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
Arts Council candidates
We had so many candidates for our Arts Councillor. Well done to every child that shared the reasons that they would be a great member of our Arts team. Unfortunately, only one could be chosen.
Dyslexia Awareness
This afternoon in assembly, we discussed how dyslexia can affect different things for different people. A person with dyslexia can be good at some things but need support with other things. It is important to remember that people with dyslexia also have great strengths too and that at our school we support each other no matter what our differences are.
Scarf – Emotions (helping others)
Today, we received a message from Sam, who was feeling a little sad and asked us for some support. We talked together about how we could help Sam feel better and acted out different scenarios to explore ways we could help. We are really excited to send our letters and share our ideas with Sam, and we hope they help to put a smile back on Sam’s face!
5D – being assertive
In PSHE this week, 5D have been discussing how to be assertive. The children explored the importance of being able to say no when they don’t want to do something, while still being polite and respectful.
They showed great maturity throughout the lesson and demonstrated a fantastic understanding of the topic. To practise their new assertiveness skills, the children wrote short scripts and performed them to the class.
I was so proud of their confidence and the way they approached the task. Well done, 5D!
PSHE – Listening, sharing and respecting others.
4M took part in a fishbowl activity as part of our Restorative Practice work. We practised listening carefully, taking turns to speak and respecting different opinions. The children reflected on how their words and actions can affect others and explored the importance of making everyone feel heard and included.
Hello Yellow Day ☀️
We celebrated Hello Yellow Day by wearing something yellow and taking part in lots of fun yellow-themed activities. The children went on a yellow treasure hunt, searching for different objects of this bright colour. We also talked about how yellow can make us feel happy and explored our emotions, discussing the different feelings we experience and how we can express them.
Being assertive
5R had a great discussion about what it means to be assertive and how to handle different situations confidently. We brought our learning to life through some role play and drama!
Recognising feelings
Year 1 have been exploring different feelings during circle time in PSHE.We discussed how different scenarios can make us feel and learn how to recognise these emotions through facial expressions and body language.
Hello Yellow Day
For Hello Yellow Day, 5D explored the importance of looking after our mental health and discussed different strategies to support our wellbeing. Each child wrote a positive quote, affirmation or compliment, which we brought together to create a Jar of Positivity. This special jar is filled with encouraging words that we can turn to whenever we need a little extra motivation, reassurance or a boost of positivity!
Year 4 Hello Yellow Day
Year 4 celebrated Hello Yellow Day by exploring children’s mental health.
We discussed different scenarios, shared strategies to help us feel calm, regulated and ready to learn again, and created our own personal lists of things to try when feeling overwhelmed.
We also enjoyed some mindful activities to support our wellbeing!
5D PSHE
Our Emotional Needs
Today, 5D created their own characters and explored how they might act in different situations. The children worked incredibly hard and came up with some really thoughtful and insightful comments. I am very proud of the maturity they showed during this activity.
Well done, 5D!
5D Hello Yellow Day 💛⭐️🌻
Today, 5D celebrated Hello Yellow Day by sharing compliments and making each other smile! Each child wrote a lovely compliment for a classmate and popped it into our compliment jar. Everyone received a thoughtful compliment, and the day ended with smiles all round! Perhaps the compliment jar should become a permanent fixture! 💛
Hello Yellow Day 💛⭐️🌻🐥🍋
In nursery we painted a picture of a sun and talked about what makes us happy.
Year 4 Big Friday Quiz
Year 4’s Big Friday Quiz is a hit!
We love earning dojos when we successfully retrieve and recall our previous learning.
October Black History Month
Our assembly gave us a chance to learn about the achievements, stories and contributions of Black people throughout history.
We heard about people who have overcome challenges, achieved great things and inspired others along the way.
Who inspires you?
Miss Buckingham and a team of children also put their knowledge to the test in a Black History Month quiz – they did so well that they were rated as ‘Clever clogs’! 🏆
5D – Computing
🎮 Learning through games! 💻
5D have been amazing in Computing this term! Before moving on to our next topic, we enjoyed some fun decoding games and internet safety activities.
The children had a fantastic time and, best of all, they were learning while having fun! 🌟🔐
Recognising and expressing feelings
In PSHE, we enjoyed talking about feelings. We recognised that some feelings are comfortable (like feeling happy, calm, relaxed, excited) and others are uncomfortable (like feeling scared, worried, nervous). We know that we can look at clues (body language, facial expressions), but we can also ask people how they are feeling. #Pol-Ed
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5D – PSHE
In PSHE, we have been looking at what makes a good friend. This week, we used role play to create freeze frames based on different scenarios that might occur in friendships. The children were very creative, and their freeze frames told a clear story!
PSHE- listening skills
1B have been focusing on their super listening skills in PSHE. We listened carefully to our friends and explored different ways we can use our body language to show that we can be good, respectful listeners. Can you show someone at home the skills of a super listener?👂🏻🌟
