Pupil voice

Whole School Resources

At the Castle School, we have invested in physical and electronic resources and training, to ensure our pupils are safe and equipped with the skills and knowledge they need for life.

• We have membership to National College, which gives staff and parents up to date internet safety training and allows teachers to use their lesson plans and resources to deliver relevant and up to date internet safety training. The National College | CPD for Schools, Trusts, Colleges & Nurseries

We are a National Online Safety Certified School, and all teachers, TA’S and safeguarding leads, have annual online safety training. Please see the National Online Safety letter on the school website for information about how to obtain a parent login.

• We have purchased an online subscription to Life support productions guides, which gives teachers lesson plans, resources and videos to teach effective RHSE (Relationships, Health and Sex Education) and RHSE. https://lifesupportproductions.co.uk/

            We have the following packages:

You, your body, growing up relationships and sex – for SEND

The New Guide to relationships and sex - Secondary

The Primary guide to Relationships and sex – Primary

• We also have a subscription to Tasted https://www.tasteeducation.com/ to support our pupils learning about healthy eating.
• We have boxes of physical resources for all topic areas in our resources room. Resources are photographed and labelled, so staff can access them when needed.
• We use the NSPCC PANTS programme to teach our pupils to teach them the importance of private body parts, to keep them safe from harm. We have purchased resources to go alongside the online programme.
• We use the NSPCC programme, Speak out, Stay Safe, to teach about anti bullying.
• We have access to resources from NSPCC learning, as part of the talk relationships service, to support our Secondary pupils understanding of healthy relationships. More information can be found here:

Early Years (Adventure Pathway) Personal, Social and Emotional Skills Curriculum

At Castle School, we use the PSHE Association planning framework for pupils with SEND, Key stage 1 and 2, to ensure that our pupils in Primary 2 receive a broad balanced curriculum that covers all statutory areas of the DFEs statutory guidance for Primary Relationships education 2019. We also go beyond the statutory guidance and cover the ‘Living in the Wider World’ themes from the PSHE association framework, as these are essential for our pupils to thrive.

N.B. Internet Safety and Relationships health education are interwoven throughout the topic areas.

Self Awareness

1. Things we are good at

2. Kind and unkind behaviours

3. Playing and working together

4. People who are special to us

5. Getting on with others

Self-Care, Support and Safety

1. Taking care of ourselves

2. Keeping safe

3. Trust

4. Keeping safe online

5. Public and Private

Managing Feelings

1. Identifying and expressing feelings

2. Managing strong feelings

Changing and Growing

1. Baby to adult

2. Changes at puberty

3. Dealing with touch

4. Different types of relationship

Heathy lifestyles

1. Healthy Eating

2. Taking care of physical health

3. Keeping well

The World I live in.

1.Respecting differences between people

2. Jobs people do

3. Rules and laws

4. Taking care of the environment

5. Belonging to a community

6. Money

At Castle School, we use the PSHE Association planning framework, for pupils with SEND, Key stage 3 and 4, and Post 16 pupils on the Explore pathway, to ensure that our pupils receive a broad balanced curriculum that covers all statutory areas of the DFEs statutory guidance for Secondary Relationships Health and Sex education, 2019. We also go beyond the statutory guidance and cover the ‘Living in the Wider World’ themes from the PSHE Association Framework, as these are essential for our pupils to thrive.

N.B Internet Safety and Relationships Health and Sex education are interwoven throughout the topic areas.

Self Awareness

1. Personal strengths

2. Skills for learning

3. Prejudice and discrimination

 4. Managing pressure

Self-Care, Support and Safety

 Feeling unwell

 2. Feeling frightened/worried

3. Accidents and risk

4. Keeping safe online

5. Emergency situations

 6. Public and private 7. Gambling

Managing Feelings

1. Self-esteem and unkind comments

2. Strong feelings

3. Romantic feelings and sexual attraction

4. Expectations of relationships

/abuse

Changing and Growing

1. Puberty

2. Positive/ unhealthy relationships

3. Friendships

4. Intimate relationships, consent and contraception

5. Long-term relationships/

parenthood

Heathy lifestyles

1. Elements of a healthy lifestyle

2. Mental wellbeing

3. Physical activity

4. Healthy eating

5. Body image

6. Medicinal drugs

 7. Drugs, alcohol & tobacco

The World I live in

1. Human diversity

2. Rights and responsibilities

3. Managing online information

4. Taking care of the environment

5. Preparing for adulthood

6. Managing finances

At Castle School, we use the PSHE Association Programme of study for Key Stage 5 pupils on the Voyager pathway, to ensure that our pupils in Post 16 receive a broad balanced curriculum. At the end of Key Stage 5, students will continue their journey into further education, supported living and employment. As the PSHE association says:  “There is a balance throughout this Programme of Study between preparing students to manage their current lives and laying the foundations for managing future experiences.”

Health and wellbeing

• Self concept
• Mental health and emotional wellbeing
• Healthy lifestyles
• Managing risk and personal safety
• Sexual health
• Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco

Relationships

• Relationship Values
• Forming and maintaining successful relationships.
• Consent
• Contraception and parenthood
• Bullying, abuse and discrimination.

Living in the wider world.

• Choices and pathways
• Work and Career
• Employment rights and Responsibilities
• Financial choices
• Media Literacy and Digital Resilience.