PSHE
PSHE Curriculum
PSHE Leader: Miss Hendry
Intent
At Holden Clough Primary School, our PSHE curriculum is designed to equip every child with the knowledge, skills, and emotional literacy they need to thrive both in school and beyond. Through the My Happy Mind programme, we aim to:
- Foster positive mental health, resilience, and emotional well-being from the earliest stages of education.
- Develop children’s self-awareness, confidence, and ability to form and maintain healthy relationships.
- Ensure pupils understand how to keep themselves and others safe, both online and offline.
- Promote respect, empathy, and inclusivity, preparing children to be responsible citizens in a diverse and ever-changing world.
- Embed the statutory requirements of Relationships and Health Education, while supporting the broader aims of the PSHE Association Programme of Study and the EYFS Framework.
Implementation
Our PSHE curriculum is delivered through the My Happy Mind+ programme, which is structured around five core modules: Meet Your Brain, Celebrate, Appreciate, Relate, and Engage. These modules are:
- Spiral and progressive, revisiting key themes across year groups to deepen understanding.
- Mapped comprehensively to the PSHE Association’s three core themes: Health and Wellbeing, Relationships, and Living in the Wider World.
- Fully aligned with the Department for Education’s statutory guidance on Relationships and Health Education.
- Delivered through interactive, story-based, and play-based learning, particularly in EYFS and KS1, to ensure age-appropriate engagement.
- Supported by explicit vocabulary development, reflective activities, and opportunities for children to apply their learning across the curriculum and in real-life contexts.
- Teachers are supported with clear planning, resources, and training, ensuring consistent delivery and high-quality learning experiences across all key stages.
In addition to the core My Happy Mind+ curriculum, we incorporate ‘buffer weeks’ throughout the year to deliver themed learning linked to additional national curriculum objectives—such as puberty education. We also enhance pupils’ personal development through a range of themed days and celebrations, and we make cross-curricular links across subjects to embed PSHE concepts more widely and meaningfully. We also strive to ensure that PSHE lessons are responsive to societal issues or trends.
Impact
The impact of our PSHE curriculum is evident in the way our pupils:
- Demonstrate emotional literacy, resilience, and the ability to manage their feelings and behaviour.
- Build and maintain positive healthy relationships, showing empathy, respect, and kindness to others.
- Make informed, safe choices about their health, well-being, and digital lives.
- Show a strong sense of self-worth, identity, and belonging within the school and wider community.
- Are well-prepared for the next stages of their education and life, with the confidence and skills to navigate challenges and embrace opportunities.
We measure impact through pupil voice, teacher observations, behaviour and safeguarding data, and regular curriculum reviews. As a school, we recognise that this is a working progress, and we are committed to continually refining our approach to ensure the best possible outcomes for all children.
Potential Tough Topics to be covered during 'buffer week' :
Knife Crime (Year 5)
Child Labour (Year 6)
Self Harm (Year 6)
Peer on Peer Abuse (Year 6)
FGM (Year 6 if required)
PSHE has a strong link to SMSC and British Values.
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PSHE Association - Curriculum Guidance
To find out more about the curriculum your school is following please contact the school office mail@holdenclough.tameside.sch.uk
Files to Download
Emotional Health and Wellbeing Links Statutory Relationships Education Guidance The Hive A6 Postcard Website Apps CH Food Policy including packed lunches and snacks-September 2024.docx CH PSHE Policy-September 2024.docx CH Relationship Education Policy-September 2024.docx CH Holden Clough Primary Drugs Alcohol and Tobacco Education Policy November 2024 Updated.docx CH Holden Clough Smoke-Free-Policy-2024.docx myHappymind Plus Best Fit Long Term Plan.pdf Brief Overview PSHE Mapping document (1).pdf