Newington Academy Hull

Significant success with PSHE Curriculum development and Healthy Me

Significant Success

As fairly new PSHE lead, Jigsaw enabled me to ensure that PSHE is taught and assessed across the school. It provides teachers with clear plans to follow and use. These plans ensure that all objectives are met in an age-appropriate way.

Additionally, Jigsaw provides whole school themes, which are the main focus of our weekly celebration assemblies. This ensures that PSHE is not just limited to a once-a-week lesson.

Most importantly, Jigsaw gives our children the opportunity to be mindful; aware of how they are feeling, and equipped with tools to express emotions whilst being respectful of others.

As part of the Healthy Me Jigsaw piece, we discussed what was required to be healthy. We discovered the various components needed, such as sleep, food, water and exercise. The children thoroughly enjoyed doing the actions for the Healthy Sum which consequently reinforced their learning.

Impact of Jigsaw

After reviewing Jigsaw it is clear that all objectives are being met and assessments are being used. As a result, children are receiving access to the full PSHE curriculum being taught at the correct level. Having a whole school theme ensures that the PSHE curriculum is embedded throughout our school culture and not just as an add-on. This is evident in the way children and adults talk, behave and the progress they make. Mindfulness allows our children to be self-aware and more able to deal with the stresses of daily life. This is something that I’d like to develop further and beyond Jigsaw lessons.

Looking forward

We hope that in the future, Jigsaw will help us to ensure our children continue to feel valued and supported, and develop and nurture resilient, self-regulating individuals who have a great understanding of their own emotions.

Our plan is to continue to embed Jigsaw into school life. We are also hoping to have further RSE Training in order to up-skill all of our teaching staff and enable them to teach RSE with increasing confidence.