PSHE

Hi, my name is Mrs Houldsworth and I am the PSHE / RSE Coordinator at Moston Lane. I am passionate about PSHE and believe it is a vital part of our curriculum! I love watching our children grow holistically and become confident, healthy and independent young people when they reach Year 6. I believe that PSHE / RSE prepares children for the wider world and enables them to make an active contribution to their communities. At Moston Lane, we always encourage our children to ‘Be the Best they can Be!’

PSHE Parent Consultation Session - July 2026

Dear Parents / Carers,

A big thank you to all who attended the PSHE Parent Consultation Session last week. Your feedback is hugely appreciated and helpful in informing our curriculum decisions with regards to the new statutory PSHE guidance. For thosw who were unable to attend, here is a brief summary of the key changes that will be coming into effect in September 2026:

The new statutory RSHE/PSHE changes for primary schools focus on keeping children safer, building confidence, and helping them understand their bodies and feelings in a clear, age‑appropriate way. Your child will receive more structured, practical teaching that helps them stay safe, understand their body, and manage emotions. The aim is to build confidence, resilience, and clear communication which is all taught in a gentle, age‑appropriate way.

·       Online safety — Children will now learn more about staying safe online, including recognising scams, understanding in‑game purchases, knowing why privacy settings matter, and learning that they should never share personal information.

·       Correct body terminology — Schools must teach the proper names for body parts, including genitalia. This supports safeguarding and helps children communicate clearly if something worries them.

·       Personal safety — New content covers everyday safety such as fire, water, road, and rail safety, helping children understand risks and how to stay safe.

·       Feelings, change and loss — Children will learn that people experience change and loss differently, and that a range of feelings is normal.

·       Healthy bodies and development — Expectations around teaching body changes are now clearer, ensuring children receive consistent, age‑appropriate information.

For more information on these changes, please click on the QR code on the website homepage (RSE updates) to watch the ‘Parent / Carer Information Webinar’.

If you would like further information about the updated ‘Changing Me’ content, including the updated Sex Education content and key vocabulary, please email me at h.houldsworth@mostonlane.manchester.sch.uk

Thank you for taking the time to review the proposed PSHE curriculum. Please complete the Google Form below to share your views. Your feedback is important and will help us to ensure that our programme meets the needs of our pupils whilst reflecting the views of our school community.

PSHE Consultation Parent Feedback Form

Intent

At Moston Lane Primary School, our intention is to provide a PSHE curriculum that is broad, balanced and effective. We strive to ensure that all pupils develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to lead confident, healthy and independent lives, regardless of their background, needs or abilities.

We provide a wide range of explicit and implicit learning opportunities and experiences that promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our pupils as they move through the primary phase. It builds on the skills that pupils started to acquire during the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS) to develop effective relationships, assume greater personal responsibility and manage personal safety, including online. Our PSHE curriculum helps pupils to manage the physical and emotional changes during puberty, introduces them to the wider world and enables them to make an active contribution to their communities.

 We aim to create a positive, safe and supportive learning environment that prepares our pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. We always encourage our pupils to be the best they can be! 

Implementation

At Moston Lane, we adopt a whole school approach to the teaching of PSHE. We employ a variety of teaching strategies to implement our PSHE curriculum. Through a multisensory, collaborative teaching approach, we ensure that all needs are catered for, allowing all pupils to participate fully and effectively.

PSHE is taught through weekly 1-hour discrete sessions for each year group. Additionally, pupils are offered a wide range of opportunities to engage with concepts and content of PSHE through other subjects within the curriculum including Science, Religious Education, Physical Education and Computing. Our PSHE curriculum is further enriched through school assemblies, out of school activities including trips and local visits and also working with external agencies and members of the community. Pupils are given opportunities to participate and contribute to local and national initiatives and campaigns, including charity fundraising events. PSHE values are also explored through practical activities such as group discussions, problem-solving activities, games, role play and investigations. These additional experiences will help pupils make connections between their learning and ‘real life’ behaviours.

