As part of our high-quality Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) scheme, we have always aimed to deliver accurate, relevant and age-appropriate information about the three concepts of PSHE and Citizenship, which are:  Relationships, Health and Well-being and Living in the Wilder World.  Within these three concepts, the learning can be segmented into sub-concepts (in the circles below).

The term ‘relationships’ covers all relationships we, as humans, have with others – family members, friends, the relationships children have in school with their peers and members of staff.  In a broad sense, Relationship Education encompasses all interactions with others.

What will Relationships Education at Billingborough Primary School look like?

Relationship Education will form part of your children’s learning about the world around them and how they interact with others.  Like all areas of the curriculum, Relationship Education will be taught objectively, without bias.   Children will not be taught to question their own gender identity but will become aware that we are all different and that our differences should never be a cause for fear, conflict or disrespect.

In Nursery and Reception, children will begin to:

• develop a positive sense of themselves and others;
• form positive relationships with others;
• develop respect for others and 
• develop an awareness of similarities and differences between people.

In KS1 (Years 1 and 2), children will learn more about topics such as:

• working collaboratively with others;
• being kind and treating others with respect;
• bullying and unkind behaviour;
• understanding their own and other’s emotions;
• the importance of families and friends in our lives and
• different family structures.

In KS2 (Year 3, 4, 5 and 6) children will build on this and will cover learning on:

• teamwork and shared responsibilities;
• resolving conflicts with others
• conveying their emotions to others appropriately;
• the different types of relationships people have with others;
• effective communication with others;
• healthy and unhealthy relationships, including forms of bullying and
• peer pressure and dares. 

Celebrating diversity through Relationships Education

Teaching children about the wonderful differences among humans has always been considered an important in education.  Just as we want to encourage children to celebrate many different talents, strengths, goals and dreams, we also aim to promote the celebration of diversity among cultures, religions and traditions.  Celebrating diversity among family structures and relationships is exactly the same principle and is something we look at from a whole school approach.

An inclusive Relationship Education

To ensure children with lesbian, gay bisexual or transgender (LGBT+) family members, as well as those who may be beginning to, they themselves, question their own feelings and sense of self, feel represented in the school environment and curriculum, school will endeavour to use resources which feature a range of families and relationships.  This encourages understanding, acceptance and respect of different relation ships from a young age.