PSHE is a non-statutory subject. At Gayton, we tailor our PSHE programme to reflect the needs of our pupils: the programme aims to equip pupils with a sound understanding of risk and the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions. The programme incorporates the DfE non-compulsory Citizenship programme of study and also the Relationships and Health Education framework that was made compulsory in 2021.
By the end of Year 6, children should be able to:
- Recognise challenging behaviours and the negative effects these can have on relationships
- Know that different people react in different ways when working in a group
- Demonstrate their knowledge of group dynamics
- Consider how they respond to challenging circumstances, e.g. conflict and violence
- Recognise the importance of skills and how different people bring different skills to tasks
- Demonstrate negotiation and compromise
- Recognise more complex body language and non-verbal signals
- Further understand the skill of being assertive
- Speak using the assertive ‘I’
- Say ‘no’ and mean it
- Know the process for making a decision
- Demonstrate the use of the process
- Recognise choices and decisions they will have to make in the future
- Understand ways in which peer influence can have positive and negative outcomes
- Develop strategies for resisting negative peer influence
