This school year (2016-17), we have been implementing the PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) Programme across our school called ‘Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE’.

Click here to view the Jigsaw booklet.

The lessons since September have built children’s emotional literacy, self-esteem and knowledge of who they are and how they relate to each other and the world in a positive and healthy way. We are sure you will have heard about the Jigsaw Friends and Calm Me time.

The Summer Term Puzzles (units) are about Relationships (unit 1) and Changing Me (unit 2).

The Changing Me Puzzle includes, in every year group, two or three lessons to help children understand the changes puberty brings and how human reproduction happens. There is a very serious safeguarding aspect to this work; obviously, the younger year groups are not looking at these issues directly and explicitly, but rather learning correct terminology for body parts and doing the foundation work for learning that will follow in later year groups. The Years 5 and 6 lessons look more fully at puberty and reproduction.

As the materials are new and original, we encourage you to look at the parent/carer power point, which will be available on our website. Below is a table with an outline on what we aim to cover, we hope that this gives you a transparent and comprehensive picture of what we are planning to teach in which year groups.

Year Group

Piece Number and Name

Learning Intentions

‘Pupils will be able to…’

1

Piece 4

Boys’ and Girls’ Bodies

identify the parts of the body that make boys different to girls and use the correct names for these: penis, testicles, vagina.

respect my body and understand which parts are private.

2

Piece 4

Boys’ and Girls’ Bodies

recognise the physical differences between boys and girls, use the correct names for parts of the body (penis, testicles, vagina) and appreciate that some parts of my body are private.

tell you what I like/don’t like about being a boy/girl.

3

Piece 1

How Babies Grow

understand that in animals and humans lots of changes happen between conception and growing up, and that usually it is the female who has the baby

express how I feel when I see babies or baby animals

Piece 2

Babies

understand how babies grow and develop in the mother’s uterus and understand what a baby needs to live and grow .

express how I might feel if I had a new baby in my family.

Piece 3

Outside Body Changes

understand that boys’ and girls’ bodies need to change so that when they grow up their bodies can make babies

identify how boys’ and girls’ bodies change on the outside during this growing up process

recognise how I feel about these changes happening to me and know how to cope with those feelings

Piece 4

Inside Body Changes

identify how boys’ and girls’ bodies change on the inside during the growing up process and why these changes are necessary so that their bodies can make babies when they grow up

recognise how I feel about these changes happening to me and how to cope with these feelings

4

Piece 2

Having A Baby

correctly label the internal and external parts of male and female bodies that are necessary for making a baby

understand that having a baby is a personal choice and express how I feel about having children when I am an adult

Piece 3

Girls and Puberty

describe how a girl’s body changes in order for her to be able to have babies when she is an adult, and that menstruation (having periods) is a natural part of this

know that I have strategies to help me cope with the physical and emotional changes I will experience during puberty

5

Piece 2

Puberty for Girls

explain how a girl’s body changes during puberty and understand the importance of looking after myself physically and emotionally

understand that puberty is a natural process that happens to everybody and that it will be OK for me

Piece 3

Puberty for Boys and Girls

describe how boys’ and girls’ bodies change during puberty

express how I feel about the changes that will happen to me during puberty

Piece 4

Conception

understand that sexual intercourse can lead to conception and that is how babies are usually made

understand that sometimes people need IVF to help them have a baby

appreciate how amazing it is that human bodies can reproduce in these ways

6

Piece 2

Puberty

explain how girls’ and boys’ bodies change during puberty and understand the importance of looking after myself physically and emotionally

express how I feel about the changes that will happen to me during puberty

Piece 3

Girl Talk/Boy Talk

ask the questions  I need answered about changes during puberty

reflect on how I feel about asking the questions and about the answers I receive

Piece 4

Babies – Conception to Birth

describe how a baby develops from conception through the nine months of pregnancy, and how it is born

recognise how I feel when I reflect on the development and birth of a baby

Piece 5

Attraction

understand how being physically attracted to someone changes the nature of the relationship 

express how I feel about the growing independence of becoming a teenager and am confident that I can cope with this

 

We hope you will be in agreement with us that this work is vitally important for children, that it needs to be done age-appropriately and that the Jigsaw Programme gives us a secure framework in which to do this.

We do, as always, want to work in partnership with parents and carers, and also wish to remind you of your right to withdraw your children from this aspect of the PSHE curriculum. We hope you, like us, will see the materials in Jigsaw as educationally sound and beneficial to our children, and will look forward to sharing them with you and answering any questions you may have.