PSHE
At Stockton Wood Primary School, we aim to develop the whole child in order to prepare them for the future. Our school ethos, ‘Laying the Foundations for Life’, provides the basis for our teaching and development in all areas of learning, but provides a direct insight into how our children grow. Through the teaching and deliverance of our PSHE and RSE curriculum, we hope to provide children with the emotional skills needed to grow up to be happy, healthy and safe, and be able to manage challenges and opportunities that present themselves.
From an early age, we believe that children thrive with nurture, and learn best from real life experiences. With this in mind, we ensure opportunities to develop skills such as turn taking, sharing and caring and respecting others are plentiful. We provide opportunities for children to learn key behaviours, and how to adapt their behaviours in different situations. Children learn that they are responsible for their own behaviours, for themselves and for their environment.
We deliver our PSHE and RSE curriculum through the use of the SCARF programme. SCARF stands for Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship. Through SCARF, children learn about thoughts and feelings, both of their own and others. They learn about rights and responsilbilities, and the views and needs of people of all ages. Children learn how to be a member of a team, class and school community and how to communicate within those effectively. This closely links to our whole school approach of Restorative Practice.
RSE is taught in an age appropriate way throughout the school. We also teach responsively, so will actively alter our teaching in response to something that has presented itself. We teach children in a way that prepares them for the future.
PSHE Chatter
Scarf🧣
In our PSHE lesson, we drew special pictures for our friend Sam, to help make him feel happy. We had fabulous ideas and used lots of colours to create kind and cheerful drawings. Some of us drew rainbows, smiling faces, and hearts to show we care. We talked about how small acts of kindness can make a big difference. After we finished, we sent our pictures to Sam’s school so he could see them. We hope they make him smile!
Yellow Day
Reception had fun on Yellow Day. We discussed our feelings and how we can help ourselves when we are feeling sad or upset. We created yellow paper chains to brighten up our space!
SCARF/PSHE
We discussed how we can tell a friend when we don’t want to do something or if they are doing something we don’t like. We also finished our lesson with some peer massage if we felt comfortable to do so.
Road Safety/Black History Month
Did you know that traffic lights were invented by Garrett Morgan? Well, Nursery do! Today, we talked about how traffic lights help to keep us and drivers safe on our roads – J even said he is like a superhero for stopping cars from crashing as we talked about traffic lights giving cars each a turn to move safely. We had a talk about how to stay safe on roads when in a car, and how to cross the road safely.
SCARF Role-Playing
We had a brilliant afternoon acting and talking about different forms of bullying and what to do! Fantastic drama displays Year 2!
Learning what makes us special
Today, we read a story called ‘Hey you!’ by Dapo Adeola. This is a story about hope and dreams – we can dream anything, and we can be anything. It’s full of positive affirmations which we loved repeating. We talked about all the different attributes that make us special, including our skin colour. #blackhistorymonth
Making our own sandwiches
This week, we enjoyed building our own sandwiches! We talked about the health and hygiene aspect of handling food, and made sure we thoroughly washed our hands. We carefully spread the butter, then had to choose between chicken or cheese for our filling…and then our favourite bit…time to eat!
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Hello Yellow!
On Friday, we enjoyed recognising Hello Yellow day and what it means. First, we made a link with our current maths learning of colour, so we went on a hunt to find things that are yellow! We enjoyed some lovely relaxation afterwards 🥰❤️
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PSHE- Calm Shakers
Today, in Reception we discussed our feelings. We talked about how we can help ourselves when we are feeling sad or angry. We spoke about using our heart breaths, colouring and doing things that make us happy when we are feeling sad. We created calm shakers using; water, cornflour, food colouring and glitter!
Black History Month
Today in Reception we explored how we are different and how we are the same! We looked at our hair colour, eye colour and skin colour. We discussed how even if we look different we are the same inside and we should always be kind to everyone!
The colour of us
We read ‘The Colour of Us’ today as part of our PSHE lesson, which linked really well with our learning of Black History Month. We spent some time looking at our own face in the mirror and talking about what we could see. We talked about the ‘skin colour rainbow’ in the book and added our own hands to the rainbow. Did you know that every persons skin colour is unique to them?! That’s part of what makes us special 🥰
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Friendship Certificates in 2P
2P made Friendship Certificates and talked about what makes a good friend!