PSHE is further enhanced through the development of our school council. Electing a team of Head Boy / Girl and Deputy children promotes pupil voice at Moston Lane. Working closely with other schools encourages and empowers our pupils by helping them to use their voice in a meaningful and effective way.

Impact

Our PSHE education is guided by the values of honesty, kindness, trust, responsibility, friendship, self-control, empathy, respect and tolerance. This approach enables holistic development as well as ensure progression in PSHE. 

Assessment is a crucial aspect of PSHE education. Pupil progress in PSHE is assessed formatively on a day to day basis, as well as summatively every term. It involves a baseline assessment to understand pupils' prior learning, to ensure that new learning is relevant and good progress can be assessed. It also involves planning lessons which builds on pupils' prior knowledge to show progression in PSHE. We assess and provide evidence of our pupils’ learning and progression through assessment tasks at the beginning and end of a topic. This task is the formal opportunity for teacher assessment which uses a best-fit approach, allowing the teacher to decide whether the child is working at, working towards or beyond. We use self and peer assessment to involve children in their own learning and next steps and we provide our pupils the opportunity to reflect on their learning and identify future learning needs. Regular assessment of PSHE allows for any child in need of intervention to receive it to ensure progression.

 Our PSHE curriculum and assessment is built to ensure all pupils make good progress to meet or exceed age-related expectations and have an enhanced cultural capital. This assessment allows the leadership team, parents, governors and school inspectors to see PSHE education’s impact on our pupils and whole school

outcomes, such as Ofsted judgements on personal development, safeguarding, spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development and the promotion of fundamental British values.

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 To find out more information about PSHE at Moston Lane, please have a look at our PSHE policy and other related policies below:

 PSHE Policy  

Anti Bullying Policy 

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Here you can find the 'Age Related Expectations' for each year group, which outlines what skills a child should be able to do at the end of each year. Children will be assessed against these expectations to see what they have achieved, and what they need to work on next.

Please follow the links to find out more about the expectations for your child:

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

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Knowledge Organisers 

Please find the 'Knowledge Organiser' for your child's year group below. They contain key words and information that the children will be learning throughout their topic this half term. 

For more information, please visit the National Curriculum link below.

PSHE

Jigsaw Scheme of Work

At Moston Lane, we have recently introduced a whole school PSHE scheme of work called ‘Jigsaw.’ This scheme of learning offers a comprehensive Programme for Primary PSHE, including statutory Relationships and Health Education. It is delivered through a spiral, progressive and planned scheme of work, focusing strongly on emotional literacy, mindfulness, building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health and giving our children the relevant learning experiences to help them navigate their world.

To find out more information about the Jigsaw Scheme, please refer to the introductory document below:

Information Leaflet

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British Values

Jigsaw contributes 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: Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs have been mapped across every Puzzle and every Piece (lesson).

To find out more information about how Jigsaw fully covers Fundamental British Values as part of our SMSC provision, please refer to the document below:

British Values

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SMSC

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development

SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) development opportunities are mapped throughout the Jigsaw scheme of work. All 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.

To find out more information about where SMSC and Emotional Literacy development opportunities exist within Jigsaw, please refer to the document below:

SMSC and Emotional Literacy

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The PSHE Association is the national body for personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education. Most PSHE education becomes statutory for all schools from September 2020 under the Children and Social Work Act 2017. For Primary schools, this includes ‘Relationships Education’ and ‘Health Education’. 

Please click on the RSE tab for more information.  

RSE Information

Dear Parents/Carers,

This half term, we will be covering the unit ‘Changing Me’ with your child during their PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education) lessons. This will be delivered through the PSHE Jigsaw scheme of work. During this unit, we will be teaching your child some elements of the new statutory RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) guidance from the Department of Education (DfE).

Please click on the relevant link below for your child and read the document carefully.

PSHE around our school

Below are some pictures of PSHE displays around our school. However, you can find all of the amazing photos of work and activities that goes on in school by visiting the 'Campaigns' tab!

https://mostonlane.sites.schooljotter2.com/curriculumpage/pshe/pshe-campaigns