Holy Trinity Primary School

Our PSHE curriculum follows a spiral structure, so everyone in school is taught the same topic simultaneously, developing and deepening their knowledge in an age-appropriate way.

Autumn 1 - Me and My Relationships

During the first term of the year, time is spent across school in helping children settle into their new classes and routines. Combined with MyHappyMind, this term focuses on understanding feelings and how to manage individual feelings and promote positive relationships. Children are also encouraged to think about people who are important to them, and how these people keep them safe.

Autumn 2 - Valuing Difference

This topic focuses on the importance of uniqueness and difference, and encourages diversity. We celebrate our school community in this topic, by expressing our similarities and differences. We also raise awareness through Anti-bullying week and children across school are given opportunities for pupil voice.

Spring 1 - Keeping safe

This unit teaches children physical, emotional and online safety skills. It also covers statutory relationships and health education, helping pupils identify trusted adults, manage risk and make safe choices at home, school and online

Spring 2 - Growing and Changing

In the Growing and Changing topic, children across school are taught about their bodies and how their bodies change as they get older. This topic is sensitive to the safeguarding agenda, and following government guidance, all children (from Year 1 upwards) are taught the names of body parts using scientific language to normalise this vocabulary (see the vocabulary sheet on our website).

This topic also prepares children in Key Stage 2 for puberty, in advance of these changes happening to them, while providing them with a safe space to ask questions.

Summer 1 - Rights and Respect

While the whole school year draws on the importance of British values, this half term focuses heavily on the British values impacting our school community the most. We spend a lot of time defining and understanding "mutual respect and tolerance", and considering the different scenarios in which we can implement this.

Summer 2 - Being My Best

Time in spent during this half term to encourage children to think about their best qualities. This topic also prepares children for the transition into the next year group. Along with MyHappyMind, times is spent with Year 6 to help them with their transition into high school.

Special Events

At Holy Trinity Primary School we enrich the PSHE curriculum further by hosting a wide range of external visitors. These include The Halifax Panthers, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, The Canal and River Trust and the Mental Health in Schools Team.

We have recently achieved the Bronze Level Water Smart Schools Award. This accreditation, developed by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) recognises our commitment to equipping our pupils with vital, life-saving water safter skills.

Water safety is an essential life skill. By securing this award, we have taken a major step forward in ensuring our children know how to stay safe around water whether they are visiting a local pool, walking near rivers or enjoying a trip to the beach.

How can I support my child with PSHE?

Download the MyHappyMind app, to promote positive mental health and attitudes.
Access the SCARF webpage for parents (attached at the top of this page) for more information on supporting your child across the curriculum.
Your child will be familiar with the British Values, so please have positive conversations at home, around acceptance and tolerance and encouraging uniqueness for everyone.
There are some books shown below which you can read with your child