Autumn 1  - Families and Friendships

Intent - 

Starting in the hall as a year group, each session consisted of twenty minute input by the PSHE Lead. The children then went to different working spaces with adult support staff, to complete one of six activities, utilising Art, Computing, Speaking and Listening skills. During these activities, the adults lead a discussion using information and question prompts reinforcing the input. After forty minutes, the whole year group reconvened in the hall to share their learning, an important part of learning for confidence-building and sharing the powerful knowledge gained. 

*Parent helpers

Implement -  

• See planning and resources

• See photos of learning

Impact - 

• See Assessment Trackers 

On reflection, the structure of these sessions only met some of the original intentions. While the statutory PSHE curriculum was planned, the reality of the children moving to different areas and engaging with the new system of cross-year groups caused some difficulties. We also found that the questioning and reinforcement wasn't always effective. This was originally intended to be open-ended to allow for fluid discussion and for any misconceptions to be addressed in the moment.  Feedback from the support staff highlighted the need for more focussed questions and information to support and direct the discussion. The feedback session at the end of the afternoon was not as engaging as hoped; the children who applied themsleves to this were sometimes frustrated by low-level disruptions from other pupils, and the children for which it would be most beneficial appeared tired and agitated by the expectation to sit and listen for fifteen minutes at the end of the day. However, many pupils did reflect on their enjoyment in the opportunity to share their learning and the pride in their learning.