PSHE

At Ashby Hill Top, it is our intent that all children will be ‘lifelong learners’ with the confidence and ability to develop their skills and understanding when having new experiences, meeting new challenges and finding themselves in unfamiliar situations.
 
We have designed our own PSHE curriculum to reflect developing needs of our current cohort of children, with a specific focus on mental health and wellbeing for our oldest children in school. The intent of our PSHE curriculum is to deliver a curriculum which is accessible to all and that will maximise the outcomes for every child so that they know more, remember more and understand more. Our PSHE education uses the starting points of the children to provide the experiences, knowledge and skills they need to become good citizens in the future. As a result of this they will become healthy, independent and responsible members of a society who understand how they are developing personally and socially, and give them confidence to tackle many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up.

​We provide our children with opportunities for them to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. 

Relationship, Sex and Health Education

From the academic year 2020-2021, all primary schools in England must teach Relationships and Health Education (RSHE). The government has set out guidance about what they expect children to know by the time they leave primary school but it is up to schools to decide how they will teach this.
 
There is no legal requirement for schools to teach sex education but the government recommends children learn about some key areas before they leave primary school. As you may be aware we have been teaching these topics for a number of years. As with other subjects, we will work hard to make sure the lessons meet the needs of the children and are age appropriate.
 
These topics are really important in helping children deal with current experiences and also to prepare them for the next stage of their education and ultimately for adult life. As a parent you do not have the right to withdraw your child from any of the statutory content on either relationships or health. But you do have the right to withdraw your child from the sex education content that we choose to teach, apart from National Curriculum Science. 

​Please see the schools RSE policy for more detail.