Our INTENT is:

At St Alban’s CE Primary School, our PSHE curriculum is designed to help every child flourish as a unique individual, rooted in our Christian values of Love, Courage, and Fellowship. Through the Kapow Primary PSHE scheme, we provide a comprehensive and inclusive programme that supports children’s personal, social, emotional, and health development, preparing them for life in modern Britain.

Our curriculum nurtures love by fostering kindness, empathy, respect, and compassion. We support children in building positive, healthy relationships, appreciating diversity, and understanding the importance of mental wellbeing and emotional literacy. PSHE at St Alban’s promotes courage by equipping pupils with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to express themselves, make informed choices, challenge injustice, and stand up for what is right. It also builds fellowship by encouraging collaboration, mutual respect, and active citizenship, helping children to recognise their role within their school, local, and global communities.

Through the Kapow curriculum, we ensure that children develop a strong sense of identity and self-worth. The spiral curriculum structure allows key themes such as families and relationships, health and wellbeing, safety and the changing body, citizenship, and economic wellbeing to be revisited and deepened over time, providing consistency and progression across year groups.

Our aim is that every child at St Alban’s understands and lives out the Christian values of love, courage, and fellowship in their daily lives. We want our pupils to be respectful and inclusive individuals who celebrate difference and value every member of their community. We also seek to develop resilient, reflective learners who are able to manage challenges, express themselves confidently, and make a positive contribution to society.

By the time they leave our school, we want every child to be equipped with the emotional literacy, moral understanding, and social skills they need to lead fulfilling, healthy, and purposeful lives.

And we IMPLEMENT this by:

At St Alban’s CE Primary School, we implement the Kapow Primary PSHE curriculum to ensure that all pupils receive a high-quality, sequenced, and engaging personal, social, health, and economic education. The curriculum is carefully designed to promote the development of the whole child, preparing them to thrive in an ever-changing world while reflecting our core values of Love, Courage, and Fellowship.

Kapow PSHE is delivered through a spiral curriculum model, meaning that key themes are revisited each year with increasing depth and complexity. Lessons are structured across five key areas: Families and Relationships, Health and Wellbeing, Safety and the Changing Body, Citizenship, and Economic Wellbeing. In addition, Year 6 receives specific content on Identity and Transition to support a confident move to secondary education.

All pupils access a weekly, discrete PSHE lesson, delivered by their class teacher, using Kapow’s structured lesson plans, video guidance, and age-appropriate resources. Each lesson follows a consistent structure (Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Express), providing opportunities for meaningful discussion, reflection, and active learning. This promotes the development of communication skills, empathy, resilience, and self-awareness.

Ground rules are established in every class to ensure a safe and respectful environment where pupils feel confident to express themselves. Differentiation and inclusive practice are embedded throughout, ensuring that all children, including those with SEND or additional needs, are supported to access and succeed in PSHE lessons.

Opportunities for cross-curricular learning are identified and celebrated, particularly through links with Religious Education, Science, Computing, and PE, as well as through collective worship, enrichment activities, and themed weeks (e.g., Anti-Bullying Week, Children’s Mental Health Week, Walk to School week). Pupil voice is a key feature of our implementation, with children actively contributing to the development of the school’s values and community through school council and class debates.

Assessment is formative and ongoing, allowing teachers to adapt provision based on pupil understanding and needs. Progress is monitored through pupil reflections, class discussions, and simple recording activities appropriate to each phase. Subject leaders track curriculum coverage, support staff through CPD, and ensure consistency and quality across the school.

By delivering PSHE through Kapow, we ensure that every child at St Alban’s develops the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to lead safe, healthy, and fulfilled lives—guided by the principles of Love, Courage, and Fellowship in everything they do.

The IMPACT of this is:

• Pupils develop confidence, resilience, and emotional literacy
• They learn to make informed decisions and manage challenges
• Positive relationships, respect, and community contribution are fostered
• Key themes—health, safety, relationships, citizenship, and wellbeing—are revisited each year
• Children leave equipped to thrive socially, emotionally, and morally, living our Christian values.