New Pasture Lane Primary

Personal, Social and Health education

Relationships and Sex Education

Curriculum Lead - Mrs Hill

PSHE and RSE is a planned programme of learning through which children acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives now and in the future.

It contains several areas: Emotional Health and Well-Being, Healthy Lifestyles, Relationships and Sex-Education, Drug Education, Staying Safe and Citizenship including British Values.

Our intention is to support children's development as human beings, to enable them to understand and respect who they are, to empower them with a voice, to enable them to make safe and healthy choices, and equip them for life and learning. When children leave New Pasture Lane School, they will do so with the knowledge, understanding, and emotions to be able to be able to play an active and positive role in today's society. We want our children to have high aspirations, a belief in themselves and realise that anything is possible.  In an ever-changing world it is important that they are aware, to an appropriate level, of different factors which will affect their world and that they learn how to deal with these so that they maintain good mental and physical health.

Pupils are taught PSHE using ‘Jigsaw’, which is timetabled as a weekly ‘stand alone’ subject. It is a spiral, progressive scheme of work, which ensures that key topics are revisited at a deeper, more complex level each year. There is a strong emphasis on emotional Literacy, building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health. It includes mindfulness to allow children to advance their emotional awareness, concentration and focus.

At New Pasture Lane Primary School, in addition to Relationships Education, we also teach aspects of Sex Education that is covered in our Science Curriculum. The Sex Education aspects of PSHE are also taught through ‘Jigsaw’.

There are six puzzle pieces in Jigsaw that are designed to progress in sequence:

• 1) Being Me in My World
• 2) Celebrating Differences (including anti-bullying)
• 3) Dreams and Goals
• 4) Healthy Me
• 5) Relationships
• 6) Changing Me (including Sex Education)

Jigsaw is organised into these six areas of learning, which are repeated each year so that the children build up their knowledge and skills. 

RSE

Relationships and Sex Education takes place in the summer term each year. 

Please see in the letter below details of what each year group will be learning and the vocabulary that will be used.

pshe summer term parents letter template feb 2026.pdf

 Below are some additional resources and information for parents. 

• PSHE hormones-and-relationships-parent-guidance
• PSHE parents-guide-to-rshe-in-primary-schools-2026
• PSHE talking-about-puberty-sex-education-and-growing-up-with-your-child

PSHE

Personal, Social and Health Education takes place throughout the school year.

Please see the documents below for details of each year group will be learning.

pshe ltp.pdf

  

npl pshe rse curriculum progressive objectives.pdf

In addition to the taught PSHCE / RSE lessons we provide a number of enrichment activities to support the curriculum.

Houses – all children in school belong to one of our 10 houses. 

ELSA          Visits from the NSPCC          Visits from Safe on the Rails

Road Safety Training                   Visits from the School Nurse/Dental Nurse

Anti-Bullying Day                       Healthy School status

Internet Safety Day                      Philosophy for Children

Fire Safety                                  Visits from the Lifeguards