This year the children will be learning the following in PSHE:
Autumn Term 1
Mental health and emotional wellbeing:
Healthy minds
Pupils learn:
· what mental health is
· about what can affect mental health and some ways of dealing with this
· about some everyday ways to look after mental health
· about the stigma and discrimination that can surround mental health
Autumn Term 2
Keeping safe and managing risk:
Keeping safe - out and about
Pupils learn:
- about feelings of being out and about in the local area with increasing independence
- about recognising and responding to peer pressure
- about the consequences of anti-social behaviour (including gangs and gang related behaviour)
FGM
Pupils learn:
- about the importance for girls to be protected against FGM
Spring Term 1
Drug, alcohol and tobacco education: Weighing up risk
Pupils learn:
* about the risks associated with using different drugs, including tobacco and nicotine products, alcohol, solvents, medicines and other legal and illegal drugs
* about assessing the level of risk in different situations involving drug use
* about ways to manage risk in situations involving drug use
Spring Term 2
Identity, society and equality:
Human rights
Pupils learn:
* about people who have moved to Islington from other places, (including the experience of refugees)
* about human rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
* about homelessness
Summer Term 1 and Summer Term 2
Sex and relationship education:
Healthy relationships / How a baby is made
Pupils learn:
* about the changes that occur during puberty
* to consider different attitudes and values around gender stereotyping and sexuality and consider their origin and impact
* what values are important to them in relationships and to appreciate the importance of friendship in intimate relationships
* about human reproduction in the context of the human lifecycle
* how a baby is made and grows (conception and pregnancy)
* about roles and responsibilities of carers and parents
* to answer each other’s questions about sex and relationships with confidence, where to find support and advice when they need it
* that contraception can be used to stop a baby from being conceived (if raised through discussion sessions)