Yohden Primary School

Yohden Primary School
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Personal Development

At Yohden Primary School, we aim to prepare our children for a future with aspirations and a range of possibilities. We offer a bespoke curriculum to be inclusive to all and to broaden links with our community. We wish for our pupils to gain values of respect and gain the confidence to be resilient, happy individuals that will make a difference.   

Personal development at Yohden Primary supports and underpins the vision and ethos of the school.  

How 

We teach personal development in a wide range of ways through our Curriculum and extra curricula learning.   

Specific Curriculum areas: 

  • PSHE – Personal Social Health Education (including careers, anti-bullying, and metal health and wellbeing) 
  • RSE – Relationships and Sex Education (taught as part of our PSHE Curriculum) 
  • Computing – each unit of learning starts with an e-safety lesson. 
  • RE – Religious Education, learning about different religions 
  • PE – Physical Education and being healthy 
  • MFL – French – including learning about the culture of another country.  
  • Cross curricula links in other subject areas e.g history and geography. 
  • Debates in lessons and weekly What’s in the News Assembly 

Other: 

  • SMSC – spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. 
  • British Values – democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, and for those without faith. 
  • Protected characteristics – age, gender, race, disability, religion or belief and sexual orientation.  
  • Zones of Regulation (weekly lessons and interventions)– how we support children to understand their emotions and actions.  
  • Keys to success: Ambitious, Resilient, Kind, Independent, Respectful and Positive.  
  • Assemblies (Singing, What’s in the News, Father Mc Neil, Zones of Regulation, Celebration and Opal,  
  • Afterschool Clubs  
  • Sports Competitions and healthy competition within school.  
  • School trips and visits (including residentials).  
  • School Ambassadors  
  • Specialist trained staff supporting individuals, groups and classes.  
  • Charity events and fundraisers.  
  • Mental health and wellbeing activities  
  • National/global events e.g Children’s Mental Health Week, Anti Bullying Week and World Book Day.  
  • School and classroom expectations which are displayed in each classroom.  
  • Staff members consistently model how to be a good citizen who upholds the school values and school ethos. 
  • OPAL playground 
  • Nurture group  

Staff Development 

Staff development has focused on: 

  • A shared school vision about what we want our pupils to achieve and experience when they leave Yohden Primary school, this included the whole school community: children, parents, staff and governors. Keys to success.  
  • British Values 
  • Protected Characteristics.  
  • Zones of Regulation  
  • Opal Playground 
  • Career development in years 5/6 as part of PSHE. 
  • Nurture provision.