PSHE and RSE
At Holt Farm Infant School, our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) and RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) curriculum supports our school ethos: to be Happy, Friendly, Incredible, Safe. We aim to help children understand themselves and others, build respectful relationships, and grow into confident, caring and responsible individuals who know how to positively contribute to society. The curriculum is taught through three over arching topics:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Relationships
- Living in the Wider World
Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE)
PSHE and citizenship are elements of the curriculum that help to give children the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy and independent lives and to become informed, active, responsible citizens.
Children learn to recognise their own worth, work well with others and become increasingly responsible for their own learning. They learn to understand and respect our diversity and differences and develop a knowledge of their rights and duties as individuals and members of society.
Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
At Holt Farm Infant School, our approach to RSE is sensitive, inclusive and age-appropriate. As an infant school, our focus is on relationships education, which is statutory, and does not include sex education beyond what is covered in the Science curriculum (e.g. naming external body parts, understanding growth and change, and recognising similarities and differences between people).