💬 Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE)

At Cottesbrooke Infant & Nursery School, we are committed to helping children develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to thrive emotionally, socially and physically — now and in the future.

🧠 Our Curriculum

We follow the Jigsaw PSHE programme, which is used across the school from Nursery to Year 2. Jigsaw is a carefully planned, whole-school scheme that supports children’s mental health, emotional wellbeing, relationships, and personal development.

It covers six key themes across the year:

1. Being Me in My World

2. Celebrating Difference

3. Dreams and Goals

4. Healthy Me

5. Relationships

6. Changing Me

Each theme includes opportunities for mindfulness, reflection and circle time, and helps to promote resilience, empathy and self-awareness.

❤️ Relationships and Health Education

As part of our statutory curriculum, we also teach Relationships and Health Education, using the Jigsaw framework alongside the Birmingham Approach to RHE.

Children learn about:

• Friendships and kindness

• Families and different types of family

• Healthy choices and good habits

• Managing feelings and asking for help

• Understanding how our bodies grow and change

These topics are taught in an age-appropriate, inclusive way that reflects the diversity of our school community. Any individual questions that arise are answered sensitively and in line with a child’s level of understanding.

🌈 An Inclusive Approach

Our PSHE curriculum supports our wider work on:

• CUBS Values

• Equality and inclusion

• Mental health and wellbeing

• Children’s rights (UNCRC)

• Trauma-informed and restorative practice

We want every child to feel safe, respected and proud of who they are.

If you have any questions about PSHE or Relationships Education, please speak to the Head Teacher or your child’s class teacher.

🔗 Linked Areas of School Life

Our PSHE curriculum doesn’t sit in isolation — it supports and is supported by the wider ethos and work of our school. You can find out more about how we care for the whole child here:

• 🌱 Wellbeing at Cottesbrooke – how we promote positive mental health for pupils and staff

• 🛡️ Anti-Bullying – our approach to safe relationships, respect and restorative responses

• ⚖️ Equality and Diversity – how we ensure that every child and family feels seen, valued and included