PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education)

At Rhodes Green CE Primary School, Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Economic Education (PSHCE) is a vital part of our curriculum. We want children to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to keep themselves safe, build healthy relationships, make informed choices and thrive in an ever-changing world.
Our PSHCE curriculum is supported by Kapow Primary and is further strengthened by the Cranmer Education Trust Safeguarding Curriculum. Together, these provide a carefully planned and progressive approach to children’s personal development and safeguarding education.

Children learn about areas including relationships, physical and mental wellbeing, families, friendships, personal safety, online safety, healthy lifestyles, managing emotions, money and economic wellbeing, citizenship and preparing for change. Learning is age-appropriate and develops as children progress through school.

Importantly, our PSHCE provision goes beyond planned lessons. We continually enhance our curriculum in response to the needs of our children, our community and the world around us. Through assemblies, visitors, workshops, themed events and opportunities across the wider curriculum, children are supported to understand and respond safely to situations they may encounter in real life.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, and we want our children to feel confident in recognising when something is not right, knowing how to keep themselves safe and, crucially, knowing who they can talk to and how to ask for help.

Alongside our DREAM Values, PSHCE helps us develop kind, resilient, respectful and responsible young people who are equipped not simply for their next stage of education, but for life.