Moortown Primary School is a happy and healthy place to learn. We’re very proud to have been recognised as going far beyond the national criteria to achieve Healthy School status. Due to our long standing commitment to the Healthy Schools framework and the excellent work that we do to promote being happy and healthy, we’ve been awarded the status of Health and Wellbeing Beacon School.
As a result of strong leadership and staff’s commitment to developing the whole child, the Healthy Schools framework is an integral part of school life. Great time and effort are put into ensuring that every opportunity to improve the health and wellbeing of the whole school community, is utilised which is reflected in the school aim – to be a happy and healthy place to learn.
Living and Learning sessions are central to our happy and healthy school.
‘Living and Learning’ is our term for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) and other things that support children’s personal development. This is a really important aspect of our school and we’re proud that our children are happy and able to get on so well with each other. Read our Living and Learning Curriculum Guide and check out the current week’s Living and Learning statement in our calendar.
PSHE [Personal, Social and Health Education, or what we call Living and Learning] has a high profile in school and is very well led and managed. The Health lead has worked hard to build an impressive curriculum that meets the statutory guidance and beyond…
Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) is a vital part of school life and ultimately our children’s future health and wellbeing. Our Living and Learning provision helps pupils to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes they need to live confident, healthy, independent lives now and in the future, as individuals, parents/carers, workers and members of society. It is embedded within wider learning we offer to ensure that pupils experience positive relationships with adults and with each other, and that those who are most vulnerable are identified and supported. Pupils are encouraged to take part in a wide range of activities and experiences across and beyond the curriculum, contributing fully to the life of our school and community. We refer to all this as Living and Learning. It all contributes to pupils’ personal development and it is central to our values and stated aim: to be a happy and healthy place to learn.
Themes that we teach fall under three broad areas of statutory content:
- Relationships education: Families and people who care for me; Caring friendships; Respectful relationships; Online relationships
- Health education: Mental wellbeing; Internet safety and harms; Physical health and fitness; Healthy eating; Drugs, alcohol and tobacco; Health and prevention; Basic first aid; Changing adolescent body
- Online safety: Age restrictions; Digital content; Misinformation, disinformation and hoaxes; Fake websites and scam emails; Password safety; Personal data; Persuasion; Online vs. offline behaviours; Impact on quality of life
We also teach non-statutory content closely connected to the learning areas set out above. Sometimes, they overlap, sometimes they complement, sometimes they extend the learning in some way:
- Social, moral, spiritual and cultural awareness and skills
- British values: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs (although we prefer ‘appreciation’ and ‘celebration’ than ‘tolerance’)
- Eight Rs: responsive, ready, (safe) risks, responsible, resourceful, resilient, remember, reflect – read more about the Eight Rs in our guide for parents and carers
- Rights and responsibilities
- School rules
- Manners and courtesy
- Staying safe in different settings
- Financial education
- Protected characteristics
- Identity and community
Relationships and Sex Education is one part of our Living and Learning provision. Read our Relationships and Sex Education policy.
Pupils’ learning within Living and Learning sessions actively promotes fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
