RSE/PSHCE
Children grow up in a complex and ever-changing world and are exposed to an increasing range of influences. As a school, Hailey Hall aims to build on and complement the learning that has already started at home to provide the knowledge, understanding and skills that children need to lead healthy, fulfilling and meaningful lives, both now and in the future.
Life Skills is central to our school ethos, supporting children in their development, and underpinning learning in the classroom, school, and in the wider community. Values are fundamental expressions of what we think and believe. As a school we encourage children to think about personal and social values, to become aware of, and involved in the life and concerns of their community and society, and so develop their capacity to be active and effective future citizens.
Life Skills equips children with the knowledge, understanding, skills and strategies required to live healthy, safe, productive, capable, responsible and balanced lives. It encourages them to be enterprising and supports them in making effective transitions, positive learning and career choices, and in achieving economic wellbeing. A critical component of Life Skills is providing opportunities for children to reflect on and clarify their own values and attitudes, and explore the complex and sometimes conflicting range of values and attitudes they encounter now and in the future.
Life Skills contributes to personal development by helping students to build their confidence, resilience and self-esteem, and to identify and manage risk, make informed choices and understand what influences their decisions. It enables them to recognise, accept and shape their identities, to understand and accommodate difference and change, to manage emotions and to communicate constructively in a variety of settings. Developing an understanding of themselves, empathy and the ability to work with others will help students to form and maintain good relationships, develop the essential skills for future employability and better enjoy and manage their lives.
KS3 RSHE is included in our delivery of life skills during our lessons (2 per week), as well as reinforcement across the curriculum but as of September 2022, we will be transitioning to one RSHE and one PSHE lesson per week to replace these sessions and more explicitly cover the RSHE statutory requirements. Please see our RSHE Policy: Relationships-and-Sex-Education-Policy-Review-Spring-Term-2025
