Intent 

The intent of our PSHE curriculum is to deliver a curriculum which is accessible to all and will provide pupils with the knowledge, understanding, attitudes, values and skills they need to help them reach their potential as members of the school and the local community. Pupils take part in a wide range of activities and experiences across and beyond the curriculum, contributing fully to the life of their school and communities. In doing so they develop a sense of self-worth, work well with others and become increasingly responsible for their own learning. They reflect on their experiences and understand how they are developing personally and socially, tackling many of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. They learn to understand and respect our common humanity; diversity and differences so that they can go on to form the effective, fulfilling relationships that are an essential part of life and learning. In our school we choose to deliver Personal, Social, Health Education (including SRE) using Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE.  Jigsaw PSHE supports the development of the skills, attitudes, values and behaviour, which enable pupils to keep themselves safe and become healthy and fulfilled individuals who contribute positively to their school and the wider community. 

Implementation 

Jigsaw brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development in a comprehensive scheme of learning. Teaching strategies are varied and are mindful of preferred learning styles and the need for differentiation. Jigsaw is designed as a whole school approach, with all year groups working on the same theme (Puzzle) at the same time. This enables each Puzzle to start with an introductory class or Year group assembly, generating a whole school focus for adults and children alike.  

There are six Puzzles in Jigsaw that are designed to progress in sequence from Autumn to June/July. Each Puzzle has six Pieces (lessons) which work towards an ‘end product’, for example, The School Learning Charter or The Garden of Dreams and Goals.  

Each Piece (lesson) has two Learning Intentions: one is based on specific PSHE learning (covering the non-statutory national framework for PSHE Education and the statutory Relationships and Health Education guidance, but enhanced to address children’s needs today); and one is based on emotional literacy and social skills development to enhance children’s emotional and mental health. The enhancements mean that Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE, is relevant to children living in today’s world as it helps them understand and be equipped to cope with issues like body image, cyber and homophobic bullying, and internet safety.  

Every Piece (lesson) contributes to at least one of these aspects of children’s development. This is mapped on each Piece and balanced across each year group. 

• Teachers and HLTA’s are responsible for the delivery of Jigsaw. Teachers will deliver the RSE module in all year groups. 

• The PSHE coordinator, Head teacher and Governors will be responsible for monitoring and evaluation.  

• The governor with responsibility for PSHE is Andrew Pearce 

What do we teach when and who teaches it? 

Whole-school approach 

Jigsaw covers all areas of PSHE for the primary phase including statutory Relationships and Health Education. The table below gives the learning theme of each of the six Puzzles (units) and these are taught across the school; the learning deepens and broadens every year.  

At Roman Hill Primary we allocate 40-60 mins to PSHE each week in order to teach the PSHE knowledge and skills in a developmental and age-appropriate way. 

Impact 

The positive results of pupils learning can then be seen in the standards they achieve” Ofsted 2019 

The Jigsaw philosophy which is shared by Roman Hill, is that children are praised and their achievements celebrated in every Piece (lesson). It demands a positive relationship between the teacher and the children which, in itself, values and celebrates each individual. Appropriate time is allocated for this process.  

Here, at Roman Hill Primary, we value PSHE as one way to support children’s development as human beings, to enable them to understand and respect who they are, to empower them with a voice and to equip them for life and learning. 

Sex Education 

The DfE Guidance 2019 (p.23) recommends that all primary schools ‘have a sex education programme tailored to the age and the physical and emotional maturity of the pupils.  

However, ‘Sex Education is not compulsory in primary schools’. (p. 23) 

Schools are to determine the content of sex education at primary school. Sex education ‘should ensure that both boys and girls are prepared for the changes that adolescence brings and – drawing on knowledge of the human life cycle set out in the national curriculum for science - how a baby is conceived and born’. 

“Parents have the right to request that their child be withdrawn from some or all of sex education delivered as part of statutory Relationships and Sex Education” DfE Guidance p.17 

At Roman Hill Primary, puberty is taught as a statutory requirement of Health Education and covered by our Jigsaw PSHE Programme in the ‘Changing Me’ Puzzle (unit). We conclude that sex education refers to Human Reproduction, and therefore inform parents of their right to request their child be withdrawn from the PSHE lessons that explicitly teach this i.e. the Jigsaw Changing Me Puzzle (unit) e.g. 

Year 4, Lesson 2 (Having a baby) 

Year 5, Lesson 4 (Conception) 

Year 6, Lesson 3 (Conception, birth) 

 “Parents have the right to request that their child be withdrawn from some or all of sex education delivered as part of statutory Relationships and Sex Education” DfE Guidance p.17 

At Roman Hill Primary, puberty is taught as a statutory requirement of Health Education and covered by our Jigsaw PSHE Programme in the ‘Changing Me’ Puzzle (unit). We conclude that sex education refers to Human Reproduction, and therefore inform parents of their right to request their child be withdrawn from the PSHE lessons that explicitly teach this i.e. the Jigsaw Changing Me Puzzle (unit) e.g. 

Year 4, Lesson 2 (Having a baby) 

Year 5, Lesson 4 (Conception) 

Year 6, Lesson 3 (Conception, birth) 

We also understand that within the DFE Guidance that Sex education links to the National Curriculum Science Content, knowing how mammals reproduce. This will be taught within our Science Curriculum, as this is more appropriate for our children.