We implement our BIG DREAMS, and all subject specific knowledge and skills, through three main curriculum drivers. Theses are: our Core Curriculum offer, our Broad and Balanced Curriculum offer and our Cultural Capital Curriculum offer.
- Our Cultural Capital and Safety Curriculum offer draws together: PSHE, Relationship and Sex Education (RSHE), our Core and British Values, Mental Heath and Wellbeing, SMSC and safeguarding (including online safety). As part of our Cultural Capital curriculum we embed key health, wellbeing and safety messages so that our children are provided with the knowledge and skills to be physically and mentally healthy and safe in school and beyond the classroom. We promote key safety messages including: how to stay safe online, an awareness of child on child abuse and how to recognise the signs of positive and poor mental health.
As part of this curriculum offer, we embed key health, wellbeing and safety messages so that our children are provided with the knowledge and skills to be physically and mentally healthy and safe in school and beyond the classroom. We promote key safety messages including: how to stay safe online, an awareness of child on child abuse and how to recognise the signs of positive and poor mental health. We also ensure that we meet the statutory requirements to teach RSHE in schools. More information can be found here: Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education.
For more information about this aspect of school life, please get in touch with Miss Batt, our Cultural Capital Curriculum Lead: s.batt@fmp.liverpool.sch.uk.
Our Whole School Cultural Capital and Safety Curriculum Map
Use the following link to access our Whole- School Cultural Capital; Curriculum Map for this academic year:
Our Cultural Capital Curriculum Map 2024/25
Our Approach to Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE)
As a maintained primary school, we must provide relationships education to all pupils as per section 34 of the Children and Social work act 2017.
At Florence Melly Community Primary School, we welcome and embrace this legislation, as we always place a high priority on delivering these essential messages through our vibrant ‘Cultural Capital and Safety’ Curriculum. The inclusion of Relationships, Sex and Health Education represents a huge opportunity to help our children and young people develop. The knowledge and attributes gained by exploring the key themes and topics will help to keep them safe and support their own, and others’, health and wellbeing and help our pupils to become successful and happy adults who make a meaningful contribution to society.
Our policy has been written in accordance with the statutory guidance document: Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education (DfE, 2021).
The Department for Education guidance states that all maintained primary schools must teach Relationships and Health Education. The teaching of Sex Education in primary schools remains non-statutory, with the exception of the elements of sex education contained in the science national curriculum: including knowledge of the main external body parts; the changes as humans develop to old age and reproduction in some plants and animals. Within the statutory guidance document for RSE and Health Education, the DfE encourages schools to deliver age-appropriate sex education if they feel their pupils need this information.
At Florence Melly Community Primary School, we, in consultation with parents/carers, have decided to teach the non-statutory Sex Education element to pupils in Year 6 only. We feel that this is important for our pupils and this decision has been supported by parents/carers.
Our Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) Policy
RSHE Whole-School Curriculum Overviews
Please use the links below to access our whole-school RSHE overviews. These provide an overview of the topics our children will explore.
RSHE Whole-School Programme Progression
RSHE Whole-School Programme Progression
Cultural Capital Curriculum End Goals
Cultural Capital Vocabulary Progression Map
RSHE Year Group Curriculum Overviews
Please use the links below to access our Year Group specific RSHE overviews. These contain important information including; what will be taught in each topic, in each year group and the key vocabulary the children will explore.
Celebrating Cultural Capital on Social Media
Opportunities to Teach Safeguarding
Keeping Children Safe in Education reminds us that we should ensure that children are taught about how to keep themselves and others safe, including online. In addition to our strong RSHE offer, we provide a comprehensive package of education around all things safeguarding!
We firmly believe that we play crucial role in preventative education and it is our aim to prepare our pupils for life in modern Britain; our ‘opportunities to teach safeguarding curriculum overview’ sets out how we plan to achieve this. This is an integral element of our Cultural Capital curriculum offer.
Opportunities to Teach Safeguarding Curriculum Overview
