PSHME in The Prep Department

Trinity School

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Welcome to Prep PSHME
PSHME is taught as a subject, but its core values are a reflection of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural life that is part of the everyday experience in the Preparatory Department. The success of the subject teaching, and the effect of the Prep Department’s ethos, can be seen in the mature and reflective approach that children develop through their time with us.

Aims and Curriculum
PSHME aims to give pupils the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to lead confident, healthy, independent lives and become informed, active, responsible citizens. Pupils feel encouraged to contribute fully to the life of our whole School as well as the wider community. In doing so they learn to recognise their own worth, work well with others and become increasingly responsible for their own learning. A School Governor is appointed to oversee the curriculum.

As they grow throughout their time in school, children are encouraged to become more aware of themselves, their feelings and their responsibilities towards others, acknowledging that others have their own feelings too. They become critically aware of an appropriate variety of health issues and of their right to safety.

The key areas embraced by the Government guidance are key to each Year group’s programme of work, namely: confidence and ability; citizenship; healthy lifestyle; relationships and respect.

The style of delivery is wide-ranging and includes circle time, drama, posters, paired- and team-working, projects, games, rounds, visualisation, music and story. Activities include classroom work, and a mixed programme of visits/visitors, involving organisations such as Coastguard, RNLI, Fire Service, St John’s, children’s charities, animal sanctuaries, local MP’s and many more.

Topics include: health, safety, bullying, diet, beaches, roads, being lost, break-ins, friends, loneliness, strangers, assertiveness, persistence, election hustings, teamwork, animals, medicines, fire and communicating.

Pupils are regularly challenged to self-assess their participation, understanding and response to these issues. They reflect on their experiences and understand how they are developing personally and socially, tackling many of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. They find out about the main political and social institutions that affect their lives and about their responsibilities, rights and duties as individuals and members of communities outside School. They learn to understand and respect our common humanity, diversity and differences so that they can go on to form the effective, fulfilling relationships that are an essential part of life and learning.

Extra Curricular Activities
The Preparatory Department School Council and the CAB (Campaign Against Bullying) scheme link with the themes developed throughout the PSHE programmes.

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