Physical and Mental Health Education (PSHE)

Physical health and mental wellbeing education is statutory part of RSHE curriculum and the 35 statements are  found here

Children are taught explicitly through PSHE lessons, using ‘Lifewise’ as a resource, as well as complemented through assemblies and through class discussion.

The progression of learning for PSHE @ TMS is found here.

• Mental wellbeing: There is a normal range of emotions people feel, children are taught a vocabulary linked to feelings, benefits of physical well being on mental wellbeing, self care, recognition of loneliness, bullying impacts  mental wellbeing.

• Internet safety and harms: The internet has many benefits, the importance of screen time discussion, respectful online behaviour, and can have a negative affect on mental health. Children are taught how to report concerns. Online safety forms a part of the computing curriculum (iLearn2) and is supplemented by Natterhub. 

• Physical health and fitness: Benefits of a healthy lifestyle, risks associated with unhealthy lifestyle, how to report risks or concerns.

• Healthy eating: Balanced diet and risks associated with unhealthy diet.

• Drugs, alcohol and tobacco: Facts about harmful substances and risks. This includes medicine and legal drugs.

• Health and prevention: Recognise early signs of illness, dangers of the sun exposure, sleep, oral hygiene, personal hygiene and vaccinations.

• Basic first aid: How to call for emergency services, concepts of basic first aid.

• Changing adolescent body: Puberty  (Brooke handout on Puberty here)- physical and emotional changes, menstruation (Brooke handout on periods – here). This is found in the science curriculum, as well as an integral part of the RSE curriculum.