are protected:

  • Age
  • Disability
  • Gender reassignment
  • Marriage and civil partnership
  • Pregnancy and maternity
  • Race
  • Religion or belief
  • Sex
  • Sexual orientation

Ofsted Guidance 2019

Personal development

  • Developing responsible, respectful and active citizens who are able to play their part and become actively involved in public life as adults.
  • Developing and deepening pupils’ understanding of the fundamental British values of democracy, individual liberty, rule of law, and mutual respect and tolerance.
  • Promoting equality of opportunity so that all pupils can thrive together understanding that difference is a positive, not negative, and that individual characteristics make a person unique.
  • Promoting an inclusive environment that meets the needs of all pupils, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

(School Inspection Handbook, May 2019, Gov.UK – last updated 11th July 2022)

Among the stories in this resource we meet characters who overcome adversity to achieve a level of confidence and self-determination. Many characters along the way meet challenges and explore responses to negative emotions, the ability to form good reciprocal relationships with people who may have different characteristics to oneself runs like a core through the whole scheme, and stories where the management of change and a realisation that life does not often run a smooth path provide stimulus for children, developing resilience in the lesson plans for older pupils. I believe good mental health is central to a No Outsiders ethos, where all children know they belong and have a valued contribution to make. That, quite simply, is the aim of the scheme.

Andrew Moffat

Online Safety

At the beginning of each year, children are taught how to stay safe online and sign a class agreement to promise they will behave responsible online. 

New Guidance

Pupils should know:

  • that for most people the internet is an integral part of life and has many benefits.
  • about the benefits of rationing time spent online, the risks of excessive time spent on electronic devices and the impact of positive and negative content online on their own and others’ mental and physical wellbeing.
  • how to consider the effect of their online actions on others and know how to recognise and display respectful behaviour online and the importance of keeping personal information private.
  • why social media, some computer games and online gaming, for example, are age restricted.
  • that the internet can also be a negative place where online abuse, trolling, bullying and harassment can take place, which can have a negative impact on mental health.
  • how to be a discerning consumer of information online including understanding that information, including that from search engines, is ranked, selected and targeted.
  • where and how to report concerns and get support with issues online.

Further Information:

We are currently working alongside The Children’s Health Project, which aims to provide a cross curricular and forward thinking approach to well-being and allows us to structure well-being in our school. At Lime Tree, learning about and looking after our well-being can be broken down into 4 sections; 

  • Physical health (PE Curriculum)
  • Mental health (Mental Health and Wellbeing)
  • Nutrition 
  • Developing healthy habits

Nutrition

Through cooking in Enrichment, and subjects including Science and Design Technology, children learn about how foods and drinks and how they impact their bodies. We want children to understand food and how it affects us. Our aim is for children to develop a healthier relationship with food and consequently make better choices about what they eat and drink. Children also prepare food for our school tuck shop and cook outside at Forest School. 

Lifestyle 

We understand the need for our children to appreciate the importance of developing healthy habits. These include getting enough sleep and staying hydrated. Children have access to water bottles throughout the day. Parents are directed to Trafford’s Sleep Clinic for help if their child has difficulty sleeping. Lessons at school on the importance of laughter are particularly fun!

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