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History
The Arts
Sex & Relationships Education
History fires pupils’ curiosity about the past in Britain and the wider world. Pupils consider how
the past influences the present and what past societies were like. As they do this, pupils
develop a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people.
Pupils have the opportunity to create their own work, for example; pictures, models, music,
plays, mimes or poems; they also experience the achievements of artists, composers and
writers. They are encouraged to express their own understandings and feelings through
drawing, painting, modelling, designing and constructing, the use of musical instruments and
drama. The experience of making, performing, composing and inventing is regarded as
essential in preparing our children for their future work and leisure.
We aim to prepare our children for the bodily and emotional changes they will encounter as
they reach puberty and how these impact on their relationships with other people. To ensure
that all children leaving the school understand these changes, they are taught about them as
appropriate throughout Key Stage 2. This element of teaching is only part of the wider topic
of health education which is ongoing throughout the school. Throughout the age range of the
school we endeavour to deal factually, honestly and simply with children’s questions about
physical differences between the sexes and about human reproduction. Care is taken to match
the approach to sex education with the maturity of individual children.
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