PSHE
(Personal, Social, Health, Economic Education)
Old Earth children and the community are at the heart of all that we do. We provide a whole school PSHE curriculum that builds foundations of health and wellbeing, providing crucial skills and positive attitudes to enable children to achieve their best potential, academically and socially.
We want our children to develop and deepen their personal, social, emotional development in ways that are tailored to their age group, whilst also expanding on their previous knowledge as they progress through the school. Children learn about themselves as developing individuals and as members of the Old Earth community as well as in the wider world, building on their own experiences and experiences of others.
We provide a safe space for the children to learn PSHE, providing them with the ability to make safe and informed choices, taking responsibility for their actions, respecting and valuing difference and being the best that they can be. Children will learn to show acceptance of others regardless of their background, religion, race, gender or sexuality. As they progress further up the school into KS2 we want to provide effective sex and relationship education, to enable the children to make responsible and well informed decisions about their lives, to help and support them through their physical, emotional and moral development. It is our aim to help our pupils to learn to respect themselves and others and move with confidence from childhood through adolescence into adulthood.
At Old Earth we follow the SCARF PSHE programme, which is a whole school approach that provides a scheme of learning from School Nursery to Year 6.
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SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship) is mapped to the PSHE Association programmes of study. These are divided into six half termly units. The units are tailored to each year group under the following themes:
Being my Best
Me and my Relationships
Keeping Myself Safe
Valuing Difference
Growing and Changing
Rights and Responsibilities
The units are taught through a spiral curriculum, being explored in greater depth and resources being tailored to each age group. In KS1 and KS2 all children have the opportunity to explore themes using Knowledge Organisers.
Key information
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Knowledge Organisers
We encourage parents and carers to explore these documents which explain the key knowledge, vocabulary and outcomes covered within each theme each year.
Me and my relationships
Valuing differences
Keeping ourselves safe
Rights and Responsibilities
Being my best
Growing and changing
RSE Consultation – Have Your Say
We are launching a consultation with parents and carers about updates to our Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum.
From September 2026, schools will follow updated national RSE guidance (published July 2025). At Old Earth School, we are committed to providing a high-quality curriculum that supports children’s health, wellbeing, and development. As part of this, we regularly review our RSE provision to ensure it remains age-appropriate and meets the needs of our pupils.
What is RSE?
Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) helps children to:
Build positive and respectful relationships
Understand how their bodies grow and change
Learn how to stay safe, both offline and online
Most of the curriculum is statutory. There is a small element of non-statutory sex education in Year 6, and parents have the right to withdraw their child from this aspect if they wish.
What are we consulting on?
We are seeking your views on:
Updates to the RSE curriculum
Learning content and progression across year groups
What are the changes?
The updated curriculum includes:
Stronger focus on online safety
Clearer teaching of body knowledge and safeguarding
New personal safety content (rail, road, water, and fire safety)
Increased emphasis on mental health and wellbeing
Greater focus on relationships and behaviour
More emphasis on positive values and equality
Strengthened curriculum delivery
How to take part
Click on the links below for further information below: