Personal Development
We support children to acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives, now and in the future. As part of a whole-school approach, Personal Development develops the qualities and attributes children need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society. The benefits to pupils of such an approach are numerous as Personal Development prepares them to manage many of the most critical opportunities, challenges and responsibilities they will face growing up in such rapidly changing and challenging times. It also helps them to connect and apply the knowledge and understanding they learn in all subjects to practical, real-life situations while helping them to feel safe and secure enough to fulfil their academic potential.
Our whole school approach promotes effective relationships between all members of the school community. The promotion of pupils’ personal and social development underpins other learning. Personal Develoment education contributes to assist children and young people to build their personal identities, confidence and self-esteem and understand what influences their decisions. Developing self-understanding, empathy and the ability to work with others helps our pupils to enjoy healthy and productive relationships in all aspects of their lives.
Skills Children Learn
Personal Development (PD) is at the heart of our school learning journey. It encourages promotes, adopts and embeds a range of skills that allow children to be life-long learners and to learn everyday, essential, life skills, including:
- The Development of self-understanding, empathy and healthy, productive relationships
- Relationships Education
- Eating healthily
- Keeping safe on the road
- How to stay safe on the internet
- The promotion of good mental health
Responsibilities
Our pupils have a range of opportunties to develop their leadership skills by assuming various responsibilities.
- Daily Classoom leaders and specific class-based responsibilities
- School Council
- Subject Ambassadors
- Makaton Ambassadors
- Lunchtime Supports
- Play Leaders
- Head Boy and Girl - Year 6 children who hold a term of office
- Deputy Head Boy and Girl - Year 6 children who hold a term of office
- Assembly Monitors
- Worship Team
- Buddy System - Reception and Year 6 partnerships and Year 3 and 4 KS2 supports.
Visits and Visitors
Throughout the school year, we are fortunate to have various visitors to help bring our PD curriculum to life, including visits from:
- The Police
- The Fire Service
- Road safety experts
- Our Worship Team
- Authors
- Parents
- Visiting Experts
We also aim to organise exciting and enriching visits both to support learning and develop the children's 'cultural capital'.
Our Personal Development provision is broken down into five broad areas:
- Mental well-being;
- Physical development;
- Cultural capital;
- Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development & British values;
- Relationships, sex education.
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