PSHE

At Brookmans Park School we intend for our children to develop knowledge, skills and understanding to play a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. We want children to leave our school with the knowledge, understanding and emotions to be able to play an active, positive and successful role in today’s diverse society.

In PSHE lessons, children develop resilience and respect for themselves and others and are taught about the importance of physical and mental health. The PSHE curriculum also covers relationships and what constitutes a healthy relationship online and offline.

Our PSHE curriculum is delivered through a combination of lessons, assemblies and experiences across and beyond the curriculum. 

At Brookmans Park we follow Coram Life Education and SCARF resources and planning to deliver our PSHE curriculum. SCARF brings together PSHE Education, compulsory Relationships and Health Education, emotional literacy, mindfulness, social skills and spiritual development. It is designed as a whole school approach, with all year groups working on the same theme at the same time at their own level.

Through SCARF we encourage our PSHE learners to:

• Develop a ‘Growth Mindset’ to enable them to build resilience, independence and confidence.
• Develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community.
• Consider their own feelings and needs through the use of ‘Zones of Regulation’ and circle time sessions where there is a specific need.
• Consider their own wellbeing during weekly assemblies, themed weeks (Feel Good Week) and national events (such as Anti-bullying week).
• Express their thoughts and feelings during structured discussions. We also allow children to consider and reflect on their learning in all areas of the curriculum.

You can find lots of information about how you can help your child in the parents' section https://www.coramlifeeducation.org.uk/family-scarf 

In addition to PSHE lessons children’s learning is further supported through a range of extra-curricular activities such as:

• Charity events – Children in Need, Help the homeless
• Global awareness days/weeks – Anti-Bullying Week, Feel Good Week and Online Safety Day.
• Caring for the environment – Eco-monitors.
• Assemblies and visitors – NSPCC, Anti-Bullying and Wellbeing assemblies.