JIGSAW PSHE
Here at The Ferncumbe, we use Jigsaw PSHE throughout school.
What is Jigsaw?
Jigsaw PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) is a comprehensive and completely original Scheme of Work for the whole school from Reception through to Year 6. It brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development in a comprehensive scheme of learning. The statutory guidance for Relationships and Health Education for primary schools is also covered within this scheme.
SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) development opportunities are mapped throughout. All of these pieces of learning are brought together to form a cohesive picture, helping children to know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in the world.
British Values
Jigsaw contributes, as a good PSHE programme should, to the British Values agenda very significantly, both through the direct teaching of information and through the experiential learning children will enjoy.
The 5 strands of the British Values agenda have been mapped across every Puzzle (half-term units) and every Piece (lesson).
We link our whole school assemblies and our Friday Celebration Assembly to the Jigsaw Themes and Values being taught and applied through the PSHE curriculum. We are proud of the way we promote emotional wellbeing for all our pupils through our Jigsaw programme which underpins the whole of our curriculum.
The 6 Jigsaw Puzzles (half-termly units) are designed so the whole school can study the same learning themes at the same time, each year group at its own level. The Puzzles are sequential and developmental throughout each academic year. The puzzles are:
· Being Me
· Celebrating Differences
· Dreams and Goals
· Healthy Me
· Relationships
· Changing Me
Each class has a Jigsaw Journal where we record their learning experience. We also have a designated Jigsaw Celebration Display in the school hall where we share our achievements and successes.
You can find out more about JIGSAW by downloading the PDF guides for parents using the links below.
Information-for-parents-and-carers-leaflet
Relationship & Sex Education (RSE)
Our RSE curriculum is designed to match guidance from the Department for Education. Any changes to our approach shall be noted on this page and, where changes are made, there shall be full consultation with parents/carers.
We believe that knowledge empowers and protects children as long as it is age appropriate. Correct terminology for body parts is introduced early to normalise biological vocabulary and to support safeguarding. These words are not used in isolation but always in conjunction, ensuring children know these are private parts of their bodies.
If parents/carers wish to withdraw their child from any element of the RSE curriculum, they should contact their class teacher in the first instance. Please note that Sex Education is not the same as Relationships Education so a conversation with school is important to ensure there is a full understanding of the aspects of the curriculum a child can be withdrawn from.
Please see the attached documents for an overview of RSE at The Ferncumbe.
RSHE-A-Guide-for-Parents-and-Carers-leaflet-2020
Jigsaw-3-11-and-Statutory-Relationships-and-Health-Education-Map
