At St Helen’s, we provide all children with an ambitious, purposeful, relevant and inclusive curriculum. This provides children with the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to effectively navigate the complexities of life in the 21st century. Our curriculum is underpinned by British Values and promotes pupils’ spiritual, moral and cultural development. 

• Teachers teach PSHE 1 x a week for approximately 30 minutes or 1 x every 2 weeks for 60 minutes

• All PSHE lessons follow the PSHE national curriculum which is progressive and knowledge rich 

• The content of the lessons are driven and resourced by Kapow, which has been adapted to suit the needs of our pupils 

• All lessons are vocabulary focused and working walls are used where appropriate to display vocabulary to enhance learning 

• Knowledge and content expectations are the same for all children but lessons are scaffolded to allow access and challenge for all 

• Regular knowledge checks and retrieval quizzes allow children to recall and retain key knowledge 

• End of unit assessments allow data driven decisions when planning further content or coverage 

• Subject specific books are available to enrich children’s experiences further 

• Enrichment day and events support further coverage and exposure to key topics

At St Helen’s Primary Academy, all children will understand the importance of PSHE, RE, SMSC and British Values. The impact of this will be measured through pupil voice and floor book collections. We teach pupils to stay safe and healthy and support them to build self-esteem, resilience and empathy. We use our PSHE curriculum to tackle barriers to learning and have high aspirations to improve their life chances. Skills and attributes gained through our hiqh quality curriculum are used to increase academic attainment and attendance. By the time our pupils leave our academy, we provide them with the knowledge and understanding to become responsible members of society. 

Micro level - Formative assessment (Task by task) 

Ongoing AFL during lessons through: 

- Eliciting information through questioning and dialogue 

- Providing feedback with clear direction on how to improve 

- Helping children to understand how to become successful (criteria) 

Meso level - Lesson by lesson assessment 

- Knowledge checks at the start of the lesson to ensure children are remembering more content and vocabulary over time

- ‘Do now’ retrieval quizzes at the start of every lesson to recall key content and vocabulary from previous lesson

Macro level - End of unit

End of unit assessment based around content and knowledge taught throughout the unit. 

Data analysis to inform future planning and coverage. 

Mega level - Standardised test 

No Standardised tests are in place for the PSHCE Curriculum