PSHME
PACE at Guillemont Junior School
PACE stands for Personal, Health, Social, Moral Education and Citizenship. It is not a body of knowledge to impart but an aspect of the curriculum that constitutes experiences and issues that a child will be involved in at different times in their life at school. These experiences are considered necessary to equip the child with the personal and social skills they need for a full and purposeful life. Knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes are taught as aspects of other curriculum subjects and as programmes of study in their own right. They fall into three main categories:-
| Social | Health and Safety | Spiritual, Moral and Cultural |
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- behaviour -senior/assistant pupil scheme for year 6
- friendships/relationships education including issues of bullying
- co-operation
- developing interests, extracurricular activities and clubs
- drama: exploring themes and ideas through roleplay
- trips, both residential, day and part-day
- PE and Sports Day activities where children have to work as a team and deal with winning and losing
- Parent Tea Party/Coffee Morning
- PTA functions such as discos, family fun days, bonfire night
- Christmas party/Leavers disco
- Assemblies
- School and class councils
| - sun safety
- hygiene
- S.R.E. programme
- Substance Abuse programme
- use of tools and equipment in technology, PE, gardening, cooking, sewing, clay, water safety and swimming
- School Liaison Officer Visits
- Safety in the home Fire service and Junior Citizenship
- Walk to school week
- Exercise, diet
- School Nurse Visits
| - RE assemblies,
- Collective worship
- Behaviour policy
- Support a charity
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What is citizenship?
Citizenship is the name for the knowledge, skills and understanding, children need to lead confident, healthy, independent lives and to become informed, active and responsible citizens as members of their school, neighbourhood and wider community. It is concerned with issues of right and wrong, rights and responsibilities, fairness, rules and laws, power and authority, equality and diversity, communities and identities, democracy, conflict and co-operation. It helps them think about their own lives and the lives of others including those as depicted the media.
Strands of citizenship and PHSME are studied through all subjects of the curriculum and through designated programmes of study. One lesson per week is devoted to collective worship/class council themes and discussion: Citizenship - School and class councils. Issues in Literacy/Drama and RE assemblies and collective worship.
Collective worship - Emotional Literacy/Literature, theatre groups and the work of the Healthy Schools Partnership Project.
Health Programmes focussing on substance abuse and SRE are run in the spring term on a two year cycle.