Spilsby Primary Academy
PSHE, SMSC and British Values
PSHE CURRICULUM INTENT
“Be yourself: everybody else is taken.”
Oscar Wilde
At Spilsby Primary Academy, our aim is to ensure that our pupils are given the vocabulary to be able to articulate their feelings. We want our pupils to acquire knowledge, understanding and the skills they need to manage their lives now and, in their futures, and to develop the qualities and attributes they need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society and the global community.
IMPLEMENTATION
- Adults in school will act as role models in the classroom and around school by following our school values.
- Whole school assemblies will have a focused value for each term. Our use of the Jigsaw curriculum ensures our teachers will create an environment that allows children to grow in confidence so that they feel safe to share their thoughts and feelings.
- Links will be made between taught content in PSHE and other subjects.
The fundamentals
- A well-balanced curriculum which revisits skills/ feelings/themes.
- A focus on well-being.
- Explicit teaching of PSHE/RSHE Vocabulary
As well as being embedded into our values, ethos and curriculum, SMSC and British Values are also incorporated into our weekly 'Picture News' assemblies. Here are some examples of the themes we explore.
Y6 took part in a 'Magistrates in the Community' presentation. Two real life Magistrate representatives joined the class to deliver an amazing role-play experience for the class. Many children took key roles but all played the part of a Magistrate: listening to and discussing evidence, and deliberating the punishment and compensation. The children asked mature questions and listened intently to all that was being said. A massive well done to them all.
To help spread the 'Reach Out' message, our whole school took part in the national 'Odd Socks Day' promotion to help raise awareness of anti-bullying.
Year 2 have been learning about rights and responsibilities as a member of the class and of the school. The children worked in groups to decide what the word responsibility means and the different ways they can be responsible in class. By the end of the session the children gained some new knowledge such as that being responsible is part of growing up and that by being responsible in class means that school can be a safe and happy place to learn
Team Franklin have had a very busy Enterprise Week making our own recycled eco-friendly pots for plants & cheerio bird feeders. We made posters for advertising & thought carefully about how best to present our produce on our stall. And we made a profit! Hurrah
Year 5 and 6 had a visit from an author! Fantastic virtual session with Tom Palmer. Great questions from our children and a real privilege to talk to an actual author! A great experience for everyone; which we even shared with two other schools in our Trust.
Eco-club wrote persuasive letters to our SBM, Miss Weaver, to convince her to change our refuse collectors as they're not #recycling what we thought. We also included points to consider when choosing a new company. We hand delivered them & now await a response!
Fabulous afternoon for our Invasion quiz! Absolutely blown away by the amount of facts, vocabulary and knowledge retained by the children. Well done to all the Y3/4 children.
Totally blown away by the dedication of Eco Club @SpilsbyPrimary to the environment. Our very own Miss Weaver in a Q & A session about how we can ensure we recycle as much as we can at school by changing refuse collectors. Probing & intelligent questions from our Eco warriors ♻️
Brilliant second engagement with the Y6 Mini Police team. Time for pupils to feedback their knowledge & learning post our positively different lesson all around protected characteristics, hate crime & consequences.
Year 5 children learning about diversity in their second mini police session. They discussed gender roles, why it's right to challenge & how it's important to follow our dreams regardless of the society views. They then made posters made for our school community ��
Year 2 started their new unit of 'Being Healthy' and looked at what being healthy meant in general and then were given some different scenarios of where people were struggling to keep to healthy habits. They had to note down some suggestions of what the person in the scenario could do to remain healthy with a new habit.
The inaugural Infinity Academy (Spilsby Primary, Gipsey Bridge and Boston St Nicholas) end of project quiz was an absolute hit! All questions were an ideal opportunity to retrieve knowledge, apply understanding & demonstrate skills. A lovely community feel across our Infinity family too.
Year 1 explored successes and developed their understanding of what a success is. The children then drew on this knowledge to discuss their individual successes and achievements. The children where then even a success coin to draw their success/achievement, when all the children had drawn on their coins they got to share their success with the class and discuss how they achieved it and how they felt about achieving it.
Fantastic effort from the whole school for Odd Socks Day 2021. Really great to see all the uniqueness and discussing how #OneKindWord can make all the difference. What's your 'one kind word?' #bekind
Year 2 continued working through their unit of feelings and how these can be managed when experienced by people. This afternoon, they learnt about big feelings and discovered that every feeling can become a big feeling if nothing is done to help with it. They then discussed ways of helping people to deal with negative feelings to stop them becoming too big to manage.
This afternoon in PSHE, Year 2 looked at what foods can help them to stay healthy. They discussed what food groups there are and went into detail about the 5-a-day fruit and veg initiative. Then, they sorted some different food items onto plates to explain which ones they should have lots of in their diet and which ones they should not.
Year 2 had to consider who helpful people were. They had to think about what person they would need for when they were in different situations for example, a firefighter when there was a fire, a doctor when they were poorly etc.
