Intent
At St Mawes, we want all children to grow up healthy, happy, safe, and able to manage the challenges and opportunities of living in modern Britain. PSHE and RSE put in place the building blocks needed for children to form and maintain positive and safe relationships, including with family, friends and online.
At St Mawes Primary we have chosen a whole school approach using Jigsaw.
Jigsaw aims to help children know and value who they are and how they relate to other people. It teaches children to become aware of their thoughts and feelings throughout the programme, relating this to the PSHE and RSE subject matter being studied.
Implementation
Jigsaw consists of six puzzles (half-term units of work) containing six pieces (lessons). Each Piece has two learning intentions. One is based on specific PSHE learning; and the other is based on emotional literacy and social skills. This means that Jigsaw is relevant to children living in today’s world as it helps them understand and be equipped to cope with modern issues such as body image, bullying, and internet safety. Below is the topics that will be covered each half term.
Autumn 1: Being Me in My World
Autumn 2: Celebrating Difference
Spring 1: Dreams and Goals
Spring 2: Healthy Me
Summer 1: Relationships
Summer 2: Changing Me
Jigsaw raises self-awareness, group awareness, collaboration skills, teamwork experience, respectfulness, etc., preparing children for the wider world and their position in it.
Jigsaw PSHE is fully compliant with the DfE Statutory Relationships and Health Education Guidance. This includes ALL the statutory requirements for Relationships and Health Education and includes the non-statutory aspect of Sex Education (Where do babies come from?). Jigsaw ensures all children are given this human reproduction information in an age and stage appropriate way.
Impact
By the end of primary school, it is mandatory for pupils to have been taught content on:
- Families and people who care for me
- Caring friendships
- Respectful relationships
- Online relationships
- Being safe
- Mental wellbeing
- Internet safety and harms
- Physical health and fitness
- Healthy eating
- Drugs, alcohol and tobacco
- Health and prevention
- Basic first aid
- The changing adolescent body
