St. Mary's C.E. Primary School, Washington

Intent: At St Mary’s C.E Primary School, Washington, RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education) is the life-long learning about physical, moral and emotional development.  It is the understanding of the importance of family life, stable and loving relationships, respect, love and care.   

Implementation: At St Mary’s we follow Jigsaw; a teaching and learning programme, which contains all of the necessary statutory information as well as having a strong focus on emotional and mental health and wellbeing.

The overview below summarises the content in each of Jigsaw’s units of work, which each class follows half termly over a two year cycle.

Impact: Our children will grow up healthy, happy, safe, and able to manage the challenges and opportunities of modern Britain.  They will become responsible members of society with the attributes that they need to manage their lives and to thrive in a rapidly changing world.