At the Queenswell Schools, Relationship, Social, Health Education (RSHE) enables all our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members within our community. It equips them with an awareness of the moral, social and cultural issues that are a part of growing up. We provide our children with opportunities to learn about their rights and responsibilities and to appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse Queenswell and British society.

Queenswell children come from a range of cultures and backgrounds, speaking over 40 different languages. We aim to create a happy community. Differences are celebrated and we promote links between different cultures and groups during events such as our annual International Evening.  

The curriculum reflects the needs of our children and is tailored through the use of differentiation and SEND support plans. Teachers use the RSHE programme to equip our children with an understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions. All staff will further develop the children’s knowledge of local, national, global and current events and issues.

In EYFS: 

Provision is planned to ensure development in Physical, Social and Emotional Development (PSED). Children will explore the ideas of relationships, feelings and appropriate behaviours, self-confidence and self-awareness, rules and routines, empathy and restorative justice.

In Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

Topics include: Respecting Ourselves and others, Families and Friendships, Safe Relationships, Media Literacy and Digital Resilience, Belonging to a community, Money and Work, Keeping Safe, Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing and lastly, Growing and Changing.

All pupils will have weekly RSHE lessons. A meaningful RSHE curriculum is key to children becoming confident, tolerant and well-rounded young adults who contribute positively to society. Children will leave Queenswell as respectful, inclusive, creative members of their community who are proud of their achievements and resilient to challenge.

RSE

Relationships education will be taught to all pupils in the last few weeks of the summer term. A meeting was held in early June for parents to view the resources that will be taught and to ask questions about the RSE education that will be taught.

The key information shared in this meeting is found in the document below: