PSHE & RSE

AIMS:

Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is an important and necessary part of all pupils’ education. All schools should teach PSHE, drawing on good practice. PSHE can encompass many areas of study with teachers being best placed to understand the needs of their pupils. We tailor our PSHE programme to reflect the needs of their pupils and use our PSHE education programme to equip pupils with a sound understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions. We respond to local issues and need. 

Through Relationship and Sex Education (RSE), we aim to out in place the key building blocks of healthy, respectful relationships, focusing on family and friendships, in all contexts, including online. This will sit alongside the essential understanding of how to be healthy. Teaching about mental wellbeing is essential as we all value children’s happiness. We aim to give children knowledge of how to care for themselves and where to seek support should a problem arise.

Strong Foundations: The bedrock of the national curriculum is our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which has carefully prepared children for the learning journey ahead. Within a nurturing and play-based EYFS environment, children have learned basic and transferable skills; absorbed relevant knowledge and grown in maturity, as well as developing a thirst for learning. Please click the link or see below for the details of your child's learning at this important stage and how it has prepared them for the learning journey ahead.

Our Curriculum:

Hatton Hill PSHE Summary: Please click the link or see below our PSHE Summary which highlights and celebrates our commitment to a quality PE curriculum. and promotes our school's PSHE offer to parents and prospective parents.

Parents in England have the right to withdraw their child from any sex education classes taught in primary school, but they do not have the right to withdraw them from Relationships Education or Health Education.

Key Rules on Primary School Withdrawal:

Sex Education: If a primary school teaches extra sex education, parents can request to withdraw their child from some or all of those specific lessons. Headteachers must grant this request. Hatton Hill teaches sex education in Year 6. We firmly believe that age-appropriate knowledge is necessary to keep children safe and healthy. We happy to discuss this with parents on a 1:1 basis to provide reassurance and parents may view our resources prior to lessons if they wish.

Relationships Education: This is compulsory for all primary pupils. It covers family, friendships, respect, and online safety. Parents cannot withdraw children from these subjects.

Health Education: This is also compulsory (covering topics like wellbeing and puberty basics under health/safeguarding). Parents cannot withdraw children from Health Education.

National Curriculum Science: Elements that cover human development, reproduction, and puberty are part of the mandatory national science curriculum. Parents have no right to withdraw children from science lessons.