Values
Here we are using our democratic right to vote! We chose our class school councillors to represent our class in school council. We learnt of the Importance of voting in our society during assembly.
Emotions Week- The Very Hungry Worry Monster
This week, Reception explored the text The Very Hungry Worry Monster by Rosie Greening. We discussed when and why we might feel worried. We also discussed what we can do if we feel worried and who we can talk to. Reception created their very own Worry Monster using cotton pads, pipettes and coloured water.
Emotions Week
Reception explore The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright this week. Using the story puppets and the story cards the children ordered the story and recreated the story in our small world.
PSHE-SCARF
In our PSHE SCARF lesson this week, we discussed the word ‘trust’. We thought about the people who we trust and why. We discussed our family and friends. Then we wrote and drew the five people that we trust!
Emotions Week!
This week reception have explored emotions. We have read lots of stories to help us understand different emotions including; The Colour Monster, The Worry Monster and The Worrysauras. The children have used a range of materials to create their very own Feeling Jars inspired by The Colour Monster!
Friends are special
In PSHE this week, 3McK have been talking about friendships. In our circle time we discussed what we like about our best friends and what we might do if we fall out.
School Council
Huge congratulations to Alfie (Captain) and Harrison (Vice Captain). A great democratic vote in class 6M!
School Council
Some amazing speeches in class today; confident and articulate! So lovely to hear our children speak about our school values- respect, include, succeed and encourage! You all deserve it!
Friendship
This week reception have been exploring what makes a good friend. We said that; kind hands, kind words and kind actions are what make a great friend!
Today we have made a friendship potion where we’ve added: kindness, happiness and smiles to our potions 🧪.
PSHE
In reception, we have been exploring ourselves. In PSHE we shared our favourite things and why they are so important to us.
Scarf/PSHE
This week we discussed how everyone shows emotions differently. We showed how we show certain feelings.
Working together – continued
More creative designs to fit the bridge challenge brief, in Year 6 and more Success!
PSHE
Year 6 had to build a bridge to a particular brief, in teams. Working together was fun but things did get a bit tense during the testing!
As a community we RISE!
Welcome to 5H
It’s been a week since the start of the new school year and year 5 have settled in well. We’ve already delved straight into our curriculum and are having lots of fun learning.
Welcome Reception!
Welcome to Reception. We are having lots of fun exploring our new classroom and making new friends.
PSHE – changes
Year 5 discussed how our body changes when we go through puberty. Children were able to ask some relevant questions and respond to others with advice.
Year One – Croxteth Farm
We’ve throughly enjoyed a fabulous day at Croxteth Farm. We fed lots of hungry animals, groomed the ponies and stroked the bunny rabbits and guinea pigs.
Y6 Transition Live!
We enjoyed watching pupils from secondary schools across Liverpool talking about the transition from primary to secondary school. We had the opportunity to take part in a slido vote to express our worries. We also had the opportunity to ask questions to the Y7 pupils about travelling to school, homework, timings and activities and trips. Class 6MR said that they were most excited about meeting new friends.
What’s the Risk?
Class 6 MR have been exploring risk taking and risk factors in PSHE. The children rated themselves on a range of statements as ‘high risk’ or ‘low risk’. They discovered that we all assess risk in a different way and the more aware we are of the possible risks, the more able we are to make choices that keep us safe.
Aspirations – Lifesavers!
5M are proud to share the news that these children have worked extremely hard in the application process of becoming our future ‘school banking’ team. During the interview stage, they were successful in securing a role.
Well done children!
Aspirations week – Biomedical scientist
We ended our aspirations week with a chat from a lovely Biomedical scientist!
She told us all about the interesting journey of a blood sample and once again, many of us asked some great questions about blood.
Aspirations week – Lawyer
Year 5 had a wonderful session this morning with a lawyer named Collette.
Some fantastic questions were asked and answered, resulting in many of our children now liking the idea of becoming a lawyer.
Refugee week
Our assembly today was about raising awareness of what it means to be a refugee – Community is a superpower!
Many countries have many people that are forced to flee for their safety.
One of our children ended assembly with her own thoughts on being a community – “People are getting used to being around different types of people and the world is a colourful place!”
More talent in 5M!
One of our talented musicians treated us to a few tunes on her guitar this afternoon 👏🤩
MOVING HOUSE
Year 4 have been discussing big changes in our life and how they make us feel.
