Our Lady's
Catholic Primary School
'Go shine in the world.'
Determination
Respect
Friendship
Inspiration
Excellence
Community
Integrity
Compassion
This means resolution, resolve, willpower. “Stand firm and you will save yourselves” (Luke 21:19)
This means regard highly, value, honour. “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them” (Luke 6:31)
This means mutual trust and support. “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:18)
This means the process of being given passion and/or ideas for a task. “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)
This means being outstanding or extremely good. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord” (Colossians 3:23-24)
This connects us with each other. “We who are many, are one body in Christ” (Romans 12:5)
This means having strong moral principles e.g. honesty, decency, fairness, equality; having pure and balanced moral character. Whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." (Philippians 4:8)
This means having a deep awareness and sympathy for another's suffering. When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things." (Mark 6:34)
Personal, Social and Health Education
Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education
We want our children to gain knowledge and information, explore attitudes and values and develop skills to help them live healthy, safe, fulfilling and responsible lives.
Our PSHE and Citizenship scheme of work aims to help our children:
- Understand and respect the British Values that make up our modern democracy
- Prepare to play an active role as citizens
- Develop healthy, safe lifestyles
- Understand and manage their emotions
- Make and maintain effective relationships
- Value and respect themselves and others
- Get on with one another and not bully others
- Respect equality and diversity and be sensitive to the needs of others
- Appreciate the range of religious and ethnic identifies in the UK
- Contribute to the school and local community
- Be responsible for their behaviour and learning
- Feel confident about themselves and their abilities and be positive about learning
- Deal with problems positively and know where to get help
- Be resilient and able to resist pressure
- Be assertive and keep themselves safe
- Take responsibility for themselves and the environment around them
- Know the importance of managing money
- Develop enterprising skills
- Understand the importance of rights and responsibilities
Relationship and Sex Education
We aim to prepare children to grow up as responsible and well informed adults. Our programme of personal, social and health education (PSHE) includes relationship and sex education. We take much care to match the teaching to the age and maturity of pupils.
We teach older children about human reproduction during science lessons and about the emotional side of growing up through the PHSE curriculum. Our teaching and policy plans are available to parents upon request and are available on our website. Although you have the right to withdraw your child from the curriculum covering relationships we ask you first to speak to the Headteacher about your intentions.
