Subject Coordinators: Jo Wyer and Mandi Davies

Rationale

Personal and Social Development is at the core of our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) curriculum at The Bridge School. We encourage pupils to live as independently and safely as possible the world around them, in a way that is purposeful and meaningful to them.

Our PSHE curriculum allows pupils to follow their own preferences in making relationships, working safely alongside others and developing independence. Pupils have access to a wide range of motivating and engaging multi-sensory activities to facilitate their learning and develop their personal and social skills.

Within all PSHE lessons, pupils consistently have opportunities to extend their learning. Practitioners provide differentiated support to promote independent skills, healthy relationships and develop an understanding of feelings and emotions. Practitioners work at individual levels and scaffold pupils’ next steps.

At The Bridge School, we use bespoke, sequenced, small-step descriptors that outline the key knowledge and skills within PSHE. These descriptors provide an easy to use, aspirational framework that ensures all pupils make progress in what they know, what they can do and what they can remember.

Across all subjects and at all key stages, the overall intent is that the pupil engages, achieves, and makes the most personal progress they can over time to enable them to have the most fulfilling, enjoyable, and independent life possible.

Whole School Programme of Study

There are a range of interventions that teachers can select from such as drama games, Sherbourne Movement, Musical Interaction which are selected linked to the pupils previously assessed skills and knowledge that may be revisited to enable them to retain their prior learning or their next steps.

There are also blocks of planned activities linked to specific skills and knowledge progression that teachers select based on the pupils previously assessed skills and knowledge that may be revisited to enable them to retain their prior learning or their next steps e.g. Road safety, emotions, internet safety and relationships. This work is closely linked to the relationships and sex education policy. 

Examples of our work in PSHE!

Curriculum Progression Map

There is a curriculum progression map in place for all subjects. These can be discussed with Sam Bourton (Curriculum Lead) on request. 

Subject Policy

All policies are regularly updated and the latest version of any policy is available on request.