Lifesavers ~ Charities
As part of our lifesavers we have been discussing different charities. The children then chose one to research.
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Aspirations in year 5!
Today we got to try out a new role as a firefighter. This was great fun and encouraged some of us to consider this as a future job!
Fire champions
Our Year 5 children are continuing to work hard with the fire service and last week they had a chance to explore the equipment!
PSHE- Our Talents
Last week in PSHE, we discussed our talents and created a freeze frame for them. Our classmates then had to guess what our talents were.
Scarf/PSHE
This week we looked at the functions of our human body, we learnt about what our brains, lungs, and intestines do to keep our bodies working. We did this by playing a fun game of matching with dice.
6MR- Democracy in Britain
In small groups, the children formed a political party and produced a manifesto which outlined their main policies. Each party chose an election candidate who had to present a speech to persuade voters to vote for them! Congratulations to The Electors who won the majority vote!
PSHE
In Year 3 we have been talking about our talents. We mimed our talents and asked the rest of the class to guess what they were!
Y2 PSHE
We played a game using dice to find the functions of different parts of our bodies. We completed our end of unit assessment showing what we know.
Wellbeing Week!
For Wellbeing week we had a lovely session in class. We was very calm and we learnt all about pressing our calm button if we are upset. We had lots of fun!
Y2 Well-being Week
What a wonderful time we had completing activities for Wellbeing Week!
Wellbeing Week
We have been looking after our wellbeing an extra amount this week at Stockton Wood. Year 3 have enjoyed many activities such as reading for pleasure, cards for kindness and a quiet place session with Audrey, along with many other activities.
Well-being yoga
We started our morning with some lovely yoga! It’s trickier than it looks!
Mental Health Week – Year One
Lovely listening to mindfulness music and colouring with our friends to relax and unwind at the end of a busy school day.
Mindful
Today in 4C we created appreciation cards. We thought about the people who care for us.
Well-being week
We are enjoying our well-being activities this week. Today, we sat in the cool shade to listen to our chosen story for the day. This was a wonderful idea from one of our children ❤️
Mindful week
We started our mindful week with a good discussion. We also relaxed to some music with mindful colouring.
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Year One – PSHE
Lovely circle time discussing the food we like and dislike. Good range of healthy food added to packed lunch boxes using the ‘Eat Well’ plate.
Year One – Big Friday Quiz
Wonderful retrieval of prior learning in our Big Friday Quiz today. Well done everyone! Our winning team scored full marks!
Fire Champions at LFC
Yesterday year 5 had a wonderful time at LFC taking part in the fire champions programme. We learned a lot of valuable skills on how to stay state in our and community and at home.
PSHE – Year One
Year One has been busy watching and discussing videos from the British Red Cross. We have enjoyed learning about basic first aid.
Year 2 Scarf/PSHE
This week we looked at the ‘learning line’ which shows that when you try something new you may not be good at first, the important thing is to not give up. We tried a new skill and encouraged our friends to not give up
Have a fun Easter Break!
5M had a lovely afternoon after working so hard all morning 🥳🤩
PSHE
Yesterday, 3McK worked in pairs to think of ways Harold’s school could help the environment. We came up with some great ideas such as having signs to show where the bins are to help reduce littering, having labelled recycling bins and planting trees and flowers to create habitats for animals. Fantastic work 3McK!
Looking after our environment
We walked around our school environment and talked about how we can look after it.
don’t pull flowers, recycle, pick up your dogs mess, use your bike not your car.
Year 2 Scarf
This week we talked about our safe spaces. We made a list of our my special places where we go to be calm and happy. We acted out being in a safe and unsafe place.
PSHE DISCUSSIONS
4D discussed how our behaviours can impact how someone feels. We also discussed the importance of not being a passive witness when we see negative behaviour happening.
Rights and Duties 5H
5H have been discussing rights and duties to their school, home and environment, during PSHE. Many of the children highlighted our school values of Respect, Inclusion, Succeed and Encourage.
Neurodiversity Week
Year 3 have been learning about Neurodiversity this week. We have discussed different topics such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and ASD. Some of us even shared our thoughts and experiences.
Neurodiversity Week
To celebrate Neurodiversity Week we have been learning about how we all have different brains with different needs. Some people find things like sitting still and taking turns hard but we know that we need to be extra kind and patient to everyone’s needs.
