Key aspects of PSHE education include:
Core Themes: It covers three main areas: health and wellbeing, relationships, and living in the wider world.
Purpose: The aim is to help children stay safe, healthy, and prepared for life and work.
Flexibility:
While the PSHE Association offers a widely used Programme of Study, schools have the flexibility to tailor the curriculum to their pupils' needs.Statutory Components: Although PSHE is non-statutory, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education are statutory in schools.
Common topics covered in PSHE:
Health: Mental health, wellbeing, and physical health.
Relationships: Healthy relationships and sex education.
Economic: Financial capability, career choices, and economic well-being.
Skills: Resilience, self-awareness, and emotional literacy.