All the chldren looking 'super' this Red Nose Day, coming together to have fun and make a massive impact to the lives of people in the UK and worldwide.
Spilsby Primary looking very festive for Christmas Jumper Day and a lovely Christmas lunch #SaveTheChildren
Year 5 are looking at budgets this afternoon.
Celebrating individuality and uniting against bullying for this years 'Odd Sock Day'
What a fab effort in supporting Children in Need!
Year 1 learning how to care for their local environment. The children have been using their knowledge about some of the ways people can look after the local environment, by collecting and recycling leaf litter and other rubbish found on our school grounds.
Y6 completed a substance misuse workshop today sharing good knowledge and giving mature responses.
Fantastic effort from our whole school community in helping to raise over £100 for Sport Relief by taking part in a 'dance-a-thon'
Reception C enjoyed their fruit tasting activity this afternoon. We tried pineapple, mango, kiwi, blueberries, avocado and melon. We spoke about how fruit keeps us healthy and discussed what other things we could do to stay healthy!
Reception B received some healthy fruit from Captain America Bear to help us keep strong and healthy. We washed our hands well before we started our Zen Den Taste Test. We used mindfulness techniques to use our senses to taste the fruit. We really took our time to explore all the different fruits and then decided which ones we liked best.
Thank you to everyone who supported Year 5's fundraiser this afternoon. We have raised a fabulous £141 to go towards exciting educational activities for our children. We're very proud of our class for running this enterprise activity and taking responsibility for the activities themselves. Huge thanks to Alli Louth at Alli's Cake Wonderland for donating the amazing cake for the raffle too.
Year 6 have been researching the adverse effects of smoking on the human body. This helped their understanding by discussing habits, choice and support in their PSHE lesson.
Year 6 have been maturely discussing the use of mobile phones, the effect on their well being and how to keep it and themselves safe in PSHE this afternoon .
Reception B making up their own dragon dance to link to the story of Nian the dragon for Chinese New year.
Reception carried on Chinese New Year fun with some food tasting! The children tried noodles, prawn crackers, lychee, sweet and sour sauce and hoisin sauce. All of the children joined in and gave their verdicts by thumbs up or down.
After learning about Chinese New Year, Reception C have been creating a dragon dance to join in with the traditional celebrations!
Year 6 continued with their PSHE lessons today, looking at how life events, changes and challenges could affect their mental health. They discussed and recorded what could help in each situation.
Year 6 have been discussing the importance of mental health in their PSHE lesson today and sharing their views on what they do already in school to aid this.
Some of our children looking totally awesome today for Christmas Jumper Day 2019 in support of Save the Children.
Year 6 have been working hard this term and collecting themselves tickets for the snatch raffle. These were given out for good behaviour, kindness to others and outstanding work. The prizes were swapped every time a new name was read off the ticket until all tickets were read out.
The kindness elves came to Reception to deliver our bananas with special kindness missions on each of them! Each banana had a kind note on them to give the children a positive boost ready for playtime #randomactsofkindness
Reception were visited by the Kindness Elves this morning! They spread kindness all over the world through their kindness options. They have given us our first mission... To give our grown ups at home a big hug and tell them that we love them. ♥️
Some great #oddsocks across our whole school to spread awareness for #antibullyingweek #oddsockday. We also watched an anti-bullying cartoon and discussed the importance of being kind and celebrating our differences.
Very poignant 2 minute silence at the Franklin statue this morning with the Spilsby British Legion. Impeccably observed by our year 5 and 6 children who then went and visited the cemetery to lay wreaths and crosses on the war graves.
On Remembrance Day, lest we forget. Stunning artwork from our whole school. "At the going down of the sun & in the morning, we will remember them" For the fallen ��
For our Bonfire Night assembly, we learnt more about the values of Democracy and the Rule of Law. The children were asked to think of what Democracy is and how we follow it at Spilsby Primary.
As part of PSHE, Year 1 and 2 have been looking at maintaining hygiene. Before half term they out a piece of bread into a wallet with washes hands and then a piece into a wallet that had been touched with dirty hands and this is the result. This has helped them understand the importance of keeping hands clean, especially at this time of hear when there are lots of germs about!
Last week Year 1 and 2 enjoyed a PSHE lesson on dental health. We talked about how to look after our teeth, the importance of it and how we should regularly go to the dentist even if we find it a bit scary. They had a turn at brushing the big set of teeth properly and even took home a toothbrush and toothpaste of their own. Thankyou Colgate!
Y1 and 2 learnt about Road Safety this week. They leant the importance of holding hands when crossing the road, using traffic lights and watching out for cars.
A massive well done to Olli- our Rotary Star for the spring term. Olli wanted to do something for the community so he used his own pocket money to buy food for the Spilsby community larder. He even designed a poster to advertise it!
