At Marsden Primary School we believe that all children’s learning and experiences contributes to their Personal Development and we will take every opportunity to positively enhance every child’s Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Development. We strongly believe that Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) including Relationships Sex Education (RSE) is at the heart of our school values and ethos and runs throughout all that we do, reflecting the needs of our children and our school’s local context.
Our PSHE/ RSE curriculum aims to enable our children to become healthy, safe, independent, responsible members of society who demonstrate respect and tolerance.
To meet our aims, we strive to give our children the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to effectively navigate the complexities of life in the 21st Century. Our curriculum covers key areas which will support our children to make informed choices now and in the future around:
• Physical and mental health.
• Safety and wellbeing,
• Family, friends and relationships
• Financial and economic well- being, including personal goals and aspirations
• Positive contributions to the wider community (citizenship)
In Year 2 we had a brilliant day celebrating World Mental Health Day. The children created their own worry monsters and painted them on the afternoon.
Y6 attended the South Tyneside RAP event at South Shields Fire Station. Here they were able to meet with representatives from Tyne and Wear Fire Service, Nexus, RNLI, Bikeability and Northern Power Grid. The children heard all about how they can stay safe as they become increasingly independent and venture out and about without adults.
Meet the new Worry Monster of Marsden! The children created their own pictures of worry monsters and Mrs Potter added her creativity to make a life-size version. There’s even a bag for children to put their worries in so that the monster can take them away!
To mark mental health day, Year 1 came to school in their colourful clothes.
Across the day, we enjoyed making worry monsters to take any worries away and. Everyone also talked about and drew ten things they love as these are the things that make us happy!
As part of our new literacy book, “Leo and the Octopus” Year 1 have looked at the meaning of the word ‘unique’. We discussed how we are all different and made our own posters about ourselves. We enjoyed finding out similarities and differences we have with our friends.
Y6 attended the Reduce Accidents at Play event at South Shields Fire Station. They participated in a range of activities led by the Fire Service, RNLI, Bikeability, Nexus, Northern Power Grid and South Tyneside Get Active.
The sessions were designed to ensure the children stay safe as they become older, more independent and are more likely to be out in the community unaccompanied. The children had a great afternoon and learned lots of useful information.
Year Four enjoyed time for colouring, outdoor time, sketching and yoga in between lessons today. Here is a glimpse of our fantastic yoga positions!
Congratulations to our Y4 children who completed their one day Bikeability course!
This week marks Children’s Mental Health Week. All of our children joined in a special themed assembly this morning which looked at the theme ‘Let’s Connect’. We discussed different ways in which we connect with others and the importance of having these connections for our mental wellbeing. The children all pledged that they would look out for one another and try to recognise when they might need to make a connection with someone else in school.
Marsden loved our first Friendship Friday. Some classes read with a friend, some played a game with a friend, EYFS picked a greeting for a friend and many more activities.
More pictures to be added 😊