PSHE
At The Stable School our PSHE Curriculum is designed with the specific needs of our learners in mind and is reflective of TSS’s aims and ethos. Our ethos focuses on enabling learners to make well informed and positive choices for themselves that lead to them becoming confident young adults who value inclusivity and are prepared for all that their futures may bring.
Learners are taught and continually encouraged to respect other people, with particular regard to the protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010. Learners study a different topic every half-term and topics build on one another. In KS2, learners explore aspects of life that include friendships, money matters and community, for example. This provides the foundation learning for Year 7, where learners focus on how to build relationships safely, laying a foundation for understanding the basics of social interactions and communication.
By Year 9, the curriculum evolves to help learners identify respectful relationships, likely delving deeper into understanding boundaries, consent, and mutual respect. Finally, in Year 10, learners explore the concept of healthy relationships, likely encompassing emotional well-being, effective communication, and the qualities that contribute to positive and sustainable connections. This structured approach not only recognises the evolving maturity of learners but also ensures that they receive relevant and meaningful insights into relationships throughout their educational journey.
RSE
At The Stable School, good relationships are fundamental to our ethos. Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) is lifelong learning about relationships, emotions, looking after ourselves, different families, sex, sexuality and sexual health. It involves acquiring information, developing skills and forming positive beliefs, values and attitudes. RSE has a key part to play in the personal, social, moral and spiritual development of young people.
The aims of relationship and sex education (RSE) at our school are to:
- Provide a framework in which sensitive discussions can take place.
- Teach children the correct vocabulary to describe themselves and their bodies.
- Develop confidence in talking about feelings and relationships.
- Help children develop feelings of self-respect, confidence and empathy.
- Have the confidence and self-esteem to value themselves and others.
- Prepare children for puberty, and give them an understanding of sexual development and the importance of health and hygiene.
- Create a positive culture around issues of relationships and sexuality.
- Understand about the diverse range of different relationships, and families, and their importance for the care and support of children.
- Behave responsibly within relationships.
- Be able to recognise unsafe situations and be able to protect themselves and ask for help and support.
- Understand the role of the media in forming attitudes.
- Understand that offence can be caused by the use of sexual terms as an insult.
Parents have the right to request children are removed from lessons teaching certain elements of RSE. Information on this can be downloaded here.