CURRICULUM EVENING
A recent curriculum evening held at Woolgrove was on the subject of PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Economic) education.
Michelle Swift and Irene Thorn’s presentation was very informative. Parents and carers were able to walk around the school to see PSHCE work on display, as well as observing how class based activities take place during the children’s’ learning time.
The evening was a good opportunity to explore and understand the elements that PSHCE education covers and why it is important to children and young people. SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) is a curriculum resource which helps schools develop children’s social, emotional and behavioural skills. Woolgrove uses the SEAL themes and differentiates the resources used, as appropriate, to the children in each year group. The materials are organised into seven themes:
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New Beginnings,
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Getting on and Falling Out,
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Say no to Bullying,
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Going for Goals!,
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Good to Be Me,
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Relationships and
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Changes.
Each theme is designed for a whole-school approach with the aim of helping to develop children as effective learners. There are four SEAL Certificates that accompany each of the above themes. When a pupil achieves any of the above goals, or is seen to be working towards them, they are awarded the relevant certificate in a school assembly, which is celebrated by the school as a whole.