Life Skills and RSE

 

At Marden Lodge, through our Life Skills curriculum we endeavour for them to understand and value their sense of identity and how they fit into and contribute to the world and wider community, enabling children to become well-rounded, emotionally attentive adults of the future. The children will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to advance their emotional awareness, concentration, focus and self-regulation. We aim for children to be resilient and tolerant towards the world’s moral, social, cultural and societal challenges. The children will build their confidence, self-awareness and identity whilst learning to nurture mental and physical health.

Jigsaw holds children at its heart, and its cohesive vision helps children understand and value how they fit into and contribute to the world. With strong emphasis on emotional literacy, building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health, Jigsaw 3-11 properly equips schools to deliver engaging and relevant PSHE within a whole-school approach. Jigsaw lessons also include mindfulness allowing children to advance their emotional awareness, concentration, focus and self-regulation.

 Each half term, the children across the school focus on a different part of the curriculum;

Autumn 1	Being me in my world
Autumn2	Celebrating difference
Spring 1	Dreams and goals
Spring 2	Healthy me
Summer 1	Relationships
Summer 2	Changing me

RSE:

In September 2021, it became compulsory for all Primary Schools to teach Relationship and Health education to children.  At Marden Lodge, we understand Relationship and Sex education to be about the emotional, social and cultural development of pupils, and involves learning about relationships, sexual health, healthy lifestyles, diversity and personal identity.  SRE involves a combination of sharing information, and exploring issues and values.  SRE is not about the promotion of sexual activity.

Relationships Education at Marden Lodge  will cover ‘Families and people who care for me’, ‘Caring friendships’, ‘Respectful relationships’, ‘Online relationships’, and ‘Being safe’.  As with the rest of the PSHE curriculum, at Marden Lodge we use the Jigsaw scheme of work.   It is important to explain that whilst the Relationships Puzzle (unit) in Jigsaw covers most of the statutory Relationships Education, some of the outcomes are also taught elsewhere in Jigsaw e.g. the Celebrating Difference Puzzle helps children appreciate that there are many types of family composition and that each is important to the children involved. This holistic approach ensures the learning is reinforced through the year and across the curriculum.

For more details regarding RSE at Marden Lodge, please see the relevant policy under the Policies tab as well as the RSE Progression and Sequencing of Skills document below.