Year One – Celebrating Neurodiversity Week
This week we have been watching a range of video clips and learning about how we are all different. We now know that our brains work differently and is ok to think in a different way to others. Everyone is welcome in Stockton Wood.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
A huge thank you to Mr Boyd for hanging our neurodiversity umbrellas! Neurodiversity is an umbrella term used to refer to all of the different ways of thinking. This week the children are learning about Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD and Dyspraxia. Ask your child if they know any famous people who are neurodivergant!
Year 2 Scarf/PSHE
In scarf we discussed secrets and how some secrets are nice to keep like birthday surprises. Secrets that make us sad or worried should always be shared with a trusted adult. We used drama skills to bring this learning to life.
LGBTQ+ Week
5M are working hard with a partner to research famous LGBTQ activists. We will present our findings before planning and writing biographies.
LGBTQ+ week
Today we read the story of ‘Pirate Mums’. As a class we discussed different types of families, we talked about families with 1 mum, 2 mums, a mum and a dad, 1 dad, 2 dads and how we are all different but we are still loved and cared for.
Safer internet Day!
Year 5 discussed online safety and how to be careful to avoid scams and fake news online. Some of our lucky children went to Anfield to represent our school in further discussions.
Valentine’s hugs
Today, we talked about how Valentine’s Day is all about love and friendship. We talked about all the people we love, and spoke about ways we can express our love to our family and friends. Lots of children suggested hugs, so that’s exactly what we did! How better to spread joy than to paint each other a picture, and give each other a cuddle…then our paintings will match! True friendship ❤️🥰
School Council meeting
Our school council were busy this morning, thinking of ideas for special rewards for reading at home and also for charities to donate to as part of our Social Impact Schools Award.
Staying safe, indoors and outdoors
Last week, we talked about how we stay safe both indoors and outdoors. The children were fantastic – they knew straight away that we must follow rules to stay safe. The children were able to confidently talk about the rules we have in nursery to keep our classroom safe and happy, so we moved outside. We looked at the road, and talked about some of the dangers we might come across and how we can keep ourselves safe.
Quiet Place
4D enjoyed giving each other a peer message in our whole class Quiet Place session today.
Hard work pays off!
Out-of-school success for a proud member of 5M.
If you believe, you can achieve!
CO (Carbon Monoxide) safety assembly!
We learnt an important message today about Carbon Monoxide (otherwise known as CO) safety.
You can’t see it, hear it, smell it, taste it or touch it!
Homework task:
- Check if you have a CO alarm in your home!
- Make a note of the signs and symptoms to look out for and also the number to call if you suspect any CO in your home.
Dogs Trust
Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed a workshop today with Dogs Trust. We learned how to correctly approach a dog and different ways to ensure we are safe around them.
Year 4 – Dogs Trust
Today we had an interesting session from the dogs trust. 🐕🦺🐩🦮 We learnt about how dogs use their senses and how to safely interact with dogs.
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Life savers big question 3!
What can we use our money for?
We discussed how often we consider our life saver values when we make a financial decision and shared ideas of how to be generous, thankful and wise with money.
Many of our children said that they believe they should save for the things they want but only after spending on the things they need. Some said that they would like to give more to charity too.
What is safe to go into my body?
Last week, we talked about what was safe to go onto our bodies such as sun cream, soap, plasters. Building on our learning, this week we talked about what is safe to go into our bodies. We talked about medicine and how this is only safe when it is given to us by a trusted grown up. We also looked at vitamins and at first, we thought they were sweets! Vitamins and medicines come in special bottles and tubs with lids that we can’t do to make sure we don’t have too much.
PSHE- ask permission before sharing
Today we watched a video about asking our friends permission before sharing videos or photos.
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What is safe to go into my body?
Today, we talked about what is safe to go into our bodies. We know that food and drink are safe, but we must remember to ask adults first. We might think a bottle looks like it has juice, but we should check. We talked about how medicine is safe, but we should never take medicine without a grown up – only medicines that are meant to be for children are safe. We also had a go at opening a medicine bottle…but it was too tricky! The special lid is to keep us safe.
Peer massage
Mrs Ritchie helped us use our massage skills that we have recently learned from Maria. We made sure to ask permission before we started 💆♀️
