PSHE

At Gossops Green Primary School, we truly believe in the importance of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and the overarching role it plays in developing our pupils into healthy, independent, and responsible individuals who are prepared for life and work.

Across the school, we use SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience, Friendship), a comprehensive whole-school scheme of work for PSHE, which has been carefully designed by experts to ensure a progressive and supportive curriculum, which aims to ensure that all children acquire the life skills needed to thrive.   SCARF’s whole-school approach supports us in promoting the children’s positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience and achievement. 

  • PSHE is always taught by the class teacher or a member of staff that the children know and trust. The children work though a series of lessons that build upon their prior learning and are age appropriate. The lessons are adapted by teachers to ensure that they are sensitive to the needs of individual children

  • There is planned progression across the SCARF scheme of work, so that children are increasingly and appropriately challenged as they move through the school

  • The SCARF scheme of work is organised into six half-termly units, which are revisited each academic year. An overview of these units, and the key points covered in each year group can be found by clicking the picture below

  • The SCARF scheme of work covers the statutory requirements that all children in state schools legally must be taught. Parents do not have the right to withdraw their child from any of the SCARF lessons (with the exception of Sex Education in Year 6, although we strongly advise against this)

Science Curriculum Implementation

To achieve our intent, our Science curriculum will provide the following:

  • A progressive, sequential journey of knowledge, skills and concepts from Year 1 to Year 6, encompassing the depth and breadth of the science curriculum

  • Opportunities to address cultural capital disadvantage

  • A focus on high-quality scientific vocabulary to equip pupils with the language to express their scientific knowledge with precision and confidence

  • Explicit links with high-quality examples texts, including models, use of technology and practical resources, to provide contextual links and reinforce scientific knowledge

  • Key outcomes, described as ‘sticky knowledge,’ which form the foundation of prior and subsequent learning

  • Higher-order, subject-specific questions to assess knowledge and understanding

  • Enhanced learning through memorable experiences and visiting experts

  • Adaptable approaches that enable all pupils’ opportunities to explore science and experience success

  • Adapted learning and teaching to support those with additional needs through the pre-teaching of scientific vocabulary, the use of worked examples as models and a focus on creating cross-curricular links between scientific and other subjects

  • Targeted support for children with English as an additional language including peer collaboration, specific language learning objectives and adaptation based on their current language acquisition

  • Learning opportunities that encourage children to develop a genuine curiosity in science

Science Curriculum Impact

  • Pupils will have a curiosity about the world around them

  • They will have the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and in the future

  • Pupils will understand that the scientific method of enquiry is an opportunity to form conclusions, appreciating the power of rational explanations

  • Pupils will fully appreciate the importance of reliable evidence in the scientific approach

  • They will have the skills and knowledge to select appropriate equipment for enquiry-based learning

  • Pupils will understand a wide range of scientific vocabulary

  • They will understand that, used ethically, science is the key to all innovation, progress and improvement